Patents by Inventor Julius J. Lukacs

Julius J. Lukacs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Heating method
    Patent number: 8087930
    Abstract: Hot products of combustion are provided beside an outer surface of a load to be heated, and are given a non-uniform temperature profile in a control direction extending across the outer surface of the load. The non-uniform temperature profile of the hot products of combustion is varied within a range that is predetermined relative to the distance that the outer surface of the load extends in the control direction, whereby the load can be given a predetermined temperature profile in the control direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Nowakowski, Julius J. Lukacs, Todd A. Miller, Thomas F. Robertson
  • Heating method and apparatus
    Patent number: 7637739
    Abstract: Hot products of combustion are provided beside an outer surface of a load to be heated, and are given a non-uniform temperature profile in a control direction extending across the outer surface of the load. The non-uniform temperature profile of the hot products of combustion is varied within a range that is predetermined relative to the distance that the outer surface of the load extends in the control direction, whereby the load can be given a predetermined temperature profile in the control direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Fives North American Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Nowakowski, Julius J. Lukacs, Todd A. Miller, Thomas F. Robertson