Patents by Inventor Karl Kurt Rocco Westphal

Karl Kurt Rocco Westphal 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).

  • Heat Exchanger with Multiple Internal Diverters
    Publication number: 20090236088
    Abstract: The present application provides improved heat exchangers for controlling the rate of flow through the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes an inlet coolant box, and an outlet coolant box, wherein the inlet coolant box and the outlet coolant box are separated by a partition, wherein the partition comprises a first diverting device and a second diverting device, and wherein the range of flow rates over which the first diverting device diverts fluid is different then the range of flow rates over which the second diverting device diverts fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard Mallory Davis, Karl Kurt Rocco Westphal
  • Inlet bleed heater for heating inlet air to a compressor and methods of fabricating and transporting the heater
    Patent number: 6685425
    Abstract: An inlet bleed heater for flowing heated air to the inlet of a compressor is fabricated wholly at a factory site. The heater interconnects a manifold which receives extraction air from the compressor to down tubes in the inlet air duct to supply heated extraction air to the ambient inlet air via piping with bellows. The bellows accommodate thermal expansion and contraction of the manifold and the down tubes. The pipe and bellows lie within the height envelope of the bleed heater, facilitating transportation of the heater on its side within overall height and width limitations permitted for road travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Philip Poccia, Laurence Ambrose Kenny, III, Karl Kurt Rocco Westphal, Diwakar Balasubramanyam, William George Carberg
  • INLET BLEED HEATER FOR HEATING INLET AIR TO A COMPRESSOR AND METHODS OF FABRICATING AND TRANSPORTING THE HEATER
    Publication number: 20040001751
    Abstract: An inlet bleed heater for flowing heated air to the inlet of a compressor is fabricated wholly at a factory site. The heater interconnects a manifold which receives extraction air from the compressor to down tubes in the inlet air duct to supply heated extraction air to the ambient inlet air via piping with bellows. The bellows accommodate thermal expansion and contraction of the manifold and the down tubes. The pipe and bellows lie within the height envelope of the bleed heater, facilitating transportation of the heater on its side within overall height and width limitations permitted for road travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Nicholas Philip Poccia, Laurence Ambrose Kenny, Karl Kurt Rocco Westphal, Diwakar Balasubramanyam, William George Carberg