Patents by Inventor Kent I. Weber

Kent I. Weber 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).

  • Method and system for vehicle thermal management
    Patent number: 9114877
    Abstract: A method and system for thermal management includes an engine heat exchanger configured to transfer waste heat from an engine to a heat transfer fluid and an engine exhaust heat exchanger coupled in flow communication with the engine heat exchanger wherein the engine exhaust heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from an exhaust of the propulsive engine to the pumped heat transfer fluid. A bypass valve is coupled in parallel with the engine exhaust heat exchanger wherein the bypass valve is selectable to modulate a flow of the heat transfer fluid through the engine exhaust heat exchanger and a plurality of accessory heat exchangers that are coupled in flow communication with at least one of the engine heat exchanger and the engine exhaust heat exchanger and each of the plurality of accessory heat exchangers flow is controllable using a modulating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Kent I. Weber, Athanasios Kyriazopoulos, Peter C. Hightower, Lance F. Miller, Ronald J. Soave
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE THERMAL MANAGEMENT
    Publication number: 20120048509
    Abstract: A method and system for thermal management includes an engine heat exchanger configured to transfer waste heat from an engine to a heat transfer fluid and an engine exhaust heat exchanger coupled in flow communication with the engine heat exchanger wherein the engine exhaust heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from an exhaust of the propulsive engine to the pumped heat transfer fluid. A bypass valve is coupled in parallel with the engine exhaust heat exchanger wherein the bypass valve is selectable to modulate a flow of the heat transfer fluid through the engine exhaust heat exchanger and a plurality of accessory heat exchangers that are coupled in flow communication with at least one of the engine heat exchanger and the engine exhaust heat exchanger and each of the plurality of accessory heat exchangers flow is controllable using a modulating valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Kent I. Weber, Athanasios Kyriazopoulos, Peter C. Hightower, Lance F. Miller, Ronald J. Soave