Patents by Inventor Kirk D. Hummer

Kirk D. Hummer 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).

  • Patent number: 9528530
    Abstract: A fluid heating and pumping system comprising a housing that has an inlet and outlet opening as well as a plurality of turbine chambers. Each of the turbine chambers has: an inlet end, outlet end, is mounted to a driveshaft, a stator and rotor, and is constructed to create a circuitous flow path for fluid flow. Each of the rotors is: designed to move the fluid through the housing, and has a plurality of rotor vanes with each having a fin at the inlet end. The fin extends past the plane of an adjacent rotor vane to extend the circuitous flow path through the rotors. The fins, shearing plane, and outlet orifice all create thermal energy as the fluid is transferred along and between the rotor and stator vanes, through the shearing plane and between the adjacent turbine chambers as the fluid flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Inventor: Kirk D. Hummer
  • Publication number: 20130280035
    Abstract: A fluid heating and pumping system comprising a housing that has an inlet and outlet opening as well as a plurality of turbine chambers. Each of the turbine chambers has: an inlet end, outlet end, is mounted to a driveshaft, a stator and rotor, and is constructed to create a circuitous flow path for fluid flow. Each of the rotors is: designed to move the fluid through the housing, and has a plurality of rotor vanes with each having a fin at the inlet end. The fin extends past the plane of an adjacent rotor vane to extend the circuitous flow path through the rotors. The fins, shearing plane, and outlet orifice all create thermal energy as the fluid is transferred along and between the rotor and stator vanes, through the shearing plane and between the adjacent turbine chambers as the fluid flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Kirk D. Hummer