Patents by Inventor Lorne Eugene Nix

Lorne Eugene Nix 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).

  • Publication number: 20240060433
    Abstract: A system includes a compressor that compresses a fluid. The system also includes an internal combustion engine including a thermomechanical cycle. The thermomechanical cycle converts excess heat from the internal combustion engine to mechanical power to drive the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventor: Lorne Eugene Nix
  • Patent number: 11852108
    Abstract: A gas compression system may include a gas compressor having a compressor rod, a piston, and an interior chamber. The gas compressor may receive a process gas at a first pressure, pressurize the process gas via the piston, and output the process gas at a second pressure higher than the first. Additionally, an internal combustion engine coupled to the gas compressor may, during operation, actuate the compressor rod and generate exhaust gas. The gas compression system may also include a packing case, disposed around the compressor rod and fluidly coupled to the interior chamber. The packing case may receive and direct the exhaust gas to counter a flow of the process gas through the packing case from the interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Innio Waukesha Gas Engines Inc.
    Inventors: Lorne Eugene Nix, Nikolaus Spyra
  • Patent number: 11530769
    Abstract: A reactor pressure vessel includes a reactor pressure vessel body, a nozzle structure connected to the reactor pressure vessel body, a conduit structure connected to the nozzle structure, and a restraint device attached around a portion of the conduit structure. The restraint device includes collar parts that have cross sections corresponding to respective segments of a periphery of the portion of the conduit structure, brackets attached to the nozzle structure, and rods connecting the brackets to the collar parts. The collar parts are connected end-to-end to each other such that a cross section of the collar parts connected to each other corresponds to the periphery of the portion of the conduit structure. The collar parts are pinned to each other. The brackets spaced apart from each other around a periphery of the nozzle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Joel Patrick Melito, Gerald Alan Deaver, Randy Morris Brown, Lorne Eugene Nix
  • Patent number: 10865734
    Abstract: The present application provides a piston assembly. The piston assembly may include a cylinder bore extending from a thrust side to an antithrust side and a piston positioned within the cylinder bore. The piston may include a top land, a second land, and a skirt with an axis extending therethrough. The piston may include a tight land profile with an offset about the axis of the skirt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: AI ALPINE US BIDCO INC
    Inventors: Richard John Donahue, Lorne Eugene Nix, Kenneth Edward Neuman
  • Publication number: 20200116286
    Abstract: A reactor pressure vessel includes a reactor pressure vessel body, a nozzle structure connected to the reactor pressure vessel body, a conduit structure connected to the nozzle structure, and a restraint device attached around a portion of the conduit structure. The restraint device includes collar parts that have cross sections corresponding to respective segments of a periphery of the portion of the conduit structure, brackets attached to the nozzle structure, and rods connecting the brackets to the collar parts. The collar parts are connected end-to-end to each other such that a cross section of the collar parts connected to each other corresponds to the periphery of the portion of the conduit structure. The collar parts are pinned to each other. The brackets spaced apart from each other around a periphery of the nozzle structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Joel Patrick Melito, Gerald Alan Deaver, Randy Morris Brown, Lorne Eugene Nix
  • Patent number: 10473255
    Abstract: A reactor pressure vessel includes a reactor pressure vessel body, a nozzle structure connected to the reactor pressure vessel body, a conduit structure connected to the nozzle structure, and a restraint device attached around a portion of the conduit structure. The restraint device includes collar parts that have cross sections corresponding to respective segments of a periphery of the portion of the conduit structure, brackets attached to the nozzle structure, and rods connecting the brackets to the collar parts. The collar parts are connected end-to-end to each other such that a cross section of the collar parts connected to each other corresponds to the periphery of the portion of the conduit structure. The collar parts are pinned to each other. The brackets spaced apart from each other around a periphery of the nozzle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Joel Patrick Melito, Gerald Alan Deaver, Randy Morris Brown, Lorne Eugene Nix
  • Publication number: 20190170084
    Abstract: The present application provides a piston assembly. The piston assembly may include a cylinder bore extending from a thrust side to an antithrust side and a piston positioned within the cylinder bore. The piston may include a top land, a second land, and a skirt with an axis extending therethrough. The piston may include a tight land profile with an offset about the axis of the skirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Richard John Donahue, Lorne Eugene Nix, Kenneth Edward Neuman
  • Publication number: 20170184244
    Abstract: A reactor pressure vessel includes a reactor pressure vessel body, a nozzle structure connected to the reactor pressure vessel body, a conduit structure connected to the nozzle structure, and a restraint device attached around a portion of the conduit structure. The restraint device includes collar parts that have cross sections corresponding to respective segments of a periphery of the portion of the conduit structure, brackets attached to the nozzle structure, and rods connecting the brackets to the collar parts. The collar parts are connected end-to-end to each other such that a cross section of the collar parts connected to each other corresponds to the periphery of the portion of the conduit structure. The collar parts are pinned to each other. The brackets spaced apart from each other around a periphery of the nozzle structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas LLC
    Inventors: Joel Patrick Melito, Gerald Alan Deaver, Randy Morris Brown, Lorne Eugene Nix