Patents by Inventor Michael Max

Michael Max 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: 20050082214
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed which allows the hydrate formed in the hydrate formation region of a desalination fractionation apparatus to be cooled as it rises in the apparatus. This has the beneficial effect of increasing its stability at lower pressures and reducing the depth at which the hydrate will begin to dissociate. The present invention provides for more efficient management of the distribution of thermal energy within the apparatus as a whole by controlling the flow of water through the system—particularly residual fluids remaining after hydrate forms—such that it is substantially downward through the fractionation column and out through a lower portion thereof. Hydrate thus separates from the residual fluid at or nearly at the point of formation, which helps keep the hydrate formation region of the apparatus at a temperature suitable for the formation of hydrate and improves efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2003
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Applicant: MARINE DESALINATION SYSTEMS, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Michael Max
  • Publication number: 20010005663
    Abstract: A collapsed steering and control mechanism for pop-up toy vehicles which mechanism is immediately operational after being popped up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventor: Michael Max