Patents by Inventor Michael Mimg-Ming Chen

Michael Mimg-Ming Chen 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).

  • Air preheater heat transfer elements and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 5979050
    Abstract: Heat transfer elements for rotary regenerative heat exchangers are formed with spacing ridges or notches having flow-disrupting indentations in the peaks of the notches formed at selected intervals to project into the flow channels. These projections interrupt the boundary layer and cause turbulence and mixing to enhance the heat transfer. Various methods of forming the indentations are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: ABB Air Preheater, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne S. Counterman, Gary Foster Brown, Tadek Casimir Brzytwa, Michael Mimg-Ming Chen, Scott Frederick Harting, James David Seebald