Patents by Inventor Michael S. Manning

Michael S. Manning 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).

  • Indexing rotary dual valve for pressure swing adsorption systems
    Patent number: 7276107
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a PSA system using an indexing rotary dual valve regulating a stepping mode of operation that controls a variable bed inlet feed flow rate, controllable pressure between feed lines in different beds of the PSA system and varied output flow rate of product gas such as high purity hydrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2007
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mohamed Safdar Allie Baksh, Michael S. Manning, Andrew C. Rosinski, James Smolarek, Alan Barnard Stewart, Bernard Thomas Neu
  • Method and apparatus for filling a pressure vessel having application to vehicle fueling
    Patent number: 6792981
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for introducing a compressed gas into a pressure vessel, for instance, hydrogen into a vehicle fuel tank, in which hydrogen is compressed in an initial and final compressions stages which can be powered by a common source. The initial compression stage can continually operate to compress the gas in a lower pressure storage bank during the time that hydrogen is dispensed to a vehicle fuel tank. In time periods between dispensing, the gas from the lower pressure stage and from the lower pressure storage bank is compressed in the final compression stage and stored in a higher pressure storage bank. When the pressure vessel is to be filled, the compressor compresses the gas from the higher pressure storage bank to fill the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Manning, James Smolarek, Robert B. Bollinger, Ahmed Abdelwahab