Patents by Inventor Michael Travis Bonnema

Michael Travis Bonnema 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).

  • Rapid fill compressed gas storage tank
    Patent number: 11079068
    Abstract: A method for rapidly filling a compressed gas storage tank with a moderated temperature rise using a Coanda nozzle to inject the feed gas into the tank and using the Coanda nozzle to direct the feed gas along the inner surface of the storage tank; entraining the stored gas with the feed gas that is flowing under the influence of the Coanda effect to flow along the inner surface of the gas storage tank; and transferring heat from the flowing gas to the external walls of the tank. Also, a compressed gas storage tank for rapid filling with a moderated temperature rise comprising: a gas storage tank and a Coanda nozzle capable of directing feed gas that is injected into the gas storage tank along the inner surface of the gas storage tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: TDA Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Ambalavanan Jayaraman, Michael Travis Bonnema
  • RAPID FILL COMPRESSED GAS STORAGE TANK
    Publication number: 20210041065
    Abstract: A method for rapidly filling a compressed gas storage tank with a moderated temperature rise using a Coanda nozzle to inject the feed gas into the tank and using the Coanda nozzle to direct the feed gas along the inner surface of the storage tank; entraining the stored gas with the feed gas that is flowing under the influence of the Coanda effect to flow along the inner surface of the gas storage tank; and transferring heat from the flowing gas to the external walls of the tank. Also, a compressed gas storage tank for rapid filling with a moderated temperature rise comprising: a gas storage tank and a Coanda nozzle capable of directing feed gas that is injected into the gas storage tank along the inner surface of the gas storage tank.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ambalavanan Jayaraman, Michael Travis Bonnema