Patents by Inventor Olaf VAN CAMPENHOUT

Olaf VAN CAMPENHOUT 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: 20220397480
    Abstract: Method and device for measuring fluid drag exerted by a flow-medium on a surface of an object by providing a testing device for measuring fluid drag exerted by a flow-medium on a surface, a suspension system for suspending an object having a surface, a setup for measuring fluid drag exerted by a flow-medium on a surface of an object, a computer readable medium, and a kit of parts for building a testing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Olaf VAN CAMPENHOUT, Michiel VAN NESSELROOIJ
  • Patent number: 10851817
    Abstract: Body provided with a superficial area adapted to reduce drag when the body is moving relative to a gaseous or watery medium, comprising depressions in said superficial area, wherein the depressions have a greater length than width and are provided in the superficial area so as to collectively shape a curvature provided in a length direction of said depressions in the superficial area, and/or said depressions themselves are provided with a curvature in their length direction. The depressions are thus adapted to provide that a turbulent boundary layer of the gaseous or watery medium adjacent to the superficial area of the body is exposed to lateral excitation with reference to a movement direction of the body in the gaseous or watery medium or with reference to a flow direction of said turbulent boundary layer along said superficial area of the body. Said lateral excitation results in a reduction of drag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: DIMPLE IP B.V.
    Inventors: Michiel Van Nesselrooij, Olaf Van Campenhout, Leonardus Louis Maria Veldhuis
  • Publication number: 20190203747
    Abstract: Body provided with a superficial area adapted to reduce drag when the body is moving relative to a gaseous or watery medium, comprising depressions in said superficial area, wherein the depressions have a greater length than width and are provided in the superficial area so as to collectively shape a curvature provided in a length direction of said depressions in the superficial area, and/or said depressions themselves are provided with a curvature in their length direction. The depressions are thus adapted to provide that a turbulent boundary layer of the gaseous or watery medium adjacent to the superficial area of the body is exposed to lateral excitation with reference to a movement direction of the body in the gaseous or watery medium or with reference to a flow direction of said turbulent boundary layer along said superficial area of the body. Said lateral excitation results in a reduction of drag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Michiel VAN NESSELROOIJ, Olaf VAN CAMPENHOUT, Leonardus Louis Maria VELDHUIS