Patents by Inventor Parker A. Wells
Parker A. Wells 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).
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Patent number: 11536488Abstract: Thermal energy storage systems are disclosed in this application. Systems of the inventive subject matter are designed to reduce maintenance requirements by sequestering, for example, corrosive fluids that might otherwise damage difficult-to-fix internal components are kept out of those components by introducing a non-corrosive heat transfer fluid to facilitate heat transfer between a thermal energy storage medium (e.g., molten sulfur) and a potentially corrosive working fluid. Thus, the potentially corrosive fluid is kept out of a thermal energy storage tank containing the thermal energy storage medium, which, by design, is difficult to repair when internal components corrode or otherwise require maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Element 16 Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hamarz Aryafar, Karthik Nithyanandam, Parker Wells
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Patent number: 11364959Abstract: A robotic vehicle with modular track assemblies that are separable from the chassis with the drive unit being self-contained in each track assembly with the motor controller, and the coolant system being enclosed in an ornamental cover all of which is positioned above the track and with a cooler of the coolant system being positioned rearward of the motor and the motor controller and a gear box connected outside the ornamental cover on the inside of the left track assembly to couple the motor to a final drive that drives the track with the motor being positioned above the final drive.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: Amos Power, Inc.Inventors: Thomas Cedric Boe, Parker Wells, Zachary Kooistra, Forrest Beeler, Kyle Boe, Louis Macuch, Broc Ducharme, Terry Zwart
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Patent number: 11280518Abstract: Thermal energy storage systems are disclosed in this application. Systems of the inventive subject matter are designed to reduce maintenance requirements by sequestering, for example, corrosive fluids that might otherwise damage difficult-to-fix internal components are kept out of those components by introducing a non-corrosive heat transfer fluid to facilitate heat transfer between a thermal energy storage medium (e.g., molten sulfur) and a potentially corrosive working fluid. Thus, the potentially corrosive fluid is kept out of a thermal energy storage tank containing the thermal energy storage medium, which, by design, is difficult to repair when internal components corrode or otherwise require maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: Element 16 Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hamarz Aryafar, Karthik Nithyanandam, Parker Wells
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Publication number: 20210071910Abstract: Thermal energy storage systems are disclosed in this application. Systems of the inventive subject matter are designed to reduce maintenance requirements by sequestering, for example, corrosive fluids that might otherwise damage difficult-to-fix internal components are kept out of those components by introducing a non-corrosive heat transfer fluid to facilitate heat transfer between a thermal energy storage medium (e.g., molten sulfur) and a potentially corrosive working fluid. Thus, the potentially corrosive fluid is kept out of a thermal energy storage tank containing the thermal energy storage medium, which, by design, is difficult to repair when internal components corrode or otherwise require maintenance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Inventors: Hamarz Aryafar, Karthik Nithyanandam, Parker Wells
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Patent number: 10876765Abstract: Thermal energy storage systems are disclosed in this application. Systems of the inventive subject matter are designed to reduce maintenance requirements by sequestering, for example, corrosive fluids that might otherwise damage difficult-to-fix internal components are kept out of those components by introducing a non-corrosive heat transfer fluid to facilitate heat transfer between a thermal energy storage medium (e.g., molten sulfur) and a potentially corrosive working fluid. Thus, the potentially corrosive fluid is kept out of a thermal energy storage tank containing the thermal energy storage medium, which, by design, is difficult to repair when internal components corrode or otherwise require maintenance.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Element 16 Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hamarz Aryafar, Karthik Nithyanandam, Parker Wells
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Publication number: 20200386445Abstract: Thermal energy storage systems are disclosed in this application. Systems of the inventive subject matter are designed to reduce maintenance requirements by sequestering, for example, corrosive fluids that might otherwise damage difficult-to-fix internal components are kept out of those components by introducing a non-corrosive heat transfer fluid to facilitate heat transfer between a thermal energy storage medium (e.g., molten sulfur) and a potentially corrosive working fluid. Thus, the potentially corrosive fluid is kept out of a thermal energy storage tank containing the thermal energy storage medium, which, by design, is difficult to repair when internal components corrode or otherwise require maintenance.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Hamarz Aryafar, Karthik Nithyanandam, Parker Wells
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Patent number: 10859324Abstract: A thermal energy storage (TES) system includes a plurality of closely packed TES modules, each TES module having a shell enclosing a plurality of sealed tubes that each contain a TES media. A computer-controlled flow control system includes a flow distributor, for example a flow distributor having a plenum configured to receive a heat transfer fluid (HTF), and a plurality of control valves controlled by the computer to controllably distribute the HTF from the plenum to the plurality of TES modules. Sensor data from the TES modules, for example temperature, pressure, and/or flow data, is provided to the computer. In some embodiments the plenum includes two or more compartments with separate HTF flow ports, which may be provided to the controller at different temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Richard E. Wirz, Parker A. Wells
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Publication number: 20200166244Abstract: Thermal energy storage systems are disclosed in this application. Systems of the inventive subject matter are designed to reduce maintenance requirements by sequestering, for example, corrosive fluids that might otherwise damage difficult-to-fix internal components are kept out of those components by introducing a non-corrosive heat transfer fluid to facilitate heat transfer between a thermal energy storage medium (e.g., molten sulfur) and a potentially corrosive working fluid. Thus, the potentially corrosive fluid is kept out of a thermal energy storage tank containing the thermal energy storage medium, which, by design, is difficult to repair when internal components corrode or otherwise require maintenance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Hamarz Aryafar, Karthik Nithyanandam, Parker Wells
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Publication number: 20190072338Abstract: A thermal energy storage (TES) system includes a plurality of closely packed TES modules, each TES module having a shell enclosing a plurality of sealed tubes that each contain a TES media. A computer-controlled flow control system includes a flow distributor, for example a flow distributor having a plenum configured to receive a heat transfer fluid (HTF), and a plurality of control valves controlled by the computer to controllably distribute the HTF from the plenum to the plurality of TES modules. Sensor data from the TES modules, for example temperature, pressure, and/or flow data, is provided to the computer. In some embodiments the plenum includes two or more compartments with separate HTF flow ports, which may be provided to the controller at different temperatures.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2017Publication date: March 7, 2019Applicant: The Regents of the University of CaliforniaInventors: Richard E. Wirz, Parker A. Wells
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Patent number: D974416Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Daniel J. Huegerich, Felix Nagelin, Alex Kish, Ryan Pecinovsky, Terry Zwart, Parker Wells, Thomas Boe
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Patent number: D1005346Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: DEERE & COMPANYInventors: Daniel J. Huegerich, Felix Nagelin, Alex Kish, Ryan Pecinovsky, Terry Zwart, Parker Wells, Thomas Boe