Patents by Inventor Patrick A. Kaupp

Patrick A. Kaupp 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).

  • Low maintenance fluid heater and method of firing same
    Patent number: 8567352
    Abstract: A fluid heater constructed of rectangular tubing through which fluid to be heated is circulated in a circuitous path. The floor and walls of a combustion chamber of the heater are constructed of the rectangular tubing. A tubular coil stack is positioned over the combustion chamber and surrounded by coil stack chamber walls constructed of the rectangular tubing. Consequently, all surfaces of the fluid heater exposed directly to flame are constantly cooled by the fluid to be heated. A combustion unit of the fluid heater is removable to facilitate maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventor: Patrick A. Kaupp
  • Portable fluid storage tank and method of use
    Patent number: 8215516
    Abstract: A portable fluid storage tank has through pipes with opposed ends that extend through the tank at two separate places so that the opposed ends are exposed on an exterior of the portable fluid storage tank and the each through pipe provides a separate fluid path through the portable fluid storage tank without fluid communication between the through pipes or an interior of the portable fluid storage tank. Several rows of the portable fluid storage tanks can be connected to a single frac manifold to reduce well site space usage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventor: Patrick A. Kaupp
  • PORTABLE FLUID STORAGE TANK AND METHOD OF USE
    Publication number: 20110006068
    Abstract: A portable fluid storage tank has through pipes with opposed ends that extend through the tank at two separate places so that the opposed ends are exposed on an exterior of the portable fluid storage tank and the each through pipe provides a separate fluid path through the portable fluid storage tank without fluid communication between the through pipes or an interior of the portable fluid storage tank. Several rows of the portable fluid storage tanks can be connected to a single frac manifold to reduce well site space usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Patrick A. Kaupp
  • LOW MAINTENANCE FLUID HEATER AND METHOD OF FIRING SAME
    Publication number: 20100132632
    Abstract: A fluid heater constructed of rectangular tubing through which fluid to be heated is circulated in a circuitous path. The floor and walls of a combustion chamber of the heater are constructed of the rectangular tubing. A tubular coil stack is positioned over the combustion chamber and surrounded by coil stack chamber walls constructed of the rectangular tubing. Consequently, all surfaces of the fluid heater exposed directly to flame are constantly cooled by the fluid to be heated. A combustion unit of the fluid heater is removable to facilitate maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Patrick A. Kaupp
  • Low maintenance fluid heater and method of firing same
    Patent number: 7681536
    Abstract: A fluid heater constructed of rectangular tubing through which fluid to be heated is circulated in a circuitous path. The floor and walls of a combustion chamber of the heater are constructed of the rectangular tubing. A tubular coil stack is positioned over the combustion chamber and surrounded by coil stack chamber walls constructed of the rectangular tubing. Consequently, all surfaces of the fluid heater exposed directly to flame are constantly cooled by the fluid to be heated. A combustion unit of the fluid heater is removable to facilitate maintenance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Inventor: Patrick A. Kaupp
  • Low maintenance fluid heater and method of firing same
    Publication number: 20080230016
    Abstract: A fluid heater constructed of rectangular tubing through which fluid to be heated is circulated in a circuitous path. The floor and walls of a combustion chamber of the heater are constructed of the rectangular tubing. A tubular coil stack is positioned over the combustion chamber and surrounded by coil stack chamber walls constructed of the rectangular tubing. Consequently, all surfaces of the fluid heater exposed directly to flame are constantly cooled by the fluid to be heated. A combustion unit of the fluid heater is removable to facilitate maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Patrick A. Kaupp