Patents by Inventor Patrick Flannery

Patrick Flannery 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).

  • Patent number: 10130009
    Abstract: A power electronics based system using natural, convection cooling, includes an enclosure housing a plurality of discrete components distributed in a vertical direction from a bottom portion to a top portion of the enclosure and having a heat density weighted average center at a first height along the vertical direction. There is a heat exchanger adjacent to the enclosure, including an inlet port and an outlet port in fluid communication with the enclosure. The heat exchanger has a vertical cooling average center at a second height. There is a cooling fluid disposed in the enclosure and in the heat exchanger to cool the discrete components. The discrete components are positioned in the vertical direction in the enclosure such that the first height of the heat density weighted average center along the vertical direction is below the second height of the vertical cooling average center of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: American Superconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Jie Yuan, Peter Hansen, John Brubaker, Patrick Flannery, Peter Winn
  • Publication number: 20180270987
    Abstract: A power electronics based system using natural, convection cooling, includes an enclosure housing a plurality of discrete components distributed in a vertical direction from a bottom portion to a top portion of the enclosure and having a heat density weighted average center at a first height along the vertical direction. There is a heat exchanger adjacent to the enclosure, including an inlet port and an outlet port in fluid communication with the enclosure. The heat exchanger has a vertical cooling average center at a second height. There is a cooling fluid disposed in the enclosure and in the heat exchanger to cool the discrete components. The discrete components are positioned in the vertical direction in the enclosure such that the first height of the heat density weighted average center along the vertical direction is below the second height of the vertical cooling average center of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jie Yuan, Peter Hansen, John Brubaker, Patrick Flannery, Peter Winn
  • Publication number: 20070028331
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and corn plants comprising brown midrib and gt1 genes conferring increased digestibility of plants and regrowth following cutting. The invention thus relates to corn plants, seeds and tissue cultures comprising brown midrib and gt1 genes, and to methods for producing a corn plant by crossing a corn plant comprising the brown midrib and gt1 genes with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants comprising brown midrib and gt1 genes with plants of another variety, such as an inbred line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: James Coors, Dustin Eilert, Patrick Flannery
  • Publication number: 20070028325
    Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated W701BC. This inbred variety yields multiple ears, and is ideal for production of baby corn. The invention further relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety W701BC, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety W701BC with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention also relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety W701BC with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety W701BC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: James Coors, Dustin Eilert, Patrick Flannery