Patents by Inventor Patrick Neil Gallagher

Patrick Neil Gallagher 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).

  • Heat exchanger with inner sensor grid and restraints for sensor wires and heat exchange tubes
    Patent number: 11655737
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a sensor grid with sensor leads extending through tube restraints for heat exchange tubes in the heat exchanger. The tube restraint includes a body having a plurality of tube openings defined therein with each tube opening receiving one heat exchange tube of the set of heat exchange tubes therethrough. The body also includes a sensor lead opening defined therein to receive a sensor lead therethrough. Each tube opening has a larger dimension than the sensor lead opening. The sensor grid is installed during manufacture rather than in the field, allowing the sensor grid to be on outermost and inner sets of heat exchange tubes in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald William Bairley, Scott William Herman, Robert William Moore, Kwangsuk Jin, Patrick Neil Gallagher
  • HEAT EXCHANGER WITH INNER SENSOR GRID AND RESTRAINTS FOR SENSOR WIRES AND HEAT EXCHANGE TUBES
    Publication number: 20220034241
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a sensor grid with sensor leads extending through tube restraints for heat exchange tubes in the heat exchanger. The tube restraint includes a body having a plurality of tube openings defined therein with each tube opening receiving one heat exchange tube of the set of heat exchange tubes therethrough. The body also includes a sensor lead opening defined therein to receive a sensor lead therethrough. Each tube opening has a larger dimension than the sensor lead opening. The sensor grid is installed during manufacture rather than in the field, allowing the sensor grid to be on outermost and inner sets of hea exchange tubes in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Donald William Bairley, Scott William Herman, Robert William Moore, Kwangsuk Jin, Patrick Neil Gallagher