Patents by Inventor Paul Berner

Paul Berner 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).

  • Integrated turbine power generation system with catalytic reactor
    Patent number: 6960840
    Abstract: The invention provides integrated turbogenerators having a turbine wheel, a compressor impeller, and a motor generator mounted to or mechanically constrained to a common shaft, and improved components and configurations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Capstone Turbine Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Willis, Paul Berner, Guillermo Pont, Joel Wacknov
  • Integrated turbine power generation system with catalytic reactor
    Publication number: 20040103669
    Abstract: The invention provides integrated turbogenerators having a turbine wheel, a compressor impeller, and a motor generator mounted to or mechanically constrained to a common shaft, and improved components and configurations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Applicant: Capstone Turbine Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Willis, Paul Berner, Guillermo Pont, Joel Wacknov
  • Integrated turbine power generation system with catalytic reactor
    Publication number: 20040100101
    Abstract: The invention provides integrated turbogenerators having a turbine wheel, a compressor impeller, and a motor generator mounted to or mechanically constrained to a common shaft, and improved components and configurations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: Capstone Turbine Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Willis, Paul Berner, Guillermo Pont, Joel Wacknov
  • Integrated turbine power generation system having low pressure supplemental catalytic reactor
    Publication number: 20020166324
    Abstract: The invention provides integrated turbogenerators having a turbine wheel, a compressor impeller, and a motor generator mounted to or mechanically constrained to a common shaft, and improved components and configurations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Applicant: Capstone Turbine Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Willis, Paul Berner, Guillermo Pont, Joel Wacknov
  • Nonstructural buoyancy can
    Publication number: 20020142683
    Abstract: A riser tensioning device for use on an offshore floating facility comprising a buoyancy element and a frame. The frame accepts external loads caused by movement of the floating facility and wave and/or current action that would otherwise act on the buoyancy element. The frame can be made positively or neutrally buoyant so that the weight of the frame does not counteract the buoyancy provided by the buoyancy element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2002
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: R. Brad Campbell, Paul Berner, Mehrdad Mortazavi
  • Process for aryl-quinone and aryl-naphthoquinone diazide sulfonic acids
    Patent number: 4931549
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of aryl-diazide-sulfonic acids by a series of sequential in-situ process steps. The process comprises the nitrosation of a hydroxyarylsulfonic acid; conversion of the nitroso-derivative to a sulfamate which is then diazotized to the diazide. Temperature and pH are maintained in predetermined ranges to maintain the reaction products in solution without the formation side-products or the need to isolate intermediates.The process of the invention is particularly useful in the preparation of light-sensitive materials such as naphthoquinonediazide sulfonic acids which are used in the preparation of photoresist compositions. The invention provides a high purity product at a high material efficiency, high equipment utilization, low effluent discharge, and reduced cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Hoechst Celanese Corporation
    Inventor: Paul Berner