Patents by Inventor Peter Forrest Thompson

Peter Forrest Thompson 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 pump fluid heating system
    Patent number: 6729151
    Abstract: A heat pump system for raising the temperature of a fluid includes a compressor for compressing a working fluid; a desuperheater heat exchanger provided with an inlet and outlet for a fluid to be heated and an inlet and outlet for the working fluid, the working fluid inlet being communicated with an outlet from the compressor; a condenser heat exchanger provided with an inlet and outlet for the fluid to be heated and an inlet and outlet for the working fluid, the condenser heat exchanger fluid outlet being communicated directly with the desuperheater heat exchanger fluid inlet, and the condenser heat exchanger working fluid inlet being communicated directly with the desuperheater heat exchanger working fluid outlet; and an evaporator with an inlet communicated with the condenser heat exchanger working fluid outlet, and an outlet communicated with an inlet to the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Inventor: Peter Forrest Thompson