Patents by Inventor Peter Vranka

Peter Vranka 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).

  • Increased cooling electronics case
    Publication number: 20060238980
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electronics case including a housing having at least one sidewall having an air passage, wherein the air passage includes an intake and an exhaust; a heat producing structure contained by the housing; and at least one heat pipe in conductive communication with the heat producing structure and the sidewalls having the air passage. The air passage within the sidewall produces a chimney effect that vents heated air from the housing. The chimney effect may be produced by a sidewall having a fluted sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2005
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Rabindra Bhattacharyya, Joseph Fridy, Domenic Ghiardi, Glenn Jarvis, John Siemon, Peter Vranka
  • Control of cracking in heat affected zones of fusion welded structures
    Publication number: 20060191878
    Abstract: A method of preparing a faying surface of a component for fusion welding includes plastically deforming a surface layer adjacent a faying surface of said component. If necessary, the faying surface is machined smooth after the surface layer is plastically deformed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2005
    Publication date: August 31, 2006
    Inventors: Israel Stol, Vladimir Nesterenkov, Robert Schultz, Peter Vranka