Patents by Inventor Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin
Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin 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).
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Publication number: 20140144320Abstract: A cartridge filter insert includes a body, an internal opening, and an exterior surface. The internal opening is configured to permit an airflow through the body. The exterior surface is configured to removably engage a surface of a cartridge filter having an outlet. The internal opening has an inside dimension smaller than an inside dimension of the outlet of the cartridge filter to effectively reduce the inside dimension of the outlet. An inlet filter house including the cartridge filter and the cartridge filter insert are also provided. Methods of filtering a fluid using the cartridge filter and the cartridge filter insert within the inlet filter house are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: BHA Altair, LLCInventors: Richard Michael Ashley Mann, Stephen Francis Banks, Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, Timothy John NichOlas, Peter Thomas McGuigan
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Patent number: 8690163Abstract: A gasket stop and gasket housing apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a gasket stop comprising: a body having: a first surface; and a second surface spaced from and substantially parallel to the first surface; an opening extending from the first surface to the second surface; at least one pillar extending at an acute angle from the first surface; and at least one retaining device having: an upright portion with at least one face; and a projecting portion extending outwardly from the body beyond the at least one face of the upright portion, whereby the at least one pillar and the at least one retaining device pass through a slot in a member such that the projecting portion secures the gasket stop against the member.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2010Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Assignee: BHA Altair, LLCInventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, William Keith Albert Eyers
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Patent number: 8506667Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include filters and methods for imparting structural support to a pleated filter material. According to an example embodiment, the method includes forming a filter structure from one or more sections of pleated filter media, wherein the filter structure comprises one or more filter pleats. The method also includes extruding a banding material to form one or more radial support regions in at least circumferential contact with at least one of an inner or an outer surface of the filter structure, and maintaining spacing between the one or more filter pleats of the filter structure with the one or more radial support regions.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, Jamison William Janawitz, Jason Mei
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Publication number: 20120234020Abstract: A method of assembling an evaporative cooler for use with a gas turbine engine system. The method includes coupling a drain pan to a support frame, wherein the drain pan includes a front wall and a back wall. A media support assembly is coupled to the drain pan to form the evaporative cooler. The media support assembly includes a media support wall and a rear flange. The media support wall extends substantially perpendicularly from the drain pan front wall and defines a continuous drainage chamber between the drain pan front wall and the back wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: September 20, 2012Inventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, Willam Keith Albert Eyers, Peter John Duncan Smith
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Publication number: 20120180444Abstract: Certain embodiments of the invention may include filters and methods for imparting structural support to a pleated filter material. According to an example embodiment, the method includes forming a filter structure from one or more sections of pleated filter media, wherein the filter structure comprises one or more filter pleats. The method also includes extruding a banding material to form one or more radial support regions in at least circumferential contact with at least one of an inner or an outer surface of the filter structure, and maintaining spacing between the one or more filter pleats of the filter structure with the one or more radial support regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, Jamison William Janawitz, Jason Mei
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Patent number: 8220784Abstract: An evaporative cooler for cooling air includes a cooling housing having an air inlet and an air outlet and an evaporation media, located within the cooling housing intermediate the air inlet and the air outlet for air flow there through and for receiving water to permit evaporation of at least some water. The evaporative cooler includes a drain pan located within the cooling housing and below the evaporation media to catch water which has not evaporated and falling from the evaporation media and a sump located within the cooling housing and below the drain pan for collecting water for use in supplying water to the evaporation media. The evaporative cooler includes a pipe connecting the drain pan to the sump for water movement from the drain pan to the sump and an air vent located within the cooling housing and connected to the pipe, the air vent being open to air within the cooling housing and above the drain pan to permit release of air from within the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, William Keith Albert Eyers, Peter John Duncan Smith
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Publication number: 20120047855Abstract: A filter pocket arrangement that provides increased filter media area is described. In one embodiment, each filter pocket includes a pocket mouth that attaches to a filter frame and a pocket body extending longitudinally away from the pocket mouth to a closed end. The closed end is folded back inward towards the pocket mouth to form a tuck fold that defines a first sub-filter pocket and a second sub-filter pocket at the pocket mouth. The first sub-filter pocket and the second sub-filter pocket each has a sub-pocket mouth that coincides with a portion of the pocket mouth, with sidewalls extending longitudinally therefrom to form an apex at the closed end of the filter pocket. The first sub-filter pocket is separated from the second sub-filter pocket by the tuck fold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: William Keith Albert Eyers, Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin
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Publication number: 20120049466Abstract: A gasket stop and gasket housing apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, the invention provides a gasket stop comprising: a body having: a first surface; and a second surface spaced from and substantially parallel to the first surface; an opening extending from the first surface to the second surface; at least one pillar extending at an acute angle from the first surface; and at least one retaining device having: an upright portion with at least one face; and a projecting portion extending outwardly from the body beyond the at least one face of the upright portion, whereby the at least one pillar and the at least one retaining device pass through a slot in a member such that the projecting portion secures the gasket stop against the member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, William Keith Albert Eyers
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Publication number: 20110074051Abstract: An evaporative cooler for cooling air includes a cooling housing having an air inlet and an air outlet and an evaporation media, located within the cooling housing intermediate the air inlet and the air outlet for air flow there through and for receiving water to permit evaporation of at least some water. The evaporative cooler includes a drain pan located within the cooling housing and below the evaporation media to catch water which has not evaporated and falling from the evaporation media and a sump located within the cooling housing and below the drain pan for collecting water for use in supplying water to the evaporation media. The evaporative cooler includes a pipe connecting the drain pan to the sump for water movement from the drain pan to the sump and an air vent located within the cooling housing and connected to the pipe, the air vent being open to air within the cooling housing and above the drain pan to permit release of air from within the pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: March 31, 2011Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Przemyslaw Krzysztof Nikolin, William Keith Albert Eyers, Peter John Duncan Smith