Patents by Inventor Randolph Carlton McGee
Randolph Carlton McGee 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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Patent number: 11767222Abstract: A method and system for making enhanced activated carbon are disclosed. A first heated gas including oxygen flows through a fluidized bed including particles comprising activated carbon to form oxidized activated carbon particles. A second heated gas including nitrogen, ammonia or a combination thereof, flows through a fluidized bed including the oxidized activated carbon particles to form nitrogenated activated carbon particles. A third heated gas including hydrogen flows through a fluidized bed including the nitrogenated activated carbon particles to form the enhanced activated carbon particles.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 11753306Abstract: A method for producing a metal boride powder includes producing a boriding gas stream from a first powder in a first fluidizing bed reactor, delivering the boriding gas stream to a second fluidized bed reactor through a conduit fluidly connecting the first and second fluidized bed reactors, fluidizing a second powder in the second fluidized bed reactor, mixing the second powder with the boriding gas stream such that a metal boride or boron-doped powder is formed.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 11682756Abstract: A method of manufacturing lithium-metal nitride including suspending a lithium-metal-oxide-powder (LMOP) within a gaseous mixture, incrementally heating the suspended LMOP to a holding temperature of between 400 and 800 degrees Celsius such that the LMOP reaches the holding temperature, and maintaining the LMOP at the holding temperature for a time period in order for the gaseous mixture and the LMOP to react to form a lithium-metal nitride powder (LMNP).Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Publication number: 20230182117Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a gas of hydrogen and nitrogen, or hydrogen and ammonia, or hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia, is introduced to a fluidized bed. The gas flows through the fluidized bed, and titanium dioxide particles are introduced to the fluidized bed to form a fluid mixture of the particles and gas in the fluidized bed. The particles are reacted with the gas in the fluid mixture to form particles including titanium dioxide and nitrogen. The particles can be disposed along an air flow path in operative communication with a light source for air treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 13, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Publication number: 20230116899Abstract: An example method of modifying a powder according to the present disclosure includes contacting a powder comprising particles with a nitrogen-containing gas and improved flowability of the powder. A method of providing a powder and a reactor are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2022Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Randolph Carlton McGee, Ying She, Aaron T. Nardi
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Patent number: 11577224Abstract: A method is disclosed in which a gas of hydrogen and nitrogen, or hydrogen and ammonia, or hydrogen, nitrogen, and ammonia, is introduced to a fluidized bed. The gas flows through the fluidized bed, and titanium dioxide particles are introduced to the fluidized bed to form a fluid mixture of the particles and gas in the fluidized bed. The particles are reacted with the gas in the fluid mixture to form particles including titanium dioxide and nitrogen. The particles can be disposed along an air flow path in operative communication with a light source for air treatment.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 11518537Abstract: Fuel tank inerting systems are provided. The systems include a fuel tank, an air source arranged to supply air into a reactive flow path, a catalytic reactor having a plurality of sub-reactors along the flow path, and a heat exchanger. The sub-reactors are arranged relative to the heat exchanger such that the flow path passes through at least a portion of the heat exchanger between two sub-reactors along the flow path. At least one fuel injector is arranged relative to at least one sub-reactor. The fuel injector is configured to inject fuel into the flow path at at least one of upstream of and in the respective at least one sub-reactor to generate a fuel-air mixture. A fuel tank ullage supply line fluidly connects the flow path to the fuel tank to supply an inert gas to a ullage of the fuel tank.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Sean C. Emerson, Zissis A. Dardas, Robert R. Hebert, Randolph Carlton McGee, Allen Murray, Eric Surawski, Joseph Turney
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Patent number: 11472566Abstract: A fuel tank inerting system includes a primary catalytic reactor comprising an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank and air from an air source that are mixed to form a combined flow, and to react the combined flow along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. The system also includes an input sensor that measures a property of the combined flow before it enters the primary catalytic reactor and an output sensor that measures the property of the combined flow after it exits the primary catalytic reactor.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Sean C. Emerson, Zissis A. Dardas, Randolph Carlton McGee, Eric Surawski
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Publication number: 20210362226Abstract: A powder cleaning system can include a fluidized bed reactor configured to retain powder and fluidize the powder to remove adsorbate and/or other contaminants from the powder, and one or more gas sources configured to be in selective fluid communication with the fluidized bed reactor via at least one inlet line to selectively provide an inlet flow having one or more gases to the fluidized bed reactor to fluidize the powder with the one or more gases within the fluidized bed reactor. The system can include at least one outlet line in fluid communication with the fluidized bed reactor and configured to allow removal of outlet flow which comprises the adsorbate and/or other contaminants from the fluidized bed reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Randolph Carlton McGee, Ying She
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Publication number: 20210344000Abstract: A method of manufacturing lithium-metal nitride including suspending a lithium—metal-oxide-powder (LMOP) within a gaseous mixture, incrementally heating the suspended LMOP to a holding temperature of between 400 and 800 degrees Celsius such that the LMOP reaches the holding temperature, and maintaining the LMOP at the holding temperature for a time period in order for the gaseous mixture and the LMOP to react to form a lithium-metal nitride powder (LMNP).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Publication number: 20210309531Abstract: A method for producing a metal boride powder includes producing a boriding gas stream from a first powder in a first fluidizing bed reactor, delivering the boriding gas stream to a second fluidized bed reactor through a conduit fluidly connecting the first and second fluidized bed reactors, fluidizing a second powder in the second fluidized bed reactor, mixing the second powder with the boriding gas stream such that a metal boride or boron-doped powder is formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 11097340Abstract: A powder cleaning system can include a fluidized bed reactor configured to retain powder and fluidize the powder to remove adsorbate and/or other contaminants from the powder, at least one inlet line, and one or more gas sources configured to be in selective fluid communication with the fluidized bed reactor via the at least one inlet line to selectively provide an inlet flow having one or more gases to the fluidized bed reactor to fluidize the powder with the one or more gases within the fluidized bed reactor. The system can include at least one outlet line in fluid communication with the fluidized bed reactor and configured to allow removal of outlet flow which comprises the adsorbate and/or other contaminants from the fluidized bed reactor.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Randolph Carlton Mcgee, Ying She
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Patent number: 11094923Abstract: A method of manufacturing lithium-metal nitride including suspending a lithium-metal-oxide-powder (LMOP) within a gaseous mixture, incrementally heating the suspended LMOP to a holding temperature of between 400 and 800 degrees Celsius such that the LMOP reaches the holding temperature, and maintaining the LMOP at the holding temperature for a time period in order for the gaseous mixture and the LMOP to react to form a lithium-metal nitride powder (LMNP).Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 11066308Abstract: A method for producing a metal boride powder includes producing a bonding gas stream from a first powder in a first fluidizing bed reactor, delivering the bonding gas stream to a second fluidized bed reactor through a conduit fluidly connecting the first and second fluidized bed reactors, fluidizing a second powder in the second fluidized bed reactor, mixing the second powder with the bonding gas stream such that a metal boride or boron-doped powder is formed.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 10967985Abstract: A method for startup of a catalytic oxidation unit includes flowing air from an air source into the catalytic oxidation unit, recycling air from an outlet of the catalytic oxidation unit to an inlet of the catalytic oxidation unit through a recycle duct, and flowing a fuel from a fuel source into the catalytic oxidation to cause a catalytic reaction.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Sean C. Emerson, Zissis A. Dardas, Robert R. Hebert, Allen Murray, Eric Surawski, Randolph Carlton McGee
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Publication number: 20210047048Abstract: A fuel tank inerting system includes a primary catalytic reactor comprising an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank and air from an air source that are mixed to form a combined flow, and to react the combined flow along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. The system also includes an input sensor that measures a property of the combined flow before it enters the primary catalytic reactor and an output sensor that measures the property of the combined flow after it exits the primary catalytic reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Inventors: Sean C. Emerson, Zissis A. Dardas, Randolph Carlton McGee, Eric Surawski
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Patent number: 10905997Abstract: A moisture removal system for removing moisture from a gas is disclosed including a water absorption vessel with a microemulsion. The system also includes a gas-liquid phase separator in fluid communication with a water absorption vessel gas outlet, a gas outlet for conditioned air in fluid communication with a conditioned space, and a liquid outlet. An optional heat exchanger heats used microemulsion from the water absorption for water desorption in a water desorption vessel. An optional microemulsion regenerator provides thermal regeneration of microemulsion from the water desorption vessel for returning regenerated microemulsion to the water absorption vessel.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Randolph Carlton McGee, Parmesh Verma, Thomas D. Radcliff, Zissis A. Dardas
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Patent number: 10892112Abstract: A method of making an energy storage article having a metal nitride electrode is disclosed where metal nitride is made by nitriding particles of a metal or oxide of a metal selected from vanadium molybdenum, titanium, niobium, tungsten, or combinations including any of the foregoing by contacting the particles with a gas of nitrogen and hydrogen, or ammonia, in a fluidized bed reactor to form particles of metal nitride for the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Randolph Carlton McGee, Ying She, Zissis A. Dardas
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Publication number: 20210005885Abstract: A method of manufacturing lithium-metal nitride including suspending a lithium-metal-oxide-powder (LMOP) within a gaseous mixture, incrementally heating the suspended LMOP to a holding temperature of between 400 and 800 degrees Celsius such that the LMOP reaches the holding temperature, and maintaining the LMOP at the holding temperature for a time period in order for the gaseous mixture and the LMOP to react to form a lithium-metal nitride powder (LMNP).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventor: Randolph Carlton McGee
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Patent number: 10858119Abstract: A fuel tank inerting system includes a primary catalytic reactor comprising an inlet, an outlet, a reactive flow path between the inlet and the outlet, and a catalyst on the reactive flow path. The catalytic reactor is arranged to receive fuel from the fuel tank and air from an air source that are mixed to form a combined flow, and to react the combined flow along the reactive flow path to generate an inert gas. The system also includes an input sensor that measures a property of the combined flow before it enters the primary catalytic reactor and an output sensor that measures the property of the combined flow after it exits the primary catalytic reactor.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2018Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Sean C. Emerson, Zissis A. Dardas, Randolph Carlton McGee, Eric Surawski