Patents by Inventor Rinaldo BRAVO

Rinaldo BRAVO 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).

  • Patent number: 10422112
    Abstract: A modular apparatus for water production from atmospheric air includes: a first parallelepiped module having an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a ventilator, to force an air flow to cross an internal volume of the first module, a condensation unit, located internally of the first module that intercepts the air flow, and a collecting tub for collecting the condensation water; and a second parallelepiped module containing a refrigerating unit including a portion of a refrigerating circuit in which a refrigerating fluid circulates and an evaporator to cool the air flow inside the condensation unit; the first module and the second module are reciprocally fixed at a respective interconnecting face. The second module having an interconnecting face having a width equal to twice a width of an interconnecting face side of the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE SA
    Inventors: Rinaldo Bravo, Luca Dal Canto
  • Patent number: 10385549
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for production of water from atmospheric air comprises a condensation unit (20) comprising: an inlet opening (21) of the moist air with a dew point of lower than 0° C., an outlet opening (22) of the dehumidified air, at least a ventilator (23) configured so as to force an air flow and enter through the inlet opening (21) and exit from the outlet opening (22), a heat exchange plate (24), interposed between the inlet opening (21) and the outlet opening (22), so as to intercept the air flow and able to be crossed by the air flow, in which a refrigerating fluid of a refrigerating unit (30) circulates at a lower temperature than a dew point temperature of the air flow and at least a heating element configured so as to heat the heat exchange plate (24) for defrosting the ice condensed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE SA
    Inventors: Rinaldo Bravo, Luca Dal Canto
  • Publication number: 20180127954
    Abstract: An apparatus (10) for production of water from atmospheric air comprises a condensation unit (20) comprising: an inlet opening (21) of the moist air with a dew point of lower than 0° C., an outlet opening (22) of the dehumidified air, at least a ventilator (23) configured so as to force an air flow and enter through the inlet opening (21) and exit from the outlet opening (22), a heat N exchange plate (24), interposed between the inlet opening (21) and the outlet opening (22), so as to intercept the air flow and able to be crossed by the air flow, in which a refrigerating fluid of a refrigerating unit (30) circulates at a lower temperature than a dew point temperature of the air flow and at least a heating element configured so as to heat the heat exchange plate (24) for defrosting the ice condensed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE SA
    Inventors: Rinaldo BRAVO, Luca DAL CANTO
  • Publication number: 20180127955
    Abstract: A modular apparatus (10) for water production from atmospheric air comprises: a first parallelepiped module (200) provided with an inlet opening (21) for moist air, an outlet opening (22) of the dehumidified air, a ventilator (23), configured such as to force an air flow to cross an internal volume of the first module (200) from the inlet opening (21) to the outlet opening (22), a condensation unit (20), located internally of the first module (200) so as to intercept the air flow, and a collecting tub (291, 292, 293) located inferiorly of the condensation unit (20) for collecting the condensation water that is separating from the air flow; and a second parallelepiped module (300) in which a refrigerating unit (30) is contained provided with at least a portion of a refrigerating circuit (31) in which a refrigerating fluid circulates and an evaporator in which the refrigerating liquid evaporates so as to cool the air flow internally of the condensation unit (20); where the first module (200) and the second modu
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: SEAS SOCIÉTÉ DE L'EAU AÉRIENNE SUISSE SA
    Inventors: Rinaldo BRAVO, Luca DAL CANTO