Patents by Inventor Robert Paul Meier

Robert Paul Meier 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).

  • Systems and methods for dissipating heat in an enclosure
    Patent number: 9471116
    Abstract: An enclosure is presented. The enclosure includes an outer casing having one or more walls. Further, the enclosure includes a synthetic jet assembly configured to dissipate heat from the one or more walls, where the synthetic jet assembly includes a bracket operatively coupled to the one or more walls of the outer casing and two or more synthetic jets operatively coupled to the bracket, where the two or more synthetic jets are arranged in a multi-dimensional array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, William Earl Gross, Jr., Bryan Patrick Whalen, Robert Paul Meier
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISSIPATING HEAT IN AN ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20150077934
    Abstract: An enclosure is presented. The enclosure includes an outer casing having one or more walls. Further, the enclosure includes a synthetic jet assembly configured to dissipate heat from the one or more walls, where the synthetic jet assembly includes a bracket operatively coupled to the one or more walls of the outer casing and two or more synthetic jets operatively coupled to the bracket, where the two or more synthetic jets are arranged in a multi-dimensional array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, William Earl Gross, JR., Bryan Patrick Whalen, Robert Paul Meier
  • Systems and methods for dissipating heat in an enclosure
    Patent number: 8976525
    Abstract: An enclosure is presented. The enclosure includes an outer casing having one or more walls. Further, the enclosure includes a synthetic jet assembly configured to dissipate heat from the one or more walls, where the synthetic jet assembly includes a bracket operatively coupled to the one or more walls of the outer casing and two or more synthetic jets operatively coupled to the bracket, where the two or more synthetic jets are arranged in a multi-dimensional array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, William Earl Gross, Jr., Bryan Patrick Whalen, Robert Paul Meier
  • Systems and Methods for Dissipating Heat in an Enclosure
    Publication number: 20140034270
    Abstract: An enclosure is presented. The enclosure includes an outer casing having one or more walls. Further, the enclosure includes a synthetic jet assembly configured to dissipate heat from the one or more walls, where the synthetic jet assembly includes a bracket operatively coupled to the one or more walls of the outer casing and two or more synthetic jets operatively coupled to the bracket, where the two or more synthetic jets are arranged in a multi-dimensional array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Hendrik Pieter Jacobus de Bock, William Earl Gross, JR., Bryan Patrick Whalen, Robert Paul Meier