Patents by Inventor Robin Willis

Robin Willis 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).

  • Apparatus and method for making internally finned pressure vessel
    Patent number: 12240058
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an internally finned pressure vessel includes a plurality of positioning discs, each of the positioning discs defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots extending radially into the positioning disc from a perimeter thereof, and one or more rods extending through the plurality of positioning discs, the plurality of positioning discs being held in axial alignment by the one or more rods. A method of fabricating the internally finned pressure vessel includes providing the apparatus, loading a plurality of fins into the slots of the positioning discs, inserting the apparatus containing the plurality of fins into a pressure vessel, attaching the plurality of fins to the pressure vessel by a brazing process, and removing the apparatus from the pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Seatrec, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zedelmair, Yi Chao, Robin Willis
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING INTERNALLY FINNED PRESSURE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20230147928
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an internally finned pressure vessel includes a plurality of positioning discs, each of the positioning discs defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots extending radially into the positioning disc from a perimeter thereof, and one or more rods extending through the plurality of positioning discs, the plurality of positioning discs being held in axial alignment by the one or more rods. A method of fabricating the internally finned pressure vessel includes providing the apparatus, loading a plurality of fins into the slots of the positioning discs, inserting the apparatus containing the plurality of fins into a pressure vessel, attaching the plurality of fins to the pressure vessel by a brazing process, and removing the apparatus from the pressure vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Zedelmair, Yi Chao, Robin Willis
  • Apparatus and method for making internally finned pressure vessel
    Patent number: 11549644
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an internally finned pressure vessel includes a plurality of positioning discs, each of the positioning discs defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots extending radially into the positioning disc from a perimeter thereof, and one or more rods extending through the plurality of positioning discs, the plurality of positioning discs being held in axial alignment by the one or more rods. A method of fabricating the internally finned pressure vessel includes providing the apparatus, loading a plurality of fins into the slots of the positioning discs, inserting the apparatus containing the plurality of fins into a pressure vessel, attaching the plurality of fins to the pressure vessel by a brazing process, and removing the apparatus from the pressure vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Seatrec, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zedelmair, David Fratantoni, Yi Chao, Robin Willis
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAKING INTERNALLY FINNED PRESSURE VESSEL
    Publication number: 20210010639
    Abstract: An apparatus for fabricating an internally finned pressure vessel includes a plurality of positioning discs, each of the positioning discs defining a plurality of circumferentially spaced slots extending radially into the positioning disc from a perimeter thereof, and one or more rods extending through the plurality of positioning discs, the plurality of positioning discs being held in axial alignment by the one or more rods. A method of fabricating the internally finned pressure vessel includes providing the apparatus, loading a plurality of fins into the slots of the positioning discs, inserting the apparatus containing the plurality of fins into a pressure vessel, attaching the plurality of fins to the pressure vessel by a brazing process, and removing the apparatus from the pressure vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Zedelmair, David Fratantoni, Yi Chao, Robin Willis