Patents by Inventor Ronan Byme

Ronan Byme 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).

  • Publication number: 20170362772
    Abstract: A plurality of wire elements for use in an energy recovery device comprising Shape Memory Alloy or other Negative Thermal Expansion (NTE) material, wherein at least one wire element is fixed at one end and free to move at a second end, such that the wire elements are arranged adjacently and are in friction or interference contact with each other and are secured at the outer perimeter of wires utilising a securing means. In such arrangement, during the operation of the bundle arrangement in a heat engine system, the plate elements act to transmit the aggregated force generation of the wire grouping and thus usefully recover and transmit power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Barry Cullen, Kevin O'Toole, Georgiana Tirca-Dragomirescu, Keith Warren, Ronan Byme, Rory Beirne