Patents by Inventor Rudolf Jacobus Coertze

Rudolf Jacobus Coertze 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: 11876263
    Abstract: An integrated hydrogen-electric includes a hydrogen fuel cell; a hydrogen fuel source; an electric motor assembly disposed in electrical communication with the fuel cell; n air compressor system configured to be driven by the motor assembly, and a cooling system having a heat exchanger radiator in a duct of the cooling system, and configured to direct an air stream including an air stream from the air compressor through the radiator, wherein an exhaust stream from a cathode side of the fuel cell is fed via an flow control nozzle into the air stream in the cooling duct downstream of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZEROAVIA, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Wang, Matthew Legg, Rudolf Jacobus Coertze
  • Publication number: 20080248369
    Abstract: A fuel cell system is disclosed comprising a housing having an interior space fluidly containing a fuel cell stack and a flame arresting recombiner, wherein: (1) the flame arresting recombiner comprises at least one fuel cell having at least one anode supply channel fluidly connecting the fuel cell and the interior space of the housing; and (2) the anode supply channel of the fuel cell of the flame arresting recombiner is configured to prevent flame propagation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Jacob W. De Vaal, Rudolf Jacobus Coertze