Patents by Inventor Russell Hillenburg

Russell Hillenburg 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: 10850245
    Abstract: A radial flow distribution system, a radial flow reactor, and components thereof, including one or more of a scallop, center pipe, and/or outer basket. Each of the scallop, the center pipe, and the outer basket has openings formed therein. wherein the sizes or the shapes of the openings vary along the length or the width of the reactor components such that the openings define a pattern in configured to manipulate and optimize the distribution of flow of feedstock out of the components and through the reactor to maximize the efficiency of the catalyst reaction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: Axens SA, Woven Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Le-Goff, Fabian Lambert, Matthew Hutchinson, Russell Hillenburg, Eugene Eberhardt
  • Patent number: 10543469
    Abstract: A supported scallop and a support distributor therefor for use in a radial flow reactor. The support distributor includes an elongated sheet having a plurality of perforations extending through a thickness thereof, and at least one edge along a length thereof so as to form a member having at least one support point which engages an inner surface of the scallop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Woven Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Hillenburg, Gene Eberhardt, Heather Bennett
  • Publication number: 20190282985
    Abstract: A radial flow distribution system, a radial flow reactor, and components thereof, including one or more of a scallop, center pipe, and/or outer basket. Each of the scallop, the center pipe, and the outer basket has openings formed therein. wherein the sizes or the shapes of the openings vary along the length or the width of the reactor components such that the openings define a pattern in configured to manipulate and optimize the distribution of flow of feedstock out of the components and through the reactor to maximize the efficiency of the catalyst reaction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves LE-GOFF, Fabian LAMBERT, Matthew HUTCHINSON, Russell HILLENBURG, Eugene EBERHARDT
  • Patent number: 10406496
    Abstract: A scallop, center pipe, and outer basket for use in a radial flow reactor are provided. Each of the scallop, the center pipe, and the outer basket is formed of an elongated conduit having a top end and an opposing bottom end, and a plurality of openings formed in the elongated conduit through a thickness thereof. A diameter of the plurality of openings progressively increases or decreases from the top end to the opposing bottom end of the elongated conduit so as to allow a feedstock to flow radially out through the plurality of openings on the scallop or outer basket, or to allow a feedstock to flow uniformly into the center pipe through the plurality of openings. A system utilizing the center pipe together with either the scallop or the outer basket is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Woven Metal Products, Inc., Axens SA
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Le-Goff, Fabian Lambert, Matthew Hutchinson, Russell Hillenburg, Eugene Eberhardt
  • Publication number: 20190160444
    Abstract: A supported scallop and a support distributor therefor for use in a radial flow reactor. The support distributor includes an elongated sheet having a plurality of perforations extending through a thickness thereof, and at least one edge along a length thereof so as to form a member having at least one support point which engages an inner surface of the scallop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: Russell Hillenburg, Gene Eberhardt, Heather Bennett
  • Patent number: 10188997
    Abstract: The invention provides a support distributor for a scallop for use in a radial flow reactor. The support distributor includes an elongated sheet having a plurality of perforations extending through a thickness thereof, and at least three edges along a length thereof so as to form a member having at least three support points which engage an inner surface of the scallop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Woven Metal Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Hillenburg, Gene Eberhardt, Heather Bennett
  • Publication number: 20190015807
    Abstract: A scallop, center pipe, and outer basket for use in a radial flow reactor are provided. Each of the scallop, the center pipe, and the outer basket is formed of an elongated conduit having a top end and an opposing bottom end, and a plurality of openings formed in the elongated conduit through a thickness thereof. A diameter of the plurality of openings progressively increases or decreases from the top end to the opposing bottom end of the elongated conduit so as to allow a feedstock to flow radially out through the plurality of openings on the scallop or outer basket, or to allow a feedstock to flow uniformly into the center pipe through the plurality of openings. A system utilizing the center pipe together with either the scallop or the outer basket is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Pierre-Yves Le-Goff, Fabian Lambert, Matthew Hutchinson, Russell Hillenburg, Eugene Eberhardt
  • Publication number: 20170361293
    Abstract: The invention provides a support distributor for a scallop for use in a radial flow reactor. The support distributor includes an elongated sheet having a plurality of perforations extending through a thickness thereof, and at least three edges along a length thereof so as to form a member having at least three support points which engage an inner surface of the scallop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: Russell Hillenburg, Gene Eberhardt, Heather Bennett