Patents by Inventor Scott Robert Lancaster

Scott Robert Lancaster 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).

  • Method of modifying temperatures of multiple objects and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 11293682
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transferring heat to and from multiple objects. Such a method entails placing objects in a vessel that contains a heat transfer fluid so that the objects contact the heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid is at a temperature that is different from the temperature of the object, and is induced to circulate along a continuous flowpath. Each object is at least partially disposed in the flowpath of the heat transfer fluid, and each object is individually rotated about an axis of rotation thereof. The heat transfer fluid continues to circulate and the objects continue to rotate for a time sufficient to cause the temperatures of the objects to become closer to the heat transfer fluid temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Mitchell Anthony LoVerde, David Stephen Page, Kyle Chang Ma, Scott Robert Lancaster, Christopher James Mead
  • METHOD OF MODIFYING TEMPERATURES OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20190331392
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for transferring heat to and from multiple objects. Such a method entails placing objects in a vessel that contains a heat transfer fluid so that the objects contact the heat transfer fluid. The heat transfer fluid is at a temperature that is different from the temperature of the object, and is induced to circulate along a continuous flowpath. Each object is at least partially disposed in the flowpath of the heat transfer fluid, and each object is individually rotated about an axis of rotation thereof. The heat transfer fluid continues to circulate and the objects continue to rotate for a time sufficient to cause the temperatures of the objects to become closer to the heat transfer fluid temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Mitchell Anthony LoVerde, David Stephen Page, Kyle Chang Ma, Scott Robert Lancaster, Christopher James Mead