Patents by Inventor Shagufta Patel

Shagufta Patel 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).

  • Liquid drainage from coalescing filter medium with drainage channels
    Patent number: 9144760
    Abstract: A coalescing filter includes a coalescing filter medium having an entrance face and an exit face and a surface energy, the coalescing filter also having a drainage channel in the coalescing filter medium, the drainage channel being a woven or non-woven fiber construct having a pore size greater than the pore size of said coalescing filter medium and having a surface energy that is lower than the surface energy of the coalescing filter medium, the drainage channel extending at a downward angle relative to the direction from the entrance face to the exit face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: The University of Akron
    Inventors: George Chase, Shagufta Patel
  • MODIFIED SURFACE ENERGY NON-WOVEN FILTER ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20140275692
    Abstract: A non-woven low surface energy filter element designed to have improved removal of a dispersed liquid phase from a continuous liquid phase is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Shagufta Patel, John A. Krogue
  • LIQUID DRAINAGE FROM COALESCING FILTER MEDIUM WITH DRAINAGE CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20140007771
    Abstract: A coalescing filter includes a coalescing filter medium having an entrance face and an exit face and a surface energy, the coalescing filter also having a drainage channel in the coalescing filter medium, the drainage channel being a woven or non-woven fiber construct having a pore size greater than the pore size of said coalescing filter medium and having a surface energy that is lower than the surface energy of the coalescing filter medium, the drainage channel extending at a downward angle relative to the direction from the entrance face to the exit face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON
    Inventors: George Chase, Shagufta Patel