Patents by Inventor Stephen Bilger

Stephen Bilger 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: 20230278148
    Abstract: A portable jobsite skid system, including a skid-mounted enclosure made of formed sheet and structural metal, comprising a roof, side panels, and two doors, a first microbulk vessel containing a first pressurized gas, and a second microbulk vessel containing a second pressurized gas, a gas mixer configured to mix the first pressurized gas and the second pressurized gas, and quick disconnect ports configured to connect a gas mixture to the end user. The system may include between two and four doors. The system may include at least one self-contained welding machine, and a means for providing the pressurized gas to the self-contained welding machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventor: Stephen BILGER
  • Patent number: 10099851
    Abstract: A self-retracting dry ice container enclosing solid carbon dioxide and retracting as the solid carbon dioxide sublimates is provided
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Airgas USA, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen Bilger
  • Patent number: 9930907
    Abstract: A cryogenic freezer includes a plurality of conveyor rail supports that rest upon side walls of a lower housing of the freezer. The conveyor rail supports include upper and lower bars that support upper and lower conveyor support rails extending perpendicular to the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: Airgas, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Bilger, David C. Braithwaite
  • Publication number: 20170137214
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-retracting dry ice container, comprising a means for enclosing solid carbon dioxide is provided. The means are adapted to retract as the solid carbon dioxide sublimates. In another embodiment of the present invention, a method for refrigerating a storage compartment is provided. The method includes providing, within a storage compartment, a self-retracting dry ice container, comprising a means for enclosing solid carbon dioxide, wherein the means are adapted to retract as the solid carbon dioxide sublimates, providing solid carbon dioxide into the self-retracting dry ice container, introducing sub-ambient temperature carbon dioxide gas to the storage compartment as the solid carbon dioxide sublimates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventor: Stephen BILGER
  • Publication number: 20140377432
    Abstract: A cryogenic freezer includes a plurality of conveyor rail supports that rest upon side walls of a lower housing of the freezer. The conveyor rail supports include upper and lower bars that support upper and lower conveyor support rails extending perpendicular to the bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen BILGER, David C. BRAITHWAITE
  • Patent number: 8844315
    Abstract: A cryogenic freezer includes a plurality of conveyor rail supports that rest upon side walls of a lower housing of the freezer. The conveyor rail supports include upper and lower bars that support upper and lower conveyor support rails extending perpendicular to the bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
    Inventors: Stephen Bilger, David C. Braithwaite
  • Patent number: 8708547
    Abstract: A present invention provides for a system (100) for injecting cooling fluid into a concrete mixing container (502), the system (100) comprising a support structure (116) having a leg assembly with two or more supporting legs (201) and a cross member beam (200) supported between said two or more legs (201), the two or more legs (201) and the cross member beam (200) being positioned with respect to one another in such a manner as to define a passageway (210) of sufficient height (H) and width (W) between the two or more legs (201) and beneath the cross member beam (200) to allow passage of a concrete mixer truck (504) through the passageway (210) and a lance device (190) positioned on the cross member beam (200) of the support structure (116), the lance device (190) comprising an articulated arm that includes a rigid lance (102) which allows for the flow of a cooling fluid there through; and a means for acting on the articulated arm to cause pivotal movement of the articulated arm in a non-linear motion thereby
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
    Inventor: Stephen Bilger
  • Publication number: 20130000350
    Abstract: An apparatus for the removal of hydrocarbons from a body of water comprising a temperature reduction device comprising a heat exchange in thermal communication with a flow of a liquefied cryogen, the temperature reduction device being adapted to receive a hydrocarbon/water mixture, position a first surface of the at least partially phase separated mixture in thermal communication with the heat exchanger, and reduce the temperature of the at least partially phase separated mixture to a temperature sufficient to cause the hydrocarbon phase to at least partially congeal or at least partially solidify.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
    Inventors: David C. Braithwaite, Brandon Sumners, Eric P. Klein, Stephen Bilger, Ronald C. Idol
  • Publication number: 20110239665
    Abstract: A cryogenic freezer includes a plurality of conveyor rail supports that rest upon side walls of a lower housing of the freezer. The conveyor rail supports include upper and lower bars that support upper and lower conveyor support rails extending perpendicular to the bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: AIR LIQUIDE INDUSTRIAL U.S. LP
    Inventors: Stephen BILGER, David C. Braithwaite
  • Publication number: 20090103392
    Abstract: A present invention provides for a system (100) for injecting cooling fluid into a concrete mixing container (502), the system (100) comprising a support structure (116) having a leg assembly with two or more supporting legs (201) and a cross member beam (200) supported between said two or more legs (201), the two or more legs (201) and the cross member beam (200) being positioned with respect to one another in such a manner as to define a passageway (210) of sufficient height (H) and width (W) between the two or more legs (201) and beneath the cross member beam (200) to allow passage of a concrete mixer truck (504) through the passageway (210) and a lance device (190) positioned on the cross member beam (200) of the support structure (116), the lance device (190) comprising an articulated arm that includes a rigid lance (102) which allows for the flow of a cooling fluid there through; and a means for acting on the articulated arm to cause pivotal movement of the articulated arm in a non-linear motion thereby
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: Air Liquide Industrial UD LP
    Inventor: Stephen Bilger
  • Patent number: D649566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Air Liquide Industrial U.S. LP
    Inventors: Stephen Bilger, David C. Braithwaite