Patents by Inventor Thomas C. Schmidter

Thomas C. Schmidter 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: 5553662
    Abstract: A thermal energy storage system is operable in heating capacity storage and discharge modes and cooling capacity storage and discharge modes for maintaining a temperature in a vehicle compartment. Each mode includes a thermal charging cycle and a thermal discharging cycle. The thermal energy storage system communicates with a vehicle air conditioning system including a compressor and a vehicle coolant system including a vehicle engine. The thermal energy storage system comprises a thermal storage apparatus housing thermal energy storage material that stores thermal energy. The thermal storage apparatus is connected to the air conditioning system and the coolant system so that a refrigerant or coolant flows through the thermal storage apparatus in heat transfer relationship with the thermal energy storage material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1996
    Assignee: Store Heat & Producte Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Longardner, Joseph A. Gustin, Alexander P. Rafalovich, Gilbert P. Keller, Thomas C. Schmidter
  • Patent number: 5497629
    Abstract: A vapor compression refrigeration system for providing cold storing which; during a conventional cycle provides cooling to an indoor heat exchanger in the conventional fashion, during a cooling charging cycle refrigeration effect is stored in a heat storage vessel by refrigerant evaporation with the indoor heat exchanger being by-passed and during a discharging cooling cycle refrigerant passes through the heat storage vessel without evaporation and evaporates in the indoor heat exchanger to provide space cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1996
    Assignee: Store Heat and Produce Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander P. Rafalovich, Joseph A. Gustin, William J. Longardner, Gilbert P. Keller, Thomas C. Schmidter
  • Patent number: 5449571
    Abstract: An encapsulation apparatus is provided for a thermal management system for at least one battery. The apparatus comprises a housing including an inner wall defining a receptacle for the battery. The inner wall is positioned in thermal contact with the battery. The housing further comprises an outer wall in spaced-apart relationship with the inner wall to define an enclosure therebetween for receiving a phase change material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: Store Heat and Produce Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. Longardner, Alexander P. Rafalovich, Gilbert P. Keller, Thomas C. Schmidter, Joseph A. Gustin