Patents by Inventor Tom SAENEN

Tom SAENEN 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: 12070759
    Abstract: Cyclone separator 1 for separating liquid from a flow 8 of gas and liquid, comprising a housing with a mainly tubular inner wall 2, whereby an inlet 3 is provided in the housing for carrying the flow at least partially tangentially against the inner wall, whereby an outlet 4 is further provided at the top of the housing, so that during operation the flow forms a vortex 5 between the inlet and the outlet, and whereby the liquid 6 impacts against the inner wall due to centrifugal force in order to be discharged 11, characterized in that the housing, at least in a zone above the inlet, has a mainly tubular auxiliary wall 7, whereof an outer side is spaced from and directed towards the inner wall, so that during operation the vortex is at least partially bounded by an inner side of the auxiliary wall in order to reduce contact between the vortex and the liquid at the inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Tom Potters, Tom Saenen
  • Publication number: 20240173663
    Abstract: A gas compressor apparatus including a liquid-injected gas compressor device having a compressor inlet for receiving a gas and a compressor outlet through which a compressed gas stream flows, the compressed gas stream having liquid droplets therein, and a separator device communicating with the compressor outlet for receiving the gas stream for separating the liquid droplets from the gas stream, the separator device includes two liquid separators arranged in series and configured to allow the gas stream to flow in a connecting element from a separator outlet of the first liquid separator to a separator inlet of the second liquid separator, and means provided on or in the connecting element for creating radial standing waves in the gas stream to cause the liquid droplets therein to fuse together into larger liquid droplets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Atlas Copco Airpower, Naamloze Vennootschap
    Inventors: Tom POTTERS, Tom SAENEN
  • Publication number: 20220168676
    Abstract: Device for separating liquid from a gas, wherein the device (11) comprises two liquid separators (12a, 12b) arranged in series, wherein the liquid separators (12a, 12b) are configured to allow a gas stream from an outlet (14a) of the first liquid separator (12a) to an inlet (13b) of the second liquid separator (12b), characterized in that means (18) are provided for creating radial standing waves in the gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Tom POTTERS, TOM SAENEN
  • Publication number: 20220088615
    Abstract: Cyclone separator 1 for separating liquid from a flow 8 of gas and liquid, comprising a housing with a mainly tubular inner wall 2, whereby an inlet 3 is provided in the housing for carrying the flow at least partially tangentially against the inner wall, whereby an outlet 4 is further provided at the top of the housing, so that during operation the flow forms a vortex 5 between the inlet and the outlet, and whereby the liquid 6 impacts against the inner wall due to centrifugal force in order to be discharged 11, characterized in that the housing, at least in a zone above the inlet, has a mainly tubular auxiliary wall 7, whereof an outer side is spaced from and directed towards the inner wall, so that during operation the vortex is at least partially bounded by an inner side of the auxiliary wall in order to reduce contact between the vortex and the liquid at the inner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER, NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP
    Inventors: Tom POTTERS, Tom SAENEN