Patents by Inventor Tommy Tyler

Tommy Tyler 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).

  • CONDENSING TUBE WITH CORRUGATED FINS
    Publication number: 20080235950
    Abstract: The current invention includes a tube with a helical fin extending from the tube's outer surface. The fins and tube are monolithic, or formed of one part. The fin is continuous and the fin base is essentially straight as it winds around the tube. The fin has a tip opposite the fin base with an essentially straight fin body as viewed between the tip and the base. The fin is bent into concave and convex shapes about the tube wall so the fin tip makes a wavy pattern as it winds around the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Wolverine Tube, Inc.
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler, Gary Eagleston
  • Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
    Patent number: 7254964
    Abstract: An improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation and an improved use of such a heat transfer tube is disclosed. The heat transfer tube includes an outer surface with a plurality of radially outwardly extending helical fins, the fins being grooved to define notches, a plurality of channels extending between adjacent fins, at least one nucleate boiling pore formed at the intersection of a notch and a channel. The fins are flattened or pushed down to form a primary nucleate boiling cavity within the at least one nucleate boiling pore; and the tips of the fins are further bent over or flattened to form a secondary nucleate boiling cavity within the at least one nucleate boiling pore. Also disclosed are improved refrigerant evaporator including at least one such boiling tube and a method of making such a boiling tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Wolverine Tube, Inc.
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler
  • Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
    Patent number: 7178361
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation, and an improved use of such heat transfer tube. The present invention discloses a boiling tube for a refrigerant evaporator that provides at least one dual cavity nucleate boiling site. The present invention further discloses an improved refrigerant evaporator including at least one such boiling tube, and the method of making such a boiling tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Wolverine Tube, Inc.
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler
  • Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
    Publication number: 20060075772
    Abstract: An improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation and an improved use of such a heat transfer tube is disclosed. The heat transfer tube includes an outer surface with a plurality of radially outwardly extending helical fins, the fins being grooved to define notches, a plurality of channels extending between adjacent fins, at least one nucleate boiling pore formed at the intersection of a notch and a channel. The fins are flattened or pushed down to form a primary nucleate boiling cavity within the at least one nucleate boiling pore; and the tips of the fins are further bent over or flattened to form a secondary nucleate boiling cavity within the at least one nucleate boiling pore. Also disclosed are improved refrigerant evaporator including at least one such boiling tube and a method of making such a boiling tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler
  • Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
    Publication number: 20060075773
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation, and an improved use of such heat transfer tube. The present invention discloses a boiling tube for a refrigerant evaporator that provides at least one dual cavity nucleate boiling site. The present invention further discloses an improved refrigerant evaporator including at least one such boiling tube, and the method of making such a boiling tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler
  • Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
    Publication number: 20050126215
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation, and an improved use of such heat transfer tube. The present invention discloses a boiling tube for a refrigerant evaporator that provides at least one dual cavity nucleate boiling site. The present invention further discloses an improved refrigerant evaporator including at least one such boiling tube, and the method of making such a boiling tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler, Neelkanth Gupte
  • Heat transfer tubes, including methods of fabrication and use thereof
    Publication number: 20040010913
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an improved heat transfer tube, an improved method of formation, and an improved use of such heat transfer tube. The present invention discloses a boiling tube for a refrigerant evaporator that provides at least one dual cavity nucleate boiling site. The present invention further discloses an improved refrigerant evaporator including at least one such boiling tube, and the method of making such a boiling tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Petur Thors, Tommy Tyler, Neelkanth S. Gupte