Patents by Inventor Virginia Whittington-Byrd

Virginia Whittington-Byrd 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: 20250067679
    Abstract: A method for testing a heat transfer fluid based on a charged wire test (CWT) includes applying and measuring discharge current through a test circuit formed when a cathode and an anode are at least partially immersed in the heat transfer fluid in a container and a voltmeter coupled to the cathode and the anode is turned on during the CWT. The method includes measuring temperature of the heat transfer fluid during the CWT, determining a current profile based on the measured discharge current, and determining a temperature profile based on the measured temperature. The method includes determining a pass/fail status and/or a rank status of the heat transfer fluid based on pass/fail criteria based on the current profile and the temperature profile during an entire duration of the CWT.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ying Yang, Dale Reid, Jennifer Jenkins, Samuel Elliott, Virginia Whittington-Byrd, David E. Turcotte
  • Publication number: 20230167348
    Abstract: A heat transfer fluid for electrical applications includes water soluble glycol 5 wt. % to 98 wt. %, demineralized water 0 wt. % to 95 wt. %, and a total dissolved solid inorganic additive content in the heat transfer fluid of 0.1 wt. % to 2 wt. %. The electrical conductivity of the heat transfer fluid is 100 ?S/cm to 5000 ?S/cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ying Yang, Samuel Elliott, Jennifer Jenkins, David E. Turcotte, Dale Reid, Virginia Whittington-Byrd, Michael King