17 patents
Utility
Room portable blast chiller
3 Jan 23
A system includes a heat exchanger mounted to the brackets and receiving cryogen, the heat exchanger having a vertical inlet coupled in parallel to a plurality of equal size horizontal tubes each traversing a width of the heat exchanger and further coupled in parallel to a vertical outlet pipe with an outlet diameter at least twice an inlet tube diameter; a temperature sensor; a thermostat that monitors the temperature sensor and maintains a predetermined temperature set point by communicating with a solenoid valve coupled to the heat exchanger; an exhaust line coupled to the outlet pipe that expels exhaust gas outside the enclosed facility; multiple fans attached to the heat exchanger; and a fail-safe oxygen sensor to protect a biological object in the enclosed facility.
William Grant Moon, Steven Victor Boyce, Steven Joseph Parkinson, Sheldon K Larson, William J Hancock
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Utility
Completely green system for cooling refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners that has no HCFCs or CFCs
31 May 22
A system for cooling residential or commercial refrigerators, freezers, ULT freezers, and air conditioners is disclosed using liquified gas as the refrigerant.
John J Hammerman, William G Moon
Filed: 29 Jul 21
Utility
Food processor
19 Apr 22
A system includes a grinder to obtain a ground meat; a mixer to add fat to the ground meat; a payload bay to receive the ground meat; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators; and means for adding fat to the chopped meat product and then chopping the fat and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the chopped meat product and fat being chopped between 1° C. and 10° C. to obtain a chopped meat and fat product.
Bao Tran, William Moon
Filed: 9 Jun 20
Utility
Active/passive thermal control system utilizing liquid nitrogen
15 Jun 21
An active/passive freezer system includes the capability to both actively cool a payload bay and passively maintain close to that temperature for extended periods of time; a freezer unit with a payload bay that can rapidly reduce its internal temperature; a thermal battery; a heat exchanger where liquid Nitrogen flows through; insulation that significantly reduces heat gain from external sources; and the capability to have separate units for cooling the payload bay and maintaining the temperature within the payload bay.
Daniel Scott Ellis, William Grant Moon, Steven Victor Boyce, Denton Journeay Markwalter
Filed: 15 Feb 20
Utility
Extremely fast freezing, low-temperature blast freezer
16 Mar 21
A freezer includes a plurality of shelves in an insulated payload bay; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay with a multiplicity of coolant tubes in each evaporator, wherein each tube enters and then exits the payload bay, further comprising one or more cryogenic valves coupled to the coolant tubes; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators with a pressure of at least 90 psi to supply the coolant at each evaporator with at least 80 gallons per hour of coolant; and a plurality of fans to circulate cooled air in the payload bay.
William G. Moon, William J. Hancock, Steven V. Boyce, Steven J. Parkinson
Filed: 17 Apr 20
Utility
Cryogenic liquid chiller with multi-fill points optimized for efficiency, capability, and versatility
16 Feb 21
A cryogenic liquid chiller includes a vessel; at least one heat exchanger, which heat exchangers function independently of each other and are comprised of at least one parallel flow path; a pump to circulate liquid within the vessel; a fill pump; and a drain pump.
Daniel Scott Ellis, William Grant Moon, Steven Victor Boyce, William J. Hancock
Filed: 30 Oct 19
Utility
Air freight system
9 Feb 21
Systems and methods are disclosed for transporting products with an airplane by controlling temperature in a payload bay using cryogenic coolant and a heat exchanger to cool the payload bay and heat from a heater; recycling exhaust from the heat exchanger to power a Stirling engine; charging a storage device with power from the Stirling engine; and housing the payload bay in an enclosure with an angled side below one or more cryogenic tanks to fit the airplane.
William G. Moon, John J. Hammerman
Filed: 13 Feb 20
Utility
Transport refrigeration unit with vented cryogenic cooling
21 Dec 20
A Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) includes one or more evaporators inside the TRU each containing two manifold tubes located at opposite ends of the evaporator and a multiplicity of cooling tubes traversing between the manifold tubes; one or more super-insulated vacuum tanks located in front of, beneath or inside the TRU, filled with liquid nitrogen, carbon dioxide or a cryogenic coolant connected to the one or more evaporators using vacuum-insulated pipes; a solenoid or pneumatic valve located upstream or downstream of the evaporator to meter a flow of nitrogen through the evaporator; a temperature controlling circuit that operates the solenoid or pneumatic valve; a flow restricting device that limits the flow of the cryogenic coolant through the evaporator; a vent pipe to vent the spent coolant outside the TRU; and a multiplicity of fans located adjacent to and above the evaporators that distribute the cooled air uniformly throughout the TRU.
William G. Moon, William J. Hancock, Steven J. Parkinson, Steven V. Boyce
Filed: 22 Mar 20
Utility
High performance ULT chest freezer with dehumidification
7 Dec 20
The present invention is a high-performance ultra-low temperature chest freezer capable of reaching temperatures as low as −160° C. within several hours with the capability to automatically and continually defrost and dehumidify its payload bay before, during, and after a door open event without needing to cease freezing operations or raise the setpoint.
Daniel Scott Ellis, William Grant Moon, Steven Victor Boyce, Steven Joseph Parkinson
Filed: 30 Jul 19
Utility
Modular cryogenic shipping system
16 Nov 20
A modular shipping system includes a bulk shipping space; and a base to support a pair of stackable cryogenic shipping subunits positioned in the bulk shipping space during long distance shipment, each subunit having a plurality of feet on a subunit bottom adapted to rest above a plurality of corresponding foot receptacles on a subunit lid, each subunit having its own cryogen connection source to maintain temperature during transit.
William G Moon, Bao Tran
Filed: 6 May 19
Utility
Extremely fast alcohol-based solvent chiller
20 Jul 20
An alcohol-based solvent chiller includes an insulated vessel; a spiral-shaped heat exchanger designed specifically to chill alcohol-based solvents that become viscous at low temperatures within the insulated vessel; a cryogenic tank with pressure building capability that will force coolant through the heat exchanger at a specific pressure; and a cryogenic pump to circulate viscous cryogenic temperature liquids within the insulated vessel.
Daniel Scott Ellis, Steven Joseph Parkinson, Steven Victor Boyce, William Grant Moon
Filed: 17 Dec 18
Utility
Low fat food processor
13 Jul 20
A food processor includes a grinder to obtain a ground meat; a mixer to add fat to the ground meat; a payload bay to receive the ground meat; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay with a multiplicity of coolant tubes in each evaporator, wherein each tube enters and then exits the payload bay, further comprising one or more cryogenic valves coupled to the coolant tubes; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators; and a processor with code for: chopping the ground meat and during chopping, adding salt and ice to the ground meat being chopped and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the meat being chopped below 5° C. to obtain a chopped meat product; adding fat to the chopped meat product and then chopping the fat and adding liquid nitrogen to maintain the temperature of the chopped meat product and fat being chopped between 1° C. and 10° C. to obtain a chopped meat and fat product, wherein the ground meat, added fat, ice and salt are present in amounts so that the chopped meat and fat product has a fat content of from 1% to 20% by weight based upon the weight of the chopped meat and fat product.
Bao Tran, William Moon
Filed: 6 Aug 18
Utility
Extremely fast freezing, low-temperature blast freezer
25 May 20
A freezer includes a plurality of shelves in an insulated payload bay; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay with a multiplicity of coolant tubes in each evaporator, wherein each tube enters and then exits the payload bay, further comprising one or more cryogenic valves coupled to the coolant tubes; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators with a pressure of at least 90 psi to supply the coolant at each evaporator with at least 80 gallons per hour of coolant; and a plurality of fans to circulate cooled air in the payload bay.
William G. Moon, William J. Hancock, Steven V. Boyce, Steven J. Parkinson
Filed: 24 Aug 18
Utility
Transport refrigeration unit with vented cryogenic cooling
27 Apr 20
A Transport Refrigeration Unit (TRU) includes one or more evaporators inside the TRU each containing two manifold tubes located at opposite ends of the evaporator and a multiplicity of cooling tubes traversing between the manifold tubes; one or more super-insulated vacuum tanks located in front of, beneath or inside the TRU, filled with liquid nitrogen, carbon dioxide or a cryogenic coolant connected to the one or more evaporators using vacuum-insulated pipes; a solenoid or pneumatic valve located upstream or downstream of the evaporator to meter a flow of nitrogen through the evaporator; a temperature controlling circuit that operates the solenoid or pneumatic valve; a flow restricting device that limits the flow of the cryogenic coolant through the evaporator; a vent pipe to vent the spent coolant outside the TRU; and a multiplicity of fans located adjacent to and above the evaporators that distribute the cooled air uniformly throughout the TRU.
William G Moon, William J Hancock, Steven J Parkinson, Steven V Boyce
Filed: 11 Jul 18
Utility
Active/passive thermal control system utilizing liquid nitrogen
30 Mar 20
An active/passive freezer system includes the capability to both actively cool a payload bay and passively maintain close to that temperature for extended periods of time; a freezer unit with a payload bay that can rapidly reduce its internal temperature; a thermal battery; a heat exchanger where liquid Nitrogen flows through; insulation that significantly reduces heat gain from external sources; and the capability to have separate units for cooling the payload bay and maintaining the temperature within the payload bay.
Daniel Scott Ellis, William Grant Moon, Steven Victor Boyce, Denton Journeay Markwalter
Filed: 21 Feb 19
Utility
Air freight temperature controlled device using liquid nitrogen
23 Mar 20
Systems and methods are disclosed for transporting products with an airplane by controlling temperature in a payload bay using cryogenic coolant and a heat exchanger to cool the payload bay and heat from a heater; recycling exhaust from the heat exchanger to power a Stirling engine; charging a storage device with power from the Stirling engine; housing the payload bay as part of a modular, stackable module in an aircraft bay for transportation; and venting exhaust gas to an exterior of the airplane.
William G Moon, John J Hammerman
Filed: 7 May 19
Utility
Self-powered, long-term, low-temperature, controlled shipping unit
23 Mar 20
A shipping vessel includes a cryogenic tank secured to the shipping foundation; a payload bay to receive products therein; a tube connected to the cryogenic tank and thermally coupled to the payload bay; a housing secured to the shipping foundation, said housing covering the tube and the payload bay to thermally seal the payload bay from outside environment; a controller mounted on the housing and having a sensor to determine temperature in a closed-loop and maintaining a set point within a predetermined range; and an energy storage device coupled to the controller and electronics to provide power for a predetermined shipping period.
William G. Moon, William J. Hancock, Steven V. Boyce, Steven J. Parkinson
Filed: 16 Oct 16
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