Inventor
SWIFT GREGORY W
US23 patents
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UNIV CALIFORNIA
12 patentsUS6032464AMar 7, 2000
Traveling-wave device with mass flux suppression
UNIV CALIFORNIA116 citations97
US6021643AFeb 8, 2000
Pulse tube refrigerator with variable phase shift
UNIV CALIFORNIA64 citations96
US6658862B2Dec 9, 2003
Cascaded thermoacoustic devices
UNIV CALIFORNIA39 citations92
US6644028B1Nov 11, 2003
Method and apparatus for rapid stopping and starting of a thermoacoustic engine
UNIV CALIFORNIA22 citations92
US6637211B1Oct 28, 2003
Circulating heat exchangers for oscillating wave engines and refrigerators
UNIV CALIFORNIA34 citations92
US6560970B1May 13, 2003
Oscillating side-branch enhancements of thermoacoustic heat exchangers
UNIV CALIFORNIA38 citations92
US5456082AOct 10, 1995
Pin stack array for thermoacoustic energy conversion
UNIV CALIFORNIA48 citations92
US6164073ADec 26, 2000
Method and apparatus for adapting steady flow with cyclic thermodynamics
UNIV CALIFORNIA46 citations91
US5953920ASep 21, 1999
Tapered pulse tube for pulse tube refrigerators
UNIV CALIFORNIA48 citations91
US6564552B1May 20, 2003
Drift stabilizer for reciprocating free-piston devices
UNIV CALIFORNIA10 citations74
US6733569B2May 11, 2004
Method and apparatus for separating mixtures of gases using an acoustic wave
UNIV CALIFORNIA8 citations68
US6666033B1Dec 23, 2003
Method and apparatus for fine tuning an orifice pulse tube refrigerator
UNIV CALIFORNIA6 citations61
US ENERGY
10 patentsUS4516632AMay 14, 1985
Microchannel crossflow fluid heat exchanger and method for its fabrication
US ENERGY342 citations98
US4599551AJul 8, 1986
Thermoacoustic magnetohydrodynamic electrical generator
US ENERGY55 citations96
US4489553ADec 25, 1984
Intrinsically irreversible heat engine
US ENERGY103 citations96
US4858441AAug 22, 1989
Heat-driven acoustic cooling engine having no moving parts
US ENERGY67 citations95
US4722201AFeb 2, 1988
Acoustic cooling engine
US ENERGY87 citations95
US4953366ASep 4, 1990
Acoustic cryocooler
US ENERGY98 citations92
US4577414AMar 25, 1986
Remotely readable fiber optic compass
US ENERGY31 citations92
US4560849ADec 24, 1985
Feedback regulated induction heater for a flowing fluid
US ENERGY43 citations92
US5172554ADec 22, 1992
Superfluid thermodynamic cycle refrigerator
US ENERGY23 citations91
US4538464ASep 3, 1985
Method of measuring reactive acoustic power density in a fluid
US ENERGY13 citations73