Patents
US 9278362 B2: Fractal orifice plate
- Granted
- 2016-03-08
- Filed
- 2011-09-09 application 13821978
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A conduit with a terminal end, wherein proximate to the terminal end is an orifice plate, wherein the orifice plate has at least one orifice with at least one perimeter, and the at least one perimeter is in a fractal pattern, wherein the conduit can be a nozzle assembly for a flow, wherein examples of a nozzle assembly include a fuel injector, a shower head, a faucet head, and a nozzle head, wherein proximate to the terminal end of each nozzle is the orifice plate with a fractal pattern that provides a downstream spray pattern.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg160308.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Gelven Fractal Technology, LLC 1 patents | US company or organization | Metropolis, IL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Wells | Metropolis, IL | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Grant A. Gelven | Chesterfield, MO | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B05B | Spraying apparatus; atomising apparatus; nozzles | B05B1/14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| F02M | Supplying combustion engines in general with combustible mixtures or constituents thereof | F02M21/0257 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-03-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | GELVEN, GRANT A., MR. signed 2012-05-04 WELLS, WILLIAM THEO, MR. signed 2012-05-04 | WELLS GELVEN FRACTAL TECHNOLOGY, LLC METROPOLIS, IL | 29957/550 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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