STEVEN GERRIT VREEKEN
Pilots at Lincoln Rd, Detroit, MI
License number
Michigan A4740638
Issued Date
Mar 2016
Expiration Date
Mar 2018
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
371 Lincoln Rd, Detroit, MI 48230
Professional information
Fluid Energy Reducing Device
US Patent:
2013029, Nov 7, 2013
Filed:
Jun 19, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/526992
Inventors:
Steven Gerrit Vreeken - Grosse Pointe Farms MI, US
Timothy James Nixon - Washington MI, US
Timothy James Nixon - Washington MI, US
Assignee:
TransNav Inc. - New Baltimore MI
International Classification:
F16L 55/027
US Classification:
138 40
Abstract:
A fluid energy reducing device includes a body having multiple, oppositely directed flow restrictors extending away from opposite sides of the body. Each flow restrictor can have a geometric shape such as a pyramid, triangle, or a conical shape. Fluid such as a fuel traveling in a wave entering the flow restrictors accelerates as the flow area in a flow passage of the flow restrictors decreases. The work performed by accelerating the fluid flow through one or more apertures created in each flow restrictor reduces the energy of the wave, thereby reducing noise in the fluid tank having the fluid energy reducing device when the reduced size and velocity wave subsequently strikes tank structure or walls.