Kyle Rule has experience preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications for a wide variety of technologies, including HVAC systems and controls software; artificial intelligence and machine learning; financial and insurance software; plumbing fixtures; medical devices; automotive technologies, including engine controls and filtration systems; and micro-acoustic devices. He is a member of the firm’s Mechanical & Electromechanical Technologies Practice.
Prior to joining Foley, Kyle was a research and development project engineer at Astronautics Corporation of America where he was responsible for magnetic and fluid system design and development activities. He was also a research and development engineer at Creare, LLC, where he contributed to a variety of projects, including turbomachine design and analysis, high-effectiveness heat exchanger design, and test facility design for low-temperature cryocoolers.
Presentations and Publications
- Co-author, “The Evolution of Magnetocaloric Heat-Pump Devices,” MRS Bulletin, 43(4), 274-279 (2018)
- Co-author, “Design, Development, and Testing of a Water Vapor Exchanger for Spacecraft Life Support Systems,” 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES), Vienna, Austria (July 2016)
- Co-author, “Characterization of Emitted Vibration from Turbo-Brayton Cryocoolers,” Cryocoolers 19 (2016)
- Co-author, “Heat Capacity Characterization of a 4 K Regenerator with non-Rare Earth Material,” Cryocoolers 19 (2016)
- Presenter, “Cryosurgical Probe Test Facility: Modeling and Experimentation,” ASHRAE Annual Technical Conference, Denver, Colorado (2013)