Patents Assigned to Philip A. Putman
  • Patent number: 4447912
    Abstract: A prosthetic device to enable persons incapable of proper control of their fingers to manipulate objects such as brushes, pencils, or toys. It resembles a partial glove, covering only the palm, held in place with straps around the back of the hand. It uses hook and loop pile (Velcro for example) both to fasten the straps to the body and as a patch on the palm side to which objects fitted with mating pile can be attached. One strap is long enough to provide added support by passing over the handle of the object. A separate patch with a ring in the center is described--this works better for grasping reasonably rigid, extensive objects like balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: Philip A. Putman
    Inventor: Rosemary K. Morrow
  • Patent number: 4444717
    Abstract: A process to produce energy with the fusion of hydrogen and carbon in a thermonuclear fusion reaction with an extension, wherein carbon targets are bombarded with a beam of fast protons at temperatures of 457 kev. The thermonuclear fusion reaction produces two helium atoms and two neutron particles.The neutrons are captured by a blanket of lithium 7 which cools the walls and carries the heat to a turbulent heat exchanger, then to a generator and turbine complex which generates energy, giving tritium as a sub-product.The helium atoms plus alpha particles and protons are extracted to the reactor's extension where, combined with the tritium emitted in the first cycle of the thermonuclear fusion reactor, they go to generate more energy.This process becomes self-maintaining once the thermonuclear fusion reactor is put into operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1984
    Assignee: Philip A. Putman
    Inventor: Anne de Breze