Patents Examined by Noah Kaman
  • Combustion device to provide a controlled heat flux environment
    Patent number: 8448612
    Abstract: A propane fueled combustor for providing a controlled heat flux environment of twenty to two hundred kilowatts per square meter. The combustor has the capability of generating a repeatable and quantifiable environment in which to evaluate a response of an energetic material to a fast cook off hazard, such as a liquid fuel fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Kenneth Jay Wilson, Travis Shane Laker, Ephraim Berk Washburn, Alice Irene Atwood
  • Bioreactor having cells in beads in a matrix
    Patent number: 4833081
    Abstract: A biochemical reactor including a vessel, a support material matrix in the vessel and particles containing cells entrapped within the matrix is disclosed. In this manner, biological cells that are ordinarily too small to incorporate into a support material matrix can be retained in the matrix by virtue of being grouped into larger particles. Also disclosed is a method for preparing such a biochemical reactor and a process employing the biochemical reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1989
    Assignee: United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
    Inventor: Andrew G. Walker