Patents by Inventor David E. Barland

David E. Barland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6672756
    Abstract: A multi-entry fluid mixer is provided, e.g. for mixing and injecting liquid rocket propellants, which mixer has a first set of passages for receiving fluid A and a second set of passages for receiving fluid B, the passages being separated by porous walls for mixing of fluids A and B therethrough as the fluids flow through such passages and then through a porous end wall, for further mixing and then discharge, as in, say, fuel injection into the combustion chamber of a rocket. The inventive mixer can also be employed in filtrated mixing of gases or gas/liquid combinations as well as for liquid rocket propellant injection, jet engine propellant injection, chemical mixing, aerosol formation and numerous other mixing and dispersion operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: David E. Barland