Patents by Inventor Henry D. Cochran, Jr.

Henry D. Cochran, Jr. 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).

  • Separation processes using expulsion from dilute supercritical solutions
    Patent number: 5204003
    Abstract: A process for separating isotopes as well as other mixtures by utilizing the behavior of dilute repulsive or weakly attractive elements of the mixtures as the critical point of the solvent is approached.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Henry D. Cochran, Jr.
  • Method of measuring the mass flow rate of a substance entering a cocurrent fluid stream
    Patent number: 4083243
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved method of monitoring the mass flow rate of a substance entering a cocurrent fluid stream. The method very basically consists of heating equal sections of the fluid stream above and below the point of entry of the substance to be monitored, and measuring and comparing the resulting change in temperature of the sections. Advantage is taken of the difference in thermal characteristics of the fluid and the substance to be measured to correlate temperature differences in the sections above and below the substance feed point for providing an indication of the mass flow rate of the substance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Henry D. Cochran, Jr.