Patents by Inventor Howard R. Braun

Howard R. Braun 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: 4622508
    Abstract: This invention provides a method and apparatus to prevent a battery or any one cell of a multi-celled battery from undergoing voltage reversals by disconnecting the battery from a load when the battery or one cell falls below predetermined reference potential levels. Means are provided for comparing the potential levels and disconnecting the load when the decreased potential levels are detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government
    Inventors: Michel Matteau, Howard R. Braun, Christopher L. Gardner
  • Patent number: 4404809
    Abstract: A temperature sensitive liquid level controlling apparatus employs a pair of carbon resistors, each having a resistance which changes in response to immersion in a low temperature liquid, for determining upper and lower levels of the liquid in a container. The resistances of the resistors are compared with those of reference resistors to provide a signal for controlling a flow of the liquid into the container. A liquid cooling system incorporating this liquid level controlling apparatus displaces the liquid from a second container into the first-mentioned container by supplying a gaseous phase of the liquid into the second container, the signal being used to operate a two-way valve in the liquid passage for venting the second container through the liquid passage and for permitting the flow of the liquid from the second container through the liquid passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventors: Arthur W. Johnson, Howard R. Braun