Patents by Inventor Mikhail V. Finkel

Mikhail V. Finkel 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).

  • Amorphous-crystalline thermocouple and methods of its manufacture
    Patent number: 5808233
    Abstract: A thermocouple formed of a length of a single composition having first solid phase section adjoining a second solid phase section, and a transition therebetween. One method of making such thermocouples is to raise the temperature of the first solid phase section above its transformation temperature while maintaining the temperature of a second adjoining solid phase section of the length of material below its transformation temperature. A second method includes rapidly solidifying a molten material by contacting it with a moving substrate formed of adjoining regions of differing thermal conductivity. A third method includes rapidly solidifying a molten material by alternatingly contacting it with a cooling fluid and air. A fourth method includes transforming a section of a length of material in a first solid to a second solid phase by mechanical means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Assignee: Temple University-Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education
    Inventors: Mikhail V. Finkel, Jim J. S. Chen, Antonio M. Goncalves