Patents by Inventor R. Edwin Hicks

R. Edwin Hicks 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).

  • Responsive gels and methods of use thereof
    Patent number: 8158002
    Abstract: The present invention provides variable pore size filters. The variable pore size filters of the present invention comprise a fabric matrix, having a set pore size, wherein the fabric matrix is coated with a gel that expands and shrinks in response to a trigger. When the gel is expanded, the pore size of the filter is small and filtering is accomplished. When the gel is shrunken, the pore size of the filter is large and cleaning of the filter by a backwash or forward flush of fluid is accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Elmer C. Lupton, Thomas H. E. Mendum, R. Edwin Hicks, Leslie S. Rubin, Justyna B. Teverovsky, Harris Gold
  • Passive filtration system
    Patent number: 6641648
    Abstract: A filter system including a housing with an intake and an outlet, a pleated carbon filter disposed between the intake and the outlet for filtering out vapors entering the intake, and a hydrophobic solution dispersed about the pleated carbon filter to inhibit adsorption of water thereby increasing the adsorption capacity of the pleated carbon filter especially in high relative humidity environments. The hydrophobic solution is selected so that it does not decrease the adsorption capacity of the carbon filter. Also disclosed is a method of making such a filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Walker, Edward Godere, Harris Gold, R. Edwin Hicks, Robert Kaiser
  • Passive filtration system
    Publication number: 20020166811
    Abstract: A filter system including a housing with an intake and an outlet, a pleated carbon filter disposed between the intake and the outlet for filtering out vapors entering the intake, and a hydrophobic solution dispersed about the pleated carbon filter to inhibit adsorption of water thereby increasing the adsorption capacity of the pleated carbon filter especially in high relative humidity environments. The hydrophobic solution is selected so that it does not decrease the adsorption capacity of the carbon filter. Also disclosed is a method of making such a filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: November 14, 2002
    Inventors: David H. Walker, Edward Godere, Harris Gold, R. Edwin Hicks, Robert Kaiser