Patents by Inventor Walter Charles Hernandez

Walter Charles Hernandez 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).

  • SURFACE TO MOVE A FLUID VIA FRINGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    Publication number: 20120211109
    Abstract: Macroscopic volumes of fluid can be moved across a surface, including windshields, without mechanical assistance. Insulated electrodes, which for windshields and windows are preferably transparent, are embedded in the surface of the windshield. Varying voltages are supplied to the electrodes to generate intense surface fringe electric fields moving in a given direction across the surface. The intense surface fringe electric fields exert strong electrical forces on the polar molecules of the fluid. These forces move the fluid in specific directions dependent on the geometry of the electrode array and the manner in which voltage is applied to each electrode within an array of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: WCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: WALTER CHARLES HERNANDEZ
  • Surface to move a fluid via fringe electric fields
    Patent number: 8172159
    Abstract: Macroscopic volumes of fluid can be moved across a surface, including windshields, without mechanical assistance. Insulated electrodes, which for windshields and windows are preferably transparent, are embedded in the surface of the windshield. Varying voltages are supplied to the electrodes to generate intense surface fringe electric fields moving in a given direction across the surface. The intense surface fringe electric fields exert strong electrical forces on the polar molecules of the fluid. These forces move the fluid in specific directions dependent on the geometry of the electrode array and the manner in which voltage is applied to each electrode within an array of electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: WCH Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter Charles Hernandez
  • Surface to move a fluid via fringe electric fields
    Publication number: 20080107542
    Abstract: Macroscopic volumes of fluid can be moved across a surface, including windshields, without mechanical assistance. Insulated electrodes, which for windshields and windows are preferably transparent, are embedded in the surface of the windshield. Varying voltages are supplied to the electrodes to generate intense surface fringe electric fields moving in a given direction across the surface. The intense surface fringe electric fields exert strong electrical forces on the polar molecules of the fluid. These forces move the fluid in specific directions dependent on the geometry of the electrode array and the manner in which voltage is applied to each electrode within an array of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Walter Charles Hernandez