Patents by Inventor Wilbur J. Marner

Wilbur J. Marner 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: 4885142
    Abstract: An apparatus in the form of a disk for the separation of oxygen from gases, or for the pumping of oxygen, uses a substantially circular disk geometry for the solid electrolyte with radial flow of gas from the outside edge of the disk to the center of the disk. The reduction in available surface area as the gas flows toward the center of the disk reduces the oxygen removal area proportionally to provide for a more uniform removal of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1989
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jerry W. Suitor, C. Martin Berdahl, Wilbur J. Marner
  • Patent number: 4846224
    Abstract: Fluidics flow control of a multiphase supply using a cylindrical chamber is achieved by introducing the supply flow radially into the chamber. The supply flow exits through a port in the center at the chamber. A control fluid is then introduced tangentially about 90.degree. upstream from the supply port. A second control fluid port may be added about 90.degree. upstream from the first control fluid port, but preferably two sets of supply and control ports are added with like ports diametrically opposite each other. The control fluid flows against the circular wall of the control chamber, which introduces a vortex in the flow of the supply flow that decays into a spiral path to the exit port in the center of the chamber. The control flow rate may thus be used to control the spiral path, and therefore the supply flow rate through the exit port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Earl R. Collins, Jr., Wilbur J. Marner, Naresh K. Rohatgi