Patents by Inventor William J. Richtenburg

William J. Richtenburg 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: 4804520
    Abstract: A warm gas accumulator system 10 suitable for use in guidance vane-actuator systems of missiles comprising a tank 12 containing a supply of Tridyne gas, which tank 12 includes an internally mounted catalytic bed 26 and an internally mounted heat exchanger 18. A portion of the flow of Tridyne gas being discharged from the tank is first directed through the catalytic bed 26 and heat exchanger 18 for purposes of generating and transferring heat to the remainder of the contained Tridyne gas. Upon completing its circuit, the diverted portion of the flow is then mixed with the undiverted portion of the flow prior to discharge from the tank for pusposes of improving the volumetric flow rate of warm gas accumulator system 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: William J. Richtenburg, Donald S. Jenkins