Patents by Inventor Albert C. Imhoff

Albert C. Imhoff 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).

  • Devices, systems, and methods for controlling the temperature of resonant elements
    Patent number: 8653897
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device transfers heat away from or toward an object using the Peltier effect. In some embodiments, the length of at least one thermoelectric element is at least ten times greater than a combined average cross-sectional dimension, orthogonal to the length, of two thermoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley R. Shanfield, Thomas A. Langdo, Marc S. Weinberg, Albert C. Imhoff
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF RESONANT ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20120299662
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device transfers heat away from or toward an object using the Peltier effect. In some embodiments, the length of at least one thermoelectric element is at least ten times greater than a combined average cross-sectional dimension, orthogonal to the length, of two thermoelectric elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Stanley R. Shanfield, Thomas A. Langdo, Marc S. Weinberg, Albert C. Imhoff
  • Devices, systems, and methods for controlling the temperature of resonant elements
    Patent number: 8248173
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device transfers heat away from or toward an object using the Peltier effect. In some embodiments, the length of at least one thermoelectric element is at least ten times greater than a combined average cross-sectional dimension, orthogonal to the length, of two thermoelectric elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley R. Shanfield, Thomas A. Langdo, Marc S. Weinberg, Albert C. Imhoff
  • DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF RESONANT ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20110260800
    Abstract: A thermoelectric device transfers heat away from or toward an object using the Peltier effect. In some embodiments, the length of at least one thermoelectric element is at least ten times greater than a combined average cross-sectional dimension, orthogonal to the length, of two thermoelectric elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventors: Stanley R. Shanfield, Thomas A. Langdo, Marc S. Weinberg, Albert C. Imhoff