Patents by Inventor Brenda J. Little

Brenda J. Little 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: 4789434
    Abstract: A corrosion measuring device is disclosed for measuring microbiologically duced corrosion using galvanically coupled electrodes exposed in an electrolytically continuous, biologically separated environment. The device consists of two, mirror image, half-cells separated by either a 0.1-.mu.m porous cellulose acetate/cellulose nitrate membrane or a solid disc. The membrane is used when measuring total corrosion current in a chemically continuous environment while the solid disc is used when evaluating individual corrosion mechanisms in chemically isolated environment. Culture medium is pumped through inlets of the half-cells at a constant speed. One of the electrodes is inoculated with viable microorganisms which colonize the electrode surface creating a corrosion current that can be measured with a zero resistance ammeter. If a solid (Teflon) disc is used, an agar salt bridge is inserted through the utility port of each half-cell to maintain electrolytic continuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Brenda J. Little, Sol M. Gerchakov, deceased