Patents by Inventor Bruce Webbon

Bruce Webbon 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).

  • Quick connect coupling
    Patent number: 5392844
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a container filled with a quantity of coolant fluid initially cooled to a solid phase, a cooling loop disposed between a heat load and the container. A pump for circulating a quantity of the same type of coolant fluid in a liquid phase through the cooling loop, a pair of couplings for communicating the liquid phase coolant fluid into the container in a direct interface with the solid phase coolant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Curtis Lomax, Bruce Webbon
  • Cooling apparatus and couplings therefor
    Patent number: 5261482
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a container filled with a quantity of coolant fluid initially cooled to a solid phase, a cooling loop disposed between a heat load and the container. A pump for circulating a quantity of the same type of coolant fluid in a liquid phase through the cooling loop, a pair of couplings for communicating the liquid phase coolant fluid into the container in a direct interface with the solid phase coolant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Curtis Lomax, Bruce Webbon