Patents by Inventor Bryan C. Hoke, Jr.

Bryan C. Hoke, Jr. 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).

  • Method and apparatus for partial oxidation of black liquor, liquid fuels and slurries
    Patent number: 6174161
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for combusting and/or gasifying a generally viscous liquid or a slurry wherein the liquid or slurry are atomized in a central atomization device within a burner housing the central atomization device using a portion of a gaseous oxidant introduced into the burner to atomize the liquid or slurry as it exits the atomization device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemical, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksandar G. Slavejkov, Bryan C. Hoke, Jr., Thomas M. Gosling, John J. Lewnard, David R. Ruprecht
  • Self regulating heat pipe
    Patent number: 4799537
    Abstract: A structure for more accurately automatically controlling the heat transfer characteristics of a heat pipe with a non-condensible gas. The gas, intermixed with the heat transfer vapor, is largely contained by an expanding and contracting bladder. This permits the vapor pressure of the heat transfer fluid to control the position of the non-condensible gas to vapor front with less back pressure from the gas which is being compressed. The bladder is contained within a structure which is itself enclosed within the interior of the heat pipe evaporator so that the non-condensible gas is held at a constant temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Thermacore, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan C. Hoke, Jr.