Patents by Inventor Charles A. Hinton

Charles A. Hinton 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).

  • Publication number: 20220381013
    Abstract: A portable shower system includes a portable shower apparatus housed in a wheeled cart. The shower apparatus comprises a shower head, at least two water tanks, including a hot water tank and a cold water tank, and a plurality of pipes with valves operably connected to shower faucet knobs or handles. The hot water tank includes a water heater operably connected by power cords to a battery, solar panel, or combination thereof, for heating of water contained therein. The cart includes access doors for filling and maintenance of water tanks. Water pipes in fluid communication with the water tanks, a shower faucet and a shower head enable delivery of hot and cold water to the shower head, in response to use of faucet handles for hot and cold water. The invention provides a solution to the problem of a lack of portable shower facilities for indoor and outdoor use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventor: Charles Hinton
  • Patent number: 10329381
    Abstract: Degradable polycarbonates network based bulk materials are provided. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be produced having a wide range of tunable mechanical, physical, and thermal properties and are hydrolytically degradable. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be suitable for the manufacture of a variety of sport fishing equipment or other equipment for water use or that may benefit from hydrolytic degradation in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: The Texas A&M University System
    Inventors: Karen L. Wooley, Simcha E. Felder, Brooke A. Versaw, Ashlee A. Jahnke, Lauren A. Link, Mark W. Wooley, Charles A. Hinton, William R. Howell, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180016390
    Abstract: Degradable polycarbonates network based bulk materials are provided. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be produced having a wide range of tunable mechanical, physical, and thermal properties and are hydrolytically degradable. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be suitable for the manufacture of a variety of sport fishing equipment or other equipment for water use or that may benefit from hydrolytic degradation in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Karen L. Wooley, Simcha E. Felder, Brooke A. Versaw, Ashlee A. Jahnke, Lauren A. Link, Mark W. Wooley, Charles A. Hinton, William R. Howell, JR.
  • Patent number: 9365421
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content ?45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content 10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton
  • Patent number: 8821833
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content?45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content?10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton
  • Publication number: 20140225037
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content 45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content 10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Matthey PLC
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton
  • Publication number: 20120223274
    Abstract: A process for increasing the hydrogen content of a synthesis gas including hydrogen and carbon oxides and having a carbon monoxide content ?45 mole % on a dry-gas basis, including the steps of: (i) combining the synthesis gas with steam to form a steam-enriched feed gas mixture (ii) passing the feed gas mixture at an inlet temperature in the range 220-370° C. over an iron-based water-gas shift catalyst to form a hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture having a carbon monoxide content ?10 mole % on a dry gas basis, and (iii) recovering the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture, where a portion of the hydrogen-enriched shifted gas mixture is recycled to the feed gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC
    Inventors: Graham Charles Hinton, Richard Ian Johnston, John David Pach, Hsing-Chuan Yang, Ian Richard Barton