Patents by Inventor Charles H. Burbage

Charles H. Burbage 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).

  • Valve for gas centrifuges
    Patent number: 4442861
    Abstract: The invention is a pneumatically operated valve assembly for simultaneously (1) closing gas-transfer lines connected to a gas centrifuge or the like and (2) establishing a recycle path between two of the lines so closed. The valve assembly is especially designed to be compact, fast-acting, reliable, and comparatively inexpensive. It provides large reductions in capital costs for gas-centrifuge cascades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Charles A. Hahs, Charles H. Burbage