Patents by Inventor Ernest L. Huston

Ernest L. Huston 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).

  • Methods of extracting hydrogen from a gas
    Patent number: 4687650
    Abstract: The method for extracting hydrogen from a gas stream containing hydrogen with or without other gases by a sorption-desorption process using as the hydrogen sorber a pellet bed of a porous, metallurgically bonded, heat-ballasted hydridable mixture comprising a major proportion of a heat-ballast material and a minor proportion of a hydridable metallic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignees: Ergenics, Inc., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Goodell, Ernest L. Huston, Peter S. Rudman, Gary D. Sandrock
  • Metal bound and ballasted hydridable pellets
    Patent number: 4589919
    Abstract: A porous, metallurgically bonded, heat-ballasted hydridable mixture in pellet form wherein the solid ingredients comprise about 40 vol. % or less of a hydridable metal or alloy and about 60 vol. % or more of a ballast metal powder from the group consisting of nickel, copper, iron and aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1986
    Assignees: Ergenics, Inc., Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Goodell, Ernest L. Huston, Peter S. Rudman, Gary D. Sandrock
  • Process for manufacturing rare earth intermetallic hydridable compounds
    Patent number: 4409180
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing intermetallic compounds of the RB.sub.5 type where R is a mixture of two or more rare earth metals and B is nickel wherein the composition is determined, with respect to the desired desorption plateau pressure at 25.degree. C. in atmospheres absolute by means of the relationshipP.sub.25 =exp(10.60-5.70 X.sub.Ce -10.03 X.sub.La -8.46 X.sub.Pr -7.84 X.sub.Nd)wherein X is the weight fraction of the indicated element and X.sub.La +X.sub.Ce +X.sub.Pr +X.sub.Nd =1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: MPD Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Gary D. Sandrock, Ernest L. Huston, James Liu
  • Recovering hydrogen from gas stream using metal hydride
    Patent number: 4360505
    Abstract: This invention relates to an improved adiabatic process for separating hydrogen from mixed gas streams using hydridable materials as the absorbing medium. The improvement comprises utilizing a composite comprising a thermal ballast in admixture with the hydride material to absorb the heat of reaction and to aid in desorption. By virtue of the intimate contact of the ballast with the hydridable material rapid cycle times plus good bed utilization are achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: John J. Sheridan, III, Fred G. Eisenberg, Gary D. Sandrock, Ernest L. Huston, Edwin Snape, Raymond P. Stickles, Gordon C. Cheng
  • Sintered metal powder-coated electrodes for water electrolysis prepared with polysilicate-based paints
    Patent number: 4200515
    Abstract: An electrode for water electrolyzers comprising a steel base having a sintered porous layer of nickel, nickel-iron or iron on the steel base and having an electrochemically formed oxidic layer or hydrogen saturation associated with the sintered layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1980
    Assignee: The International Nickel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale E. Hall, Ernest L. Huston
  • Process for bipolar electrode support structures
    Patent number: 4178216
    Abstract: A bipolar electrode support structure for use in a lead acid battery is constituted by a porous matrix of valve metal, impregnated with lead or a lead alloy, and is provided on at least one surface thereof with a rim-portion at which little or no lead is exposed. The rim-portion is used to maintain an electrolyte-tight seal in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: The International Nickel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: George F. Nordblom, Pierre P. Turillon, Ernest L. Huston, Stephan L. Keresztes
  • Bipolar electrode support structures
    Patent number: 4124746
    Abstract: A bipolar electrode support structure for use in a lead acid battery is constituted by a porous matrix of valve metal, impregnated with lead or a lead alloy, and is provided on at least one surface thereof with a rim-portion at which little or no lead is exposed. The rim-portion is used to maintain an electrolyte-tight seal in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1978
    Assignee: The International Nickel Company, Inc.
    Inventors: George F. Nordblom, Pierre P. Turillon, Ernest L. Huston, Stephan L. Keresztes