Patents by Inventor FRANKLIN L. ROBINSON

FRANKLIN L. ROBINSON 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).

  • Patent number: 10461621
    Abstract: An electro hydrodynamic pump apparatus includes a cartridge body member that includes an interior cavity portion and openings on either end of the cartridge body member. A first electrode member is disposed within the interior cavity portion of the cartridge body member. The first electrode member includes a conductive bar member which has a plurality of spaced apart elements extending therefrom. A second electrode member is also disposed within the interior cavity portion of the cartridge body member. The second electrode member also includes a conductive bar with a plurality of spaced apart elements extending therefrom. The elements of the first electrode member are configure to be interspersed with the elements of the second electrode member when the first electrode member and the second electrode member are disposed within the interior cavity portion of the cartridge body member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Matthew T. Showalter, Jeffrey R. Didion, Mario S. Martins, Franklin L. Robinson
  • Publication number: 20170184081
    Abstract: An electro hydrodynamic pump apparatus includes a cartridge body member including an interior cavity portion and openings on either end of the cartridge body member; a first electrode member disposed within the interior cavity portion of the cartridge body member, the first electrode member including a conductive bar member with a plurality of spaced apart elements extending therefrom; a second electrode member disposed within the interior cavity portion of the cartridge body member, the second electrode member including a conductive bar with a plurality of spaced apart element extending therefrom; and wherein the elements of the first electrode member are configure to be interspersed with the elements of the second electrode member when the first electrode member and the second electrode member are disposed within the interior cavity portion of the cartridge body member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: MATTHEW T. SHOWALTER, JEFFREY R. DIDION, MARIO S. MARTINS, FRANKLIN L. ROBINSON