Patents by Inventor Glen Benson

Glen Benson 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).

  • Aircraft electrical power supply system and method of supplying electrical power in an aircraft
    Patent number: 12212025
    Abstract: An aircraft electrical power supply system includes a fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) that supplies auxiliary electrical power to an aircraft, a fuel cell power plant that supplies primary electrical power to the aircraft, and a hydrogen storage unit that supplies hydrogen to the fuel cell APU and the fuel cell power plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Ohmium International, Inc.
    Inventors: Arne Ballantine, Franklin Ballantine, Glen Benson, Chockkalingam Karuppaiah, Kirsten Burpee, Frederick Paul Freeland, Jr.
  • AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER IN AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20220131165
    Abstract: An aircraft electrical power supply system includes a fuel cell auxiliary power unit (APU) that supplies auxiliary electrical power to an aircraft, a fuel cell power plant that supplies primary electrical power to the aircraft, and a hydrogen storage unit that supplies hydrogen to the fuel cell APU and the fuel cell power plant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Arne BALLANTINE, Franklin BALLANTINE, Glen BENSON, Chockkalingam KARUPPAIAH, Kirsten BURPEE, Frederick Paul FREELAND, JR.
  • Transitioning an electrochemical cell stack between a power producing mode and a pumping mode
    Publication number: 20100285379
    Abstract: A technique includes operating an electrochemical cell stack in a power producing mode, including communicating a fuel flow in an anode chamber of the stack and communicating an oxidant flow in a cathode chamber of the stack. The technique includes halting the oxidant flow and monitoring a voltage of the stack while the oxidant flow is halted, and in response to the voltage decreasing below a predefined threshold, transitioning the stack into an electrochemical cell pumping mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jeffrey W. Schrieber, Richard Maddaloni, Zhigang Qi, Chris Brown, Christopher J. Chuah, P.E., Glen Benson, James Winkelman
  • Glass and glass-ceramic sealant compositions
    Patent number: 7399720
    Abstract: A glass composition for use as a sealant or otherwise bonded to a fuel cell component, including from about 40 mol % to about 60 mol % RO; from about 2 mol % to about 10 mol % M2O3; and from about 35 mol % to about 45 mol % SiO2. R is selected from the group including strontium, calcium, magnesium and zinc and combinations thereof. M is selected from the group including aluminum, boron, lanthanum, iron and combinations thereof. The glass includes at least about 5 mol % ZnO. Upon heat treatment, the glass at least partially crystallizes with the formation of at least one alkaline earth-zinc pyrosilicate crystalline phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Inventors: Richard K. Brow, Signo Tadeu Dos Reis, Glen Benson
  • Method and apparatus for a combined fuel cell and hydrogen purification system
    Publication number: 20060141304
    Abstract: Fuel cell systems and associated methods of operation are provided whereby application of a fuel cell is coordinated with a fuel processor and a hydrogen separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Glen Benson, Arne Ballantine, John Parks, Wieslaw Zielinski, Eric White, Robert Sinuc