Patents by Inventor Glendon M. Benson
Glendon M. 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).
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Publication number: 20090239122Abstract: A glass ceramic material sealed fuel cell device, including a first fuel cell portion and a sealant layer bonded to the first cell portion. The sealant layer includes at least three metal oxides RO-M2O3—SiO2 combined together. R is selected from the group consisting of zinc, strontium, calcium, magnesium and combinations thereof. M is selected from the group consisting of aluminum, boron, lanthanum, iron and combinations thereof. RO is present in an amount of between about 45 mol % and about 55 mol %. M2O3 is present in an amount of between about 5 mol % and about 10 mol %. SiO2 is present in an amount of about 40 mol %. RO includes RnO present in an amount of at least about 5 mol %.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: September 24, 2009Inventors: Richard K. Brow, Signo Tadeu Dos Reis, Glendon M. Benson
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Publication number: 20080176731Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Richard K. Brow, Signo Tadeu Dos Reis, Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4745749Abstract: A Stirling engine design which is solar powered is disclosed. A solar receiver converts solar radiation to thermal energy, which is stored in a storage chamber. The engine includes a displacer chamber with a displacer piston which divides the chamber into hot and cold subchambers, the hot subchamber being heated by the storage chamber. A mechanism is provided for cooling the cold subchamber. The engine also includes an alternator chamber with an alternator piston which divides the chamber into working and bounce subchambers, the working subchamber being in fluid communication with the cold subchamber of the displacer. The working fluid circulates through the cold subchamber and the working subchamber and obtains heat from the storage chamber. The working fluid is displaced by the displacer piston to drive the alternator piston, and work output is obtained from the alternator piston.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1986Date of Patent: May 24, 1988Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4642988Abstract: A Stirling engine design which is solar powered is disclosed. A solar receiver converts solar radiation to thermal energy, which is stored in a storage chamber. The engine includes a displacer chamber with a displacer piston which divides the chamber into hot and cold subchambers, the hot subchamber being heated by the storage chamber. A mechanism is provided for cooling the cold subchamber. The engine also includes an alternator chamber with an alternator piston which divides the chamber into working and bounce subchambers, the working subchamber being in fluid communication with the cold subchamber of the displacer. The working fluid circulates through the cold subchamber and the working subchamber and obtains heat from the storage chamber. The working fluid is displaced by the displacer piston to drive the alternator piston, and work output is obtained from the alternator piston.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1983Date of Patent: February 17, 1987Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4512150Abstract: A constant temperature element for heating or cooling a working gas to the temperature of a control fluid is disclosed. The element includes a plurality of hollow concentric tapered rings of conductive material having a serrate configuration in section with tips projecting into the working fluid. A plate is typically attached to and generally flush with the base of the rings except for a central elongate plenum spanning the rings and having inlet and outlet ends respectively and a barrier at the center. The temperature control fluid enters at the inlet of the plenum so that it circulates through the rings and exits through the outlet of the plenum to maintain the rings, and thereby the working fluid adjacent the rings, at the temperature of the temperature control fluid.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1983Date of Patent: April 23, 1985Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4488853Abstract: A fluid pressure ratio transformer which may be utilized to couple pressure variations in a working fluid operating at a given input pressure ratio to a fluid coupled load operating at a different required output pressure ratio. The device is self-modulating to pump-load, whether operating at fixed stroke or fixed frequency. The pressure ratio transformer comprises a housing and a positive displacement element within the housing dividing the housing interior into first and second chambers, each of which is filled with a compressible fluid. The working fluid in the first chamber is subjected to periodic pressure oscillations while the fluid in the second chamber is either coupled to a fluid load or may itself be the pumped fluid. The effective spring coefficients and the mass of the piston are matched to the frequency of operation so that the piston oscillates at its natural frequency.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 1982Date of Patent: December 18, 1984Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4454426Abstract: A linear electromagnetic machine has a stator with a coil mounted thereon. A reciprocating element has permanent magnet segments of alternating polarity so that reciprocation of said element relative to said stator in an axial direction causes periodic flux reversal through the coil to induce an alternating voltage therein. The magnetized segments are of equal axial extent and are axially spaced by transitional regions that are of axial extent substantially less than that of the magnetized segments. Flux return and core elements associated with the stator provides a relatively low reluctance magnetic path for flux lines resulting from magnetization of the permanent magnets wherein the reluctance is generally independent of the position of the reciprocating element.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 1981Date of Patent: June 12, 1984Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4446698Abstract: A construction of a variable volume chamber that allows cycling of a working fluid to occur substantially isothermally is disclosed. The present invention provides a fixed, rigid heat conductive element within the chamber. The heat conductive element has a surface area which is large relative to that of the chamber itself. The volume of the chamber is varied by a mechanism which meshes with the heat conductive element to minimize dead volume. As a result the heat conductive element absorbs and returns heat energy to and from the working fluid in an efficient fashion, resulting in a high degree of isothermalization of the working fluid.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 1981Date of Patent: May 8, 1984Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4249378Abstract: A thermal machine utilizing a positive displacement element which oscillates at a damped resonant frequency is disclosed. The positive displacement element controls the volume of expander and compressor subchambers. A heat exchanger is provided which includes a high temperature heat source, a low temperature heat source, and at least one heat sink. Valves control the flow of fluid into and out of the expander subchamber so that the subchamber acts to expand the fluid. A first working fluid is conducted through the expander subchamber, one of the heat sinks, a compressing device and the high temperature heat source in series. A second working fluid is conducted through the compressor subchamber, one of the heat sinks, an expanding device and the low temperature heat source in series.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 1979Date of Patent: February 10, 1981Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 4044558Abstract: A thermomechanical oscillator for generating electricity, pressurizing fluid or pumping heat is disclosed. The device includes a heat source and sink, positive displacement oscillating elements that subject a working fluid to a thermodynamic cycle in which work and heat are exchanged, and a load that extracts enthalpic energy from the working fluid by positive displacment oscillating elements. A thermodynamic cycle produced by such oscillator is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 1975Date of Patent: August 30, 1977Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 3997145Abstract: A material processing device and method for milling, emulsifying, dispersing, blending, polymerizing and hydrogenizing flowable materials. The device includes a processing chamber through which flowable material flows, an oscillating surfacing of the processing chamber which produces an oscillatory squeezing action on the flowable material within the chamber, an oscillating motor which drives the oscillating surface, a chamber inlet for dispersing the flowable material into the chamber and a chamber outlet for discharging and displacing the flowable material from the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1974Date of Patent: December 14, 1976Assignee: New Process Industries, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson
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Patent number: 3980280Abstract: A material processing device and method for milling, emulsifying, dispersing, blending, polymerizing and hydrogenizing flowable materials. The device includes a processing chamber through which flowable material flows, an oscillating surfacing of the processing chamber which produces an oscillatory squeezing action on the flowable material within the chamber, an oscillating motor which drives the oscillating surface, a chamber inlet for dispersing the flowable material into the chamber and a chamber outlet for discharging and displacing the flowable material from the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1974Date of Patent: September 14, 1976Assignee: Energy Research & Generation, Inc.Inventor: Glendon M. Benson