Patents by Inventor Hugh C. Cook

Hugh C. Cook 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).

  • Non-contact electrical energy transfer system
    Patent number: 6963263
    Abstract: A non-contact electrical energy transfer system has a nearly continuous loop of ferromagnetic material that defines a gap. A first electric conductor is coiled about a portion of the nearly continuous loop that opposes the gap. A block of the same ferromagnetic material is sized to loosely fit in the gap while being spaced apart from each of the opposing surfaces defining the gap. A second electric conductor is coiled about the block. Electrical energy applied to the first electric conductor induces an electric current in the second electric conductor when the block is positioned in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Hugh C. Cook, Stephen M. Mahan