Patents by Inventor Jack E. Noble

Jack E. Noble 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).

  • Heat transfer head for a Stirling cycle machine
    Patent number: 5076058
    Abstract: A common heat acceptor is provided between opposed displacers in a Stirling cycle machine. It includes two sets of open channels in separate fluid communications with the expansion spaces of the receptive cyclinders. The channels confine movement of working fluid in separate paths that extend between the expansion space of one cylinder and the compression space of the other. The method for operating the machine involves alternatively directing working fluid from the expansion space of each cylinder in a fluid path leading to the compression space of the other cylinder and from the compression space of each cylinder in a fluid path leading to the expansion space of the other cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Assignee: Stirling Technology Company
    Inventors: Stuart G. Emigh, Jack E. Noble, Gregory A. Lehmann
  • Heat engine
    Patent number: 3956895
    Abstract: A regenerative heat engine designed to produce power for the operation of equipment such as an artificial heart is disclosed. The heat engine includes a temperature control heat pipe located around the periphery of the engine cylinder and a temperature distribution heat pipe located around the periphery of the heat source. A flywheel and bellows seal is included as part of the displacer piston drive, and a flexure support is positioned on the hot end of the displacer piston to allow the piston to move longitudinally while restricting lateral motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Institute of Health
    Inventors: Jack E. Noble, Peter Riggle, Stuart G. Emigh, William R. Martini
  • Heat engine
    Patent number: 3949554
    Abstract: A regenerative heat engine designed to produce power for the operation of equipment such as an artificial heart is disclosed. The heat engine includes a temperature control heat pipe located around the periphery of the engine cylinder and a temperature distribution heat pipe located around the periphery of the heat source. A flywheel and bellows seal is included as part of the displacer piston drive, and a flexure support is positioned on the hot end of the displacer piston to allow the piston to move longitudinally while restricting lateral motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States National Institute of Health
    Inventors: Jack E. Noble, Peter Riggle, Stuart G. Emigh, William R. Martini