Patents by Inventor Kenny Weaver

Kenny Weaver 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).

  • Separation of isotopes by cyclical processes
    Patent number: 3989484
    Abstract: Various isotopes of hydrogen are separated by a cyclic sorption process in which a gas stream containing the isotopes is periodically passed through a high pressure column containing a palladium sorbent. A portion of the product from the high pressure column is passed through a second column at lower pressure to act as a purge. Before the sorbent in the high pressure column becomes saturated, the sequence is reversed with the stream flowing through the former low-pressure column now at high pressure, and a portion of the product purging the former high pressure column now at low pressure. The sequence is continued in cyclic manner with the product being enriched in a particular isotope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Energy Research and Development Administration
    Inventors: Charles E. Hamrin, Jr., Kenny Weaver