Patents by Inventor Lyndon James Miles

Lyndon James Miles 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).

  • Production of beta-alumina ceramic articles and furnace therefor
    Patent number: 4070542
    Abstract: In making .beta.-alumina ceramic articles by a fast firing technique in which the green shapes of compressed powder material are sintered by passing them continuously through a tubular furnace, the furnace is sloped upwardly to give convective air flow forwardly through the furnace at a speed not less than the speed of movement of the article or other means are provided for causing such an air flow or flow of other oxygen-containing gas. An induction furnace is described having a rotating tube and automatic temperature control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: The Electricity Council
    Inventors: Lyndon James Miles, Ivor Wynn Jones
  • Production of beta-alumina ceramic articles and furnace therefor
    Patent number: 4059663
    Abstract: In making beta-alumina ceramic articles by a fast firing technique in which the green shapes of compressed powder material are sintered by passing them continuously through a tubular furnace, the furnace is sloped upwardly to give convective gas flow forwardly through the furnace at a speed not less than the speed of movement of the article or other means are provided for causing such a gas flow. An induction furnace is described having a rotating tube and automatic temperature control means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1977
    Assignee: The Electricity Council
    Inventors: Lyndon James Miles, Ivor Wynn Jones
  • Electrochemical cells having a liquid alkali metal electrode and solid electrolyte
    Patent number: 3953227
    Abstract: In an electrochemical cell, such as a sodium-sulphur cell, having a liquid metal electrode and a solid electrolyte, the solid electrolyte is an upright tube with a closed end and a reservoir is provided above the top of the electrolyte tube to accommodate the increased volume of the cathodic reactant as the cell discharges whereby the whole surface of the electrolyte can be in contact with the cathodic reactant despite the increase in volume of the cathodic reactant in the cathodic compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: The Electricity Council
    Inventors: Ivor Wynn Jones, Lyndon James Miles, Graham Robinson