Patents by Inventor Maxim V. Belkin

Maxim V. Belkin 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).

  • Patent number: 8034245
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of driving liquid flow at or near a free surface using self-assembled structures composed of magnetic particles subjected to an external AC magnetic field. A plurality of magnetic particles are supported at or near a free surface of liquid by surface tension or buoyancy force. An AC magnetic field traverses the free surface and dipole-dipole interaction between particles produces in self-assembled snake structures which oscillate at the frequency of the traverse AC magnetic field. The snake structures independently move across the free surface and may merge with other snake structures or break up and coalesce into additional snake structures experiencing independent movement across the liquid surface. During this process, the snake structures produce asymmetric flow vortices across substantially the entirety of the free surface, effectuating liquid flow across the free surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Oleksiy Snezhko, Igor Aronson, Wai-Kwong Kwok, Maxim V. Belkin