Patents by Inventor Michael J. Stubblebine

Michael J. Stubblebine 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).

  • Thermally actuated printed circuit board retainers
    Patent number: 9629232
    Abstract: Thermally actuated printed circuit board (PCB) retainer assemblies that utilize at least one thermally actuated element to secure a received PCB to a heat sink in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a thermally actuated PCB retainer assembly includes a heat sink having an elongated groove configured to receive a PCB and a PCB retainer that includes a pair of complementary elongated bodies each having a first elongated face and a second elongated face where the second elongated faces of the elongated bodies are disposed in a cooperative sliding relation and at least one thermally actuated element in contact with at least one of the elongated bodies such that the thermally actuated element applies a force on the at least one elongated body in response to temperature changes such that the elongated bodies move in the cooperative sliding relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Sean Reilly, Jacob Supowit, Michael J. Stubblebine
  • Inorganic aqueous solution (IAS) for phase-change heat transfer medium
    Patent number: 8967236
    Abstract: An inorganic aqueous solution for use in a phase-change heat transfer device comprises an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate (KMnO4), potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7), chromium trioxide (CrO3), silver chromate (Ag2CrO4), strontium hydroxide (Sr(OH)2), calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ivan Catton, Huishu Thomas Tao, Sean W. Reilly, Ladan Amouzegar, Qi Yao, Michael J. Stubblebine, Jacob Supowit
  • INORGANIC AQUEOUS SOLUTION (IAS) FOR PHASE-CHANGE HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20140090817
    Abstract: An inorganic aqueous solution for use in a phase-change heat transfer device comprises an aqueous solution of potassium permanganate (KMnO4), potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7), chromium trioxide (CrO3), silver chromate (Ag2CrO4), strontium hydroxide (Sr(OH)2), calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)2), magnesium hydroxide (Mg(OH)2) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ivan Catton, Huishu Thomas Tao, Sean W. Reilly, Ladan Amouzegar, Qi Yao, Michael J. Stubblebine, Jacob Supowit