Patents by Inventor Murlin T. Howerton

Murlin T. Howerton 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).

  • Chemical storage of energy
    Patent number: 4319626
    Abstract: A method of storing energy at ambient temperature and recovering same at an elevated temperature which comprises decomposition of a chemical compound at high temperature with a second compound being used to form another product at low temperature. Upon regeneration of the decomposition product from the first compound there is a release of the originally absorbed high temperature thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Martin Marietta Corp.
    Inventors: Harold A. Papazian, Murlin T. Howerton
  • Chemical storage of energy
    Patent number: 4319627
    Abstract: A method of storing energy at ambient temperature and recovering same at an elevated temperature which comprises decomposition of a chemical compound at high temperature with a decomposition product being used to form another compound at low temperature. Upon regeneration of the decomposition product from the other compound there is a release of the originally absorbed high temperature thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1982
    Assignee: Martin Marietta Corp.
    Inventors: Harold A. Papazian, Murlin T. Howerton