Patents by Inventor Ralph E. Tate

Ralph E. Tate 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).

  • Automatic pressurizing thermal battery
    Patent number: 10312526
    Abstract: A thermal battery including a casing; a stack of cells disposed within the casing; a pressurizing element; an actuator when actuated, translates the pressurizing element to automatically engage and repressurize the stack of cells; and a latch configured to inhibit movement of the pressurizing element in a direction away from the stack of cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Toby D. Thomas, Thomas E Byrd, Charles T Fixico, III, Ralph E. Tate
  • Energy-harvesting, self-propelled buoy
    Patent number: 8242621
    Abstract: An energy-harvesting, self-propelled buoy includes a housing, an inertial power pump for converting wave motion to electrical energy, an electrical energy storage pod operably associated with the inertial power pump, and a propulsion unit for propelling the buoy. The inertial power pump is extensible from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Ralph E. Tate, Toby D. Thomas