Patents by Inventor Richard E. Bowen

Richard E. Bowen 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).

  • Compositions and methods for generation of gases containing hydrogen or hydrogen isotopes
    Patent number: 4341651
    Abstract: A composition which upon heating generates hydrogen or hydrogen isotopes prises an intimate mixture of a hydride component selected from the group consisting of calcium hydride, magnesium hydride, sodium hydride, lithium hydride and mixtures thereof, and a salt component selected from the group consisting of ammonium salts, hydrazinium salts and mixtures thereof, said hydride component being present in at least a stoichiometric amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Werner F. Beckert, William H. Barber, Richard E. Bowen, Ottmar H. Dengel
  • Solid compositions for generation fluorine and gaseous fluorine compounds
    Patent number: 4284617
    Abstract: A novel solid composition and method for generating fluorine and gaseous orine components comprising fluorine rich inorganic oxidizing salts such as tetrafluoro ammonium tetrafluoroborate borofluoride and a high energy fuel selected from the group consisting of metals and metal nitrides together with a complexing agent capable of reacting with and trapping the boron trifluoride combustion by-product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Richard E. Bowen, Robert A. Robb, Ottmar H. Dengel, Carl Gotzmer, Frank J. Pisacane