Patents by Inventor Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration, with respect to the invention of Frosch

Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration, with respect to the invention of Frosch 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).

  • Quartz ball valve
    Patent number: 4195666
    Abstract: A ball valve particularly suited for use in the handling of highly corrosive fluids characterized by a valve housing formed of communicating segments of quartz tubing, a pair of communicating sockets disposed in coaxial alignment with selected segments of tubing for establishing a pair of inlet ports communicating with a common outlet port, a ball formed of quartz material supported for displacement between the sockets and configured to be received alternately thereby, and a valve actuator including a rod attached to the ball for selectively displacing the ball relative to each of the sockets for controlling fluid flow through the inlet ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Inventors: Robert A. Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Adminstration, with respect to the invention of Frosch, Carl Goetz, William M. Ingle