Patents by Inventor Robert D. Rogalski

Robert D. Rogalski 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).

  • Patent number: 8373141
    Abstract: Dosimeter chips are widely distributed over a territorial area. This is followed by photographing the area from above to produce a color photograph. The color photograph is compared with radiation/color calibration data for the dosimeter chips. The total radiation accumulation is determined from the calibration data. The invention is for emergency use after civil accidents, for ascertaining a threat to military personnel before entering the battlefield or for interrogating a ship at sea.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Garry E. Shields, Paul W. Brown, Gordon K. Riel, Robert D. Rogalski
  • Patent number: 4474228
    Abstract: A closed cycle vaporization cooling system for an underwater vehicle's in-to-outer hull heat transfer having a low pressure freshwater circulating loop means for collecting and cooling waste heat from inside the vessel by an evaporator means located inside the vessel and so configured to operate under all conditions, an adiabatic zone within the loop for conveying vaporized working fluid to a condenser means located outside the underwater vehicle's pressure hull utilizing a chimney effect free-flooded seawater heat sink wherein cold seawater flows from bottom to top of the heat sink over the condenser means, and a condensate means for condensing and returning the condensate to the evaporator means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1984
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Robert D. Rogalski, George F. Wilhelmi