Patents by Inventor Robert Glenn Hockaday

Robert Glenn Hockaday 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).

  • Jet cavity catalytic heater
    Patent number: 8490617
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of delivering vaporized alcohol fuel through a thermally conductive porous nozzle to a catalytic burner with a plasma cavity and a surrounding porous catalytic cavity with fuel vapor and air supplied separately and inter diffusing into each other from different routes to the catalyst to achieve an efficient, steady, and complete combustion of the hydrogen bearing fuels. This heating system with passive auto thermostatic behavior, coupled to thermopiles, heat pipes and fluid heating systems may provide useful heat and electricity to applications of floors, roadways, runways, electronics, refrigerators, machinery, automobiles, structures, and fuel cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: GHT Global Heating Technologies, GmbH
    Inventors: Giampaolo Vacca, Jeffrey Poston, Michael A. Swank, Robert Glenn Hockaday, Lawrence Weber, Pavlo Bagriy
  • Jet Cavity Catalytic Heater
    Publication number: 20100192937
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of delivering vaporized alcohol fuel through a thermally conductive porous nozzle to a catalytic burner with a plasma cavity and a surrounding porous catalytic cavity with fuel vapor and air supplied separately and inter diffusing into each other from different routes to the catalyst to achieve an efficient, steady, and complete combustion of the hydrogen bearing fuels. This heating system with passive auto thermostatic behavior, coupled to thermopiles, heat pipes and fluid heating systems may provide useful heat and electricity to applications of floors, roadways, runways, electronics, refrigerators, machinery, automobiles, structures, and fuel cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: VACCA, INC.
    Inventors: Giampaolo Vacca, Jeffrey Poston, Michael A. Swank, Robert Glenn Hockaday, Lawrence Weber, Pavlo Bagriy