Patents by Inventor Robert J. Beuhler

Robert J. Beuhler 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).

  • Method for facilitating catalyzed oxidation reactions, device for facilitating catalyzed oxidation reactions
    Patent number: 7091386
    Abstract: A catalytic process for the oxidation of organic. Oxygen is loaded into a metal foil by heating the foil while in contact with an oxygen-containing fluid. After cooling the oxygen-activated foil to room temperature, oxygen diffuses through the foil and oxidizes reactants exposed to the other side of the foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Robert J. Beuhler, Michael G. White, Jan Hrbek
  • Method and apparatus for the production of cluster ions
    Patent number: 4755344
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the production of cluster ions, and preferably isotopic hydrogen cluster ions is disclosed. A gas, preferably comprising a carrier gas and a substrate gas, is cooled to about its boiling point and expanded through a supersonic nozzle into a region maintained at a low pressure. Means are provided for the generation of a plasma in the gas before or just as it enters the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Lewis Friedman, Robert J. Beuhler