Patents by Inventor Robert Nash Carter

Robert Nash Carter 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).

  • Peristaltic micropumps and fluid delivery devices that incorporate them
    Patent number: 11020524
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a peristaltic micropump comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side, a microtube that extends across the first side of the substrate, and multiple pump actuators formed on the first side of the substrate and positioned adjacent to the microtube at discrete, spaced positions along the length of the microtube, wherein the micropump is configured to sequentially actuate the pump actuators so as to create peristaltic action that drives fluid contained in the microtube along the length of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignees: University of South Florida, Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David A. Borkholder, Farzad Forouzandeh, Robert Nash Carter, Denis Roger Cormier, Joseph P. Walton, Robert Dana Frisina
  • Plug assembly
    Patent number: 5791308
    Abstract: A plug assembly for ignition of fuel in admixture with air within a combustion chamber which comprises an exposed heating element having a multi-turn coil of electrically conductive catalytic wire mounted in grooves formed on the surface of ceramic support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Precision Combustion, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Nash Carter, Gregory Scott Jackson, William C. Pfefferle