Patents by Inventor Thomas Liggett

Thomas Liggett 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: 5182092
    Abstract: A process for preparing hydroxylammonium nitrate which comprises reacting a hydroxylammonium salt, e.g., the sulfate, with an aqueous solution of a nitrate salt, e.g., sodium nitrate, in the presence of an organic solvent, e.g., butanol, in which the hydroxylammonium nitrate is soluble and the by-product salts are insoluble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Thomas Liggett
  • Patent number: 4066736
    Abstract: A process for preparing concentrated solutions of hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) or hydroxylammonium perchlorate (HAP) which comprise reacting hydroxylammonium sulfate with either barium nitrate or barium perchlorate, in such a way that the dissolved barium salt is reacted with the dissolving hydroxylammonium sulfate while agitating the system so as to keep the slurried barium salt from directly contacting the hydroxylammonium sulfate. The rate of addition of the hydroxylammonium sulfate is slower than the rate of solution of the barium salt. An excess of barium nitrate or barium perchlorate ions is needed in the solution to which the hydroxylammonium sulfate is added until the reaction is terminated. The concentration of the HAN or HAP in the final solution can be increased still further if a solution of HAN or HAP is respectively used in forming the barium salt slurry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1978
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Thomas Liggett
  • Patent number: D1016719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Cambridge Mobile Telematics Inc.
    Inventors: Isaku Douglas Kamada, Veronica Cochran Newlin, Melinda Lois Liggett, Nathan Thomas Link