Patents by Inventor Traver Hall Kennedy

Traver Hall Kennedy 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: 10214820
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation system includes a pulsed drive signal generator to generate a pulsed drive signal, a hydrogen generation chamber to receive the pulsed drive signal and generate hydrogen from a feedstock material contained therein based on the pulsed drive signal and a controllable reactive circuit coupled between the pulsed drive signal generator and the hydrogen generation chamber. A hydrogen detection device is coupled to the hydrogen generation chamber to detect the generated hydrogen. A controller controls the controllable reactive circuit based on detection of the generated hydrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Joi Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Louis Koeneman, Traver Hall Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20180320273
    Abstract: A system for extracting hydrogen from seawater includes a hollow chamber defined by a cylindrical wall, a cylindrical member within the chamber, a mechanism for recirculating conductive fluid through the chamber, a power supply connected via reactive circuits to the chamber wall to form an anode and to the cylindrical member to form a cathode and providing an input pulse DC voltage during a duty cycle on portion and an off cycle chamber return load circuit connected to the reactive circuits, and an off cycle chamber return load circuit connected to the positive and negative reactive circuits wherein the reactive circuits and the off cycle chamber return load circuit: process voltages returning from the chamber during an off portion of the duty cycle, the returning voltages resulting from an electro-chemical reaction in the chamber without surface reaction on the cylindrical member, and return the processed voltage to the chamber, wherein the chamber releases hydrogen gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Joi Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Louis Koeneman, Traver Hall Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20180216241
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation system includes a pulsed drive signal generator to generate a pulsed drive signal, a hydrogen generation chamber to receive the pulsed drive signal and generate hydrogen from a feedstock material contained therein based on the pulsed drive signal and a controllable reactive circuit coupled between the pulsed drive signal generator and the hydrogen generation chamber. A hydrogen detection device is coupled to the hydrogen generation chamber to detect the generated hydrogen. A controller controls the controllable reactive circuit based on detection of the generated hydrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Applicant: Joi Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Louis Koeneman, Traver Hall Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9816190
    Abstract: A system for extracting hydrogen from seawater includes a hollow chamber defined by a cylindrical wall, a cylindrical member within the chamber, a mechanism for recirculating conductive fluid through the chamber, a power supply connected via reactive circuits to the chamber wall to form an anode and to the cylindrical member to form a cathode and providing an input pulse DC voltage during a duty cycle on portion and an off cycle chamber return load circuit connected to the reactive circuits, and an off cycle chamber return load circuit connected to the positive and negative reactive circuits wherein the reactive circuits and the off cycle chamber return load circuit: process voltages returning from the chamber during an off portion of the duty cycle, the returning voltages resulting from an electro-chemical reaction in the chamber without surface reaction on the cylindrical member, and return the processed voltage to the chamber, wherein the chamber releases hydrogen gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Joi Scientific, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Louis Koeneman, Traver Hall Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20170130350
    Abstract: A hydrogen generation method includes generating a driver signal wherein the driver signal is a pulsed DC signal, processing the driver signal to generate a chamber excitation signal and applying the chamber excitation signal to a hydrogen generation chamber to generate hydrogen from a feedstock contained within the chamber wherein the hydrogen generation chamber includes at least one hollow cylindrical anode configured to contain the feedstock, and at least one cathode positioned within the at least one hollow cylindrical anode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: JOI SCIENTIFIC, INC.
    Inventors: ROBERT LOUIS KOENEMAN, TRAVER HALL KENNEDY
  • Publication number: 20170088958
    Abstract: A system for extracting hydrogen from seawater includes a hollow chamber defined by a cylindrical wall, a cylindrical member within the chamber, a mechanism for recirculating conductive fluid through the chamber, a power supply connected via reactive circuits to the chamber wall to form an anode and to the cylindrical member to form a cathode and providing an input pulse DC voltage during a duty cycle on portion and an off cycle chamber return load circuit connected to the reactive circuits, and an off cycle chamber return load circuit connected to the positive and negative reactive circuits wherein the reactive circuits and the off cycle chamber return load circuit: process voltages returning from the chamber during an off portion of the duty cycle, the returning voltages resulting from an electro-chemical reaction in the chamber without surface reaction on the cylindrical member, and return the processed voltage to the chamber, wherein the chamber releases hydrogen gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Louis Koeneman, Traver Hall Kennedy