Patents by Inventor Walter R. Warren, Jr.

Walter R. Warren, Jr. 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).

  • NF.sub.3 combustor for cylindrical laser
    Patent number: 4650416
    Abstract: A combustor using D.sub.2 /NF.sub.3 /He is used in a laser gain generator in a cylindrical gas laser. The combustor includes a plurality of primary rings having fuel, oxidizer and diluent orifices therein. Fuel and oxidizer orifices form a triplet injector set that provides a reactant set. Two diluent orifices form a diluent injector set that provides a diluent set. These sets alternate about each primary ring and from one primary ring to the adjacent primary ring. Because the diluent set does not mix directly with the reactant set initially, a greater percentage of lasing products are formed because of the higher temperature in the reacting zone. Diluent is mixed as required at a later stage in the flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Walter R. Warren, Jr., Norman Cohen
  • Fluorine generator for chemical lasers
    Patent number: 4213102
    Abstract: A system for generating fluorine for use as a gaseous reactant in a chemical laser from a storable gas supply of NF.sub.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1980
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Walter R. Warren, Jr., Donald A. Durran, Donald J. Spencer