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4618091 |
Apparatus for controlling the passage of a liquid
An apparatus for controlling or regulating the through-flow or passage of at least one liquid, particularly for temperature regulation or control, contains at least one valve with an electrical...
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4602173 |
Magnetic propulsion device
A generator that utilizes the magnetic flux lines of the earth and includes a base, a frame that is attached to the base, a shaft that has a free end and is rotatably mounted in the frame,...
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4520305 |
Thermoelectric generating system
A thermoelectric electricity generating system for connection with a heat source and a heat acceptor respectively by first and second elongate plates of substantially constant cross section and...
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4506183 |
High thermal power density heat transfer apparatus providing electrical isolation at high temperature using heat pipes
This invention is directed to transferring heat from an extremely high temperature source to an electrically isolated lower temperature receiver. The invention is particularly concerned with...
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4468568 |
Generating power from the ocean utilizing the thermal properties of magnetic material
A power generation system is taught utilizing a ferromagnetic material contained in a tape and rotatably disposed in a triangular configuration around a series of pulleys. The entire system is...
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4453405 |
Pyroelectric vorticimeter
Disclosed is a pyroelectric shear meter which can be utilized as a pyroelectric vorticimeter in which a pyroelectric substrate has a heater element located thereon and two conductor elements...
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4447736 |
Non self-starting thermal magnetic energy recycling ferrite ring engine
A fast rotating ferrite ring engine that is started by an external starting motor generates a medium mechanical power continuously. The rotating ferrite ring engine body is composed of thin...
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4443650 |
Thermoelectric converter element
The disclosed thermoelectric converter element includes at least one member made of thermoelectric substance whose crystal structure is so controlled that its crystallographic axis is directed to a...
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4441067 |
Thermal dielectric electric power generator
A convection column is used to produce a draft to draw alternately hot and then cool air over temperature variable capacitors on which a charge is placed, the capacitors being grouped in sets, and...
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4435663 |
Thermochemical magnetic generator
A thermochemical magnetic generator system utilizes a gas, preferably hydrogen, and a material, such as LaCo 5 , which varies in magnetization upon addition of the gas to the material to generate...
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4425540 |
Apparatus and method for pyroelectric power conversion
Apparatus and method for converting heat to electrical energy by the use of one or more capacitors having temperature dependent capacitance. The capacitor is cycled between relatively high and...
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4373142 |
Thermionic energy converters
This invention is concerned with improving the efficiency of thermionic energy converters. The invention is particularly directed to the reduction of plasma losses in these converters. This...
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4368415 |
Converting solar power to electric power
Solar energy is collected by collector means supported in space by geostationary satellite and directed to an air buoyant intermediate platform at a position within the upper atmosphere. The laser...
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4368416 |
Thermionic-thermoelectric generator system and apparatus
Apparatus is disclosed including a compact thermionic generator formed with an outer cathode cylinder and an axially concentric inner anode cylinder. The cylinders are sealed and evacuated and...
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4367408 |
Pyroelectric type infrared radiation detecting device
A pyroelectric pellet made of a Z cut plane of lithium tantalate, for example, is fixed onto an electrically conductive supporting base made of copper, for example, by means of an adhesive agent...
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4363989 |
Pseudo electrode assembly
A device for generating an electric current having a discharge chamber capable of containing an ionizable medium which provides free charges in said chamber, a means for ionizing the medium and...
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4353003 |
Solar electric generator
A solar electric generator is provided wherein a plurality of propellers are mounted transversely to a shaft journaled on bearings in a housing. Each propeller includes a plurality of equiangularly...
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4350915 |
Radiant energy converter
Disclosed is a radiant energy converter which directs concentrated radiant energy in a first direction through or to a plane of limited area. An energy absorbing fluid is passed through the plane...
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4348624 |
Thermal servo system for mechanical positioning
A thermally controlled servo system in which a member supporting the drive for a device to be accurately positioned is moved relative to a stationary support member in response to changes in...
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4346330 |
Laser generated high electron density source
Apparatus is disclosed for generating high density pulses of electrons thermionically. The apparatus includes a metallic target maintained within a low pressure cesium vapor atmosphere. A laser...
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4338560 |
Albedd radiation power converter
A heat-to-electricity converter, particularly adaptable for use by high-atude platforms such as aerostats and space stations, for changing heat energy of radiation from the earth to electric power...
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4332157 |
Pyroelectric anemometer
Disclosed is a pyroelectric anemometer capable of providing an accurate indication of fluid flow rate. A pyroelectric substrate has a heater element located essentially transverse to the fluid flow...
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4328417 |
Solar tracking mechanism
A mechanism for tracking the sun and positioning a solar energy collector, photovoltaic cells being utilized to energize pairs of electric coils rotatably mounted within magnetic rings. When the...
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4323808 |
Laser excited thermionic electric converter
A laser excited thermionic electric converter is disclosed wherein an externally located heat source causes electrons to be boiled off an electron emissive surface interiorly positioned on one end...
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4313346 |
Accelerometers
An accelerometer includes a thermocouple circuit which comprises a movable member and a second member which abuts the movable member, wherein the abutting parts of the members include a cutting...
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4303845 |
Thermionic electric converter
A thermionic electric converter is disclosed wherein an externally located heat source causes electrons to be boiled off an electron emissive surface interiorly positioned on one end wall of an...
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4302710 |
Sun tracking controller
An apparatus which controls the electric tracking motors of solar energy collectors and other solar devices which are adapted to be aimed at the sun.
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4298768 |
Cesium vapor thermionic current generator
An electron current generator is disclosed which includes a non-electrical heat source, a heat pipe having its first end in thermal relationship with the heat source, and a second end projecting...
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4292579 |
Thermoelectric generator
Apparatus and method for a thermoelectric generator which converts heat directly from a heat source into electrical energy. This is done by applying an external electromotive force (emf) across a...
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4281280 |
Thermal electric converter
Method and apparatus are provided for converting heat to electricity wherein a non-porous dielectric barrier layer is placed on a conducting member, a cathode is placed on the barrier layer, a...
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4280074 |
Collector for thermionic energy converter
An improved collector is provided for a thermionic energy converter. The collector comprises a p-type layer of a semiconductor material formed on an n-type layer of a semiconductor material. The...
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4257823 |
Direct conversion solar electric generator
A solar electric generator comprises a concentrator of the sun radiation consisting of a system of lenses which focalize the sun radiation into a vessel of which the bottom--that is the wall...
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4249121 |
Thermoelectric arrangement
A thermoelectric arrangement comprises a thermoelement built up of element limbs of strips, discs or rings formed from plates foils or layers, means for moving the strips discs or rings relative to...
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4230963 |
Hydro-thermic energy converter
A hydro-thermic energy converter capable to convert thermal energy contained in hot water in mechanical energy by utilizing the low Curie-temperature property of ferromagnetic alloys in a...
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4220906 |
Dielectric thermal power converter
A method and apparatus is disclosed for use in converting heat to electrical energy and comprises a plurality of capacitors which have a temperature dependent capacitance. Heat is used to decrease...
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4199713 |
Installation for supplying the electric power supply of motor vehicles
An installation for feeding the electrical power supply system of motor vehicles which contains a generator, a battery as accumulator, and several loads; a thermionic converter operable by means of...
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4191901 |
Method and system for converting solar energy into electricity
There is provided a method and a system for converting solar energy into electricity by means of a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) generator. The method comprises providing an organic liquid reservoir...
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4188571 |
Radiant energy to electrical power conversion system
A radiant energy to electrical power thermionic conversion system using a transducer structure with very closely spaced cathode and anode elements in a vacuum to minimize space charge buildup and...
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4187506 |
Microwave power transmission beam safety system
A system in which the characteristics of a microwave power transmission beam are controlled in accordance with power distribution profiles altered due to the detected presence or entrance of an...
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4168577 |
Device for stepwise displacement of a work-piece
The present invention refers to a device for stepwise displacement of a work-piece or a similar body, the device comprising a rod made from a reversibly expanding or compressing material coupled to...
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4160924 |
Cryogenic temperature operated magnetic reciprocating motor system
A permanent magnet armature is reciprocated between electromagnetic coil assemblies in a motor chamber that is evacuated and maintained at a cryogenic temperature by circulation of a cryogenic...
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4152537 |
Electricity generator
An electricity generator which produces electrical energy from the random Brownian movement of molecules in a gas, and the uneven distribution of thermal energy in the different molecules of the...
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4151438 |
Distributed electrical leads for thermionic converter
In a thermionic converter, means are provided for coupling an electrical lead to at least one of the electrodes thereof. The means include a bus bar and a plurality of distributed leads coupled to...
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4147564 |
Method of controlled surface texturization of crystalline semiconductor material
A method of forming a microscopically texturized surface on a crystalline semiconductor material is disclosed which method includes the use of a radioactive source for uniformly irradiating the...
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4064409 |
Ferrofluidic electrical generator
This disclosure is related to electrical generators which utilize heating and cooling of separate points in a closed circuit ferrofluid system to generate electrical power directly from heat...
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4047093 |
Direct thermal-electric conversion for geothermal energy recovery
Direct conversion systems for in situ conversion of geothermal energy into electricity are described in which thermoelectric generators and/or thermionic convertors directly convert the earth's...
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4040903 |
Thermionic energy converters
A thermionic device for converting nuclear energy into electrical energy comprising a tubular anode spaced from and surrounding a cylindrical cathode, the cathode having an outer emitting surface...
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4039352 |
High efficiency thermoelectric generator for the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy
The present invention concerns a new thermoelectric generator, the operation of which is due to a new effect that takes place in a closed chain uniformly heated at an optimum temperature, the chain...
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4020368 |
Electric power generator
An electric power generator of the type employing a nuclear heat source or the like and a thermoelectric converter is described wherein a transparent thermal insulating medium is provided inside an...
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4014713 |
Thermoelectric generator
A thermoelectric generator comprising a thermoelectric module, means for burning fuel and supplying heat to the module, a cooling system including a hollow radiator filled with cooling liquid and a...
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