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Joel Hockaday, Tomball, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090001721Protective sleeve for threaded connections for expandable liner hanger - A tubular sleeve is coupled to and overlaps the threaded connection between a pair of adjacent tubular members.01-01-2009

Patent applications by Joel Hockaday, Tomball, TX US

Joel Gray Hockaday, Tomball, TX US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100282477SLEEVE FOR EXPANDABLE TUBULAR THREADED CONNECTION - A tubular sleeve overlaps the threaded connection between a pair of adjacent tubular members that are to receive an expansion device for radial expansion and plastic deformation of the threaded tubular connection.11-11-2010

John David Hockaday, Bartlett, TN US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110177772VAPOR REMOVAL SYSTEM - An apparatus for the evacuation of warm, moist air or vapor from a dishwasher cabinet or other washing machine interior. A centrifugal fan draws the hot air and water vapor out of the washing cavity through a flue riser and discharges it into a cooling chamber with one or more cooling spray nozzles. The cooling spray nozzles spray a fine mist of cold water into the stream of heated air and vapor, and may spray at angle to the flow of the stream of heated air and vapor. As the heated air and vapor from the dishwasher and the cooling spray mix, heat is transferred from the heated air and vapor to the cold water or mist being sprayed into the air stream. This reduces the temperature of the vapors and air that was extracted from the dishwasher. As the temperature is reduced, the water vapors condense and form droplets which accumulate on the sides and bottom of the cooling flue. This reduced temperature and moisture air is then discharged to the room at an opening, which may be located slightly above the bottom of the flue cabinet, along with the condensate.07-21-2011

Robert Hockaday, Los Alamos, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20110083420Subsonic and Stationary Ramjet Engines - A ramjet engine (04-14-2011

Robert G. Hockaday, Los Alamos, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090014056Micro concentrators elastically coupled with spherical photovoltaic cells - With small dimensional optics, small photovoltaic cells have heat distribution surfaces, very high concentrations and subsequently high utilization of the semiconductors can be achieved. Discrete photodiodes can be formed as spherical and other geometric shaped, cells with high performance characteristics, precision dimensions, and low cost. This invention positions discrete photovoltaic cells by using their geometric shape, elastic electrical mounts, couples them to small optical concentrator systems of refractory and or reflective optics and makes electrical network connections to those photodiodes, reliably, adjusting for thermal expansion, and at low cost to form low cost and reliable electrical power arrays. The electrical connectors and network can form part of the reflective optics and heat removal system. The electrical interconnection system can also form a reliable network that is self-correcting and tolerant of point failures.01-15-2009
20090241549SUBSONIC AND STATIONARY RAMJET ENGINES - A ramjet engine (10-01-2009
20100227286Membrane catalytic heater - A portable catalytic combustion heater, wherein fuel vapor (09-09-2010

Patent applications by Robert G. Hockaday, Los Alamos, NM US

Robert Glenn Hockaday, Los Alamos, NM US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20100192937Jet Cavity Catalytic Heater - The present invention is a method of delivering vaporized alcohol fuel through a thermally conductive porous nozzle to a catalytic burner with a plasma cavity and a surrounding porous catalytic cavity with fuel vapor and air supplied separately and inter diffusing into each other from different routes to the catalyst to achieve an efficient, steady, and complete combustion of the hydrogen bearing fuels. This heating system with passive auto thermostatic behavior, coupled to thermopiles, heat pipes and fluid heating systems may provide useful heat and electricity to applications of floors, roadways, runways, electronics, refrigerators, machinery, automobiles, structures, and fuel cells.08-05-2010

Shepard L. Hockaday, Benson, NC US

Patent application numberDescriptionPublished
20090189479Brush Assembly - A brush assembly is provided that facilitates a longer usable brush life and permits easy brush assembly replacement. The brush assembly includes an arc-shaped brush and a pivot arm, with the mounting end of the arc-shaped brush bound or otherwise mounted with respect to one end of the pivot arm. The end of the pivot arm that is not bound to the arc-shaped brush typically includes a female cylindrical slot for mating with a male shaft that is prefabricated in the motor housing, parallel to the rotor's axis. When the disclosed brush assembly is installed into an electric motor, the pivot arm slot is slidably positioned onto the shaft in the motor housing, enabling the brush assembly to pivot about the shaft on a plane that is perpendicular to the rotor's axis of rotation. A biasing spring force impels the brush assembly to pivot inward toward the rotor in the longitudinal direction of the brush, and maintains the operating end of the arc-shaped brush in contact with the rotating faces of the commutator. A single biasing spring is adapted to act upon both the brush and an interrupter device that is activated when the brush life is exhausted.07-30-2009