William Randolp Lynch

7138743, Nov 21, 2006

Nov 5, 2004

10/985074

Neal A. Sondergaard - Severna Park MD, US
William A. Lynch - Philadelphia PA, US

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

H01R 39/18
H02K 13/00
H01R 39/00

310248, 310251

The moving slip ring surface of electrical machinery transfers electrical current by contact thereof with liquid metal directly or through the tips of a plurality of closely spaced brushes positioned along the bottom of a housing under pressure within which the liquid metal is contained. The brush tips are respectively connected to lower ends of fibers electrically interconnected within the housing and exposed to the liquefied metal received and retained within the housing. According to one embodiment, the liquefied metal is retained within containment material filling the housing for contact exposure of the fibers therewith. According to another embodiment, exposure of the fibers to the liquefied metal within the housing is effected by entry of the liquefied metal into hollow brush tubes connected to and extending from the bottom of the housing, through which stem portions of the fibers extend to the brush tips.

7963115, Jun 21, 2011

Sep 29, 2008

12/286275

Neal A. Sondergaard - Severna Park MD, US
William A. Lynch - Cohasset MA, US

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy - Washington DC

F01K 13/00

60645, 60670, 123536

A magnetic flux enhanced metal fuel combustion system and method for producing energy. The energy may be used to drive a water vessel such as a submarine. The system and method includes a ring-shaped coil of an electromagnet surrounding a combustion chamber. The electromagnet produces a magnetic flux within the combustion chamber that limits contact between charged combustion particles and the sidewalls of the chamber, thereby enhancing the combustion of metallic fuels.