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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
John E Leland, Loudonville, OH (US);
Assignee:
The United States as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
16510425 ; 16510423 ; 417418 ; 384 12 ; 384 42 ; 384133 ;
Abstract
A long life, very low friction pump for use in a heat pipe pump or the like s disclosed. A first pump uses magnetically confined ferrofluid rings are both sealer and lubricant for a sliding pump piston in a two sided piston pump that minimizes the seal pressures on both sides of the ferrofluid seals. A second pump uses a magnetically confined ferrofluid slug as a self-sealing and self-repairing pump piston.