Got my first one. Just wondering if anyone else has gone through the process?
Anyone have a patent?
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Went through it with my company and eventually was denied because someone else had thought of it (but never built it like I did). So we had to stop doing it. Was kinda ********
My dad was involved in a plastic called Ryton.
From what I remember they were trying to make plastics as strong as metal for cars.
From what I remember they were trying to make plastics as strong as metal for cars.
Didn’t you tell him to try and make a dildo out of that stuff?
Yes, just ending up being good for my ego and costing a lot of money.
Yes, but part of a handful of people, not solo. Company lawyers did all the work so I just know it took like 4 yrs to go through.
Had a patented hook shot in my playing days
Messing with a model right now. I got my patent for a mechanical flywheel system and a compressor. It sits in water. The center of the wheel is always filled with air. As the wheel spins internal weighted baffles pull air from above and through the chambers inside. Check valves control the air flow in one direction. Works as an air pump within the device. The air is then pumped into a catch chamber on one side of the wheel. Buoyant lift on one side helps assist the wheel in spinning.
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This is my experience too. I have one that took many years, have a pending one through my company and not sure how long it will take
Help the efficiency of large flywheel systems like the one's in power plants, and it could be used as a compressor. Since the wheel will be filled with air and suspended in water the amount of energy needed to spin it will be far less than if it was dead weight. I gain mechanical advantage by using the baffles as they work like levers. Plus they're counterbalanced within a wheel. The levers will be weighted to overcome water pressure which gives me a heavy wheel that assists itself in spinning.
Makes my pet rock patent seem primitive.
Bit seriously, there are potentially so many uses for your idea if it is efficient as it sounds.
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I've thought of a few. When I went to my patent attorney I didn't tell him at first what I wanted to get a patent for. To be honest I'm shooting for perpetual motion. That's the first thing he said when he saw it. "You're trying to make a perpetual motion machine, but that's a mechanical flywheel system". Exactly what I wanted my patent for. He's also an engineer and we've discussed other applications. A big rolling drum could move a lot of air/liquid pretty efficiently.
I think I'm named on 4 or 5 patents at this point. Mostly around pumps from my time at Viking in CF. Got one at my current employer and I think there are a couple more in the works.
I've used ryton on a lot of stuff it's really useful in certain applications. Mainly I used it for bushings on pump shafts.
