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US 12,327,705 B2Granted
Method, system, and apparatus to prevent electrical or thermal-based hazards in conduits
OwnerKenneth G Blemel, Kenneth D Blemel +4inventors
InventorsKenneth G Blemel, Kenneth D Blemel, Benjamin Allen Bone, Jesse Min-Tze Adamczyk, Lara Rose Draelos, Mariana Flores-Olivas
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and system for protection from hazards of conductivity is disclosed using non-electrical means to disrupt electrical current with a thermovolumetric substance. The purpose of this invention is to prevent hazardous conditions from occurring by disrupting the flow of electrical current prior to the development of arc fault conditions.
Claims1
An apparatus for disruption of a flow of energy by means of a hydraulic force comprising:
- a quantity of a thermovolumetric substance selected from the group of fluids consisting of brake fluids, or hydraulic fluids, or essential oils that expand volume upon heating below a certain temperature without change of physical state;
- at least one O-ring sealing means to ensure against leakage of the hydraulic force;
- an end cap configured with a first portion of a hollow cavity therethrough and configured with a piston connecting piece means having a length projecting a distance “Y”;
- a reservoir piece configured with a second portion of the hollow cavity therethrough and further configured with a chamber configured for the quantity of the liquid thermovolumetric substance, wherein said chamber accepts the piston connecting piece means a depth greater than or equal to the distance “Y” for receiving the hydraulic force produced by the quantity of the thermovolumetric substance, and said chamber still further configured with means for operably accepting the at least one O-Ring sealing means to prevent leakage of the quantity of the thermovolumetric substance;
- and wherein machine motion of the piston connecting piece means, that results from the hydraulic force associated with the expanded volume of the quantity of the thermovolumetric substance acting on the piston connecting piece means, moves the piston connecting piece means a distance greater than or equal to the distance “Y” resulting in separation of the end cap from the reservoir piece thereby causing disruption of the apparatus and the flow of energy.
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