Patents by Inventor Billy G. Motes

Billy G. Motes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Self-contained cryogenic gas sampling apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5501080
    Abstract: Apparatus for obtaining a whole gas sample, composed of: a sample vessel having an inlet for receiving a gas sample; a controllable valve mounted for controllably opening and closing the inlet; a valve control coupled to the valve for opening and closing the valve at selected times; a portable power source connected for supplying operating power to the valve control; and a cryogenic coolant in thermal communication with the vessel for cooling the interior of the vessel to cryogenic temperatures.A method of obtaining an air sample using the apparatus described above, by: placing the apparatus at a location at which the sample is to be obtained; operating the valve control to open the valve at a selected time and close the valve at a selected subsequent time; and between the selected times maintaining the vessel at a cryogenic temperature by heat exchange with the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 26, 1996
    Assignee: Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company
    Inventors: Gary J. McManus, Billy G. Motes, Susan K. Bird, Dale K. Kotter