Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Mills

Dennis M. Mills 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).

  • High speed x-ray beam chopper
    Patent number: 6418194
    Abstract: A fast, economical, and compact x-ray beam chopper with a small mass and a small moment of inertia whose rotation can be synchronized and phase locked to an electronic signal from an x-ray source and be monitored by a light beam is disclosed. X-ray bursts shorter than 2.5 microseconds have been produced with a jitter time of less than 3 ns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Armon McPherson, Dennis M. Mills