Patents by Inventor Eric Lukosi

Eric Lukosi 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).

  • Thermal neutron detector and gamma-ray spectrometer utilizing a single material
    Patent number: 9638813
    Abstract: A combined thermal neutron detector and gamma-ray spectrometer system, including: a detection medium including a lithium chalcopyrite crystal operable for detecting thermal neutrons in a semiconductor mode and gamma-rays in a scintillator mode; and a photodetector coupled to the detection medium also operable for detecting the gamma rays. Optionally, the detection medium includes a 6LiInSe2 crystal. Optionally, the detection medium comprises a compound formed by the process of: melting a Group III element; adding a Group I element to the melted Group III element at a rate that allows the Group I and Group III elements to react thereby providing a single phase I-III compound; and adding a Group VI element to the single phase I-III compound and heating; wherein the Group I element includes lithium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignees: Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Fisk University, University of Tennessee Research Foundation
    Inventors: Ashley Stowe, Arnold Burger, Eric Lukosi
  • THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTOR AND GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETER UTILIZING A SINGLE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20160146953
    Abstract: A combined thermal neutron detector and gamma-ray spectrometer system, including: a detection medium including a lithium chalcopyrite crystal operable for detecting thermal neutrons in a semiconductor mode and gamma-rays in a scintillator mode; and a photodetector coupled to the detection medium also operable for detecting the gamma rays. Optionally, the detection medium includes a 6LiInSe2 crystal. Optionally, the detection medium comprises a compound formed by the process of: melting a Group III element; adding a Group I element to the melted Group III element at a rate that allows the Group I and Group III elements to react thereby providing a single phase I-III compound; and adding a Group VI element to the single phase I-III compound and heating; wherein the Group I element includes lithium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicants: CONSOLIDATED NUCLEAR SECURITY, LLC, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, FISK UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ashley Stowe, Arnold Burger, Eric Lukosi