Patents by Inventor Espen Trondsen

Espen Trondsen 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).

  • Langmuir probe
    Patent number: 10317437
    Abstract: A method of determining payload potential may include the steps of receiving data on a first bias voltage and a resulting first collected current of a first needle of a multi-needle Langmuir probe, receiving data on a second bias voltage and a resulting second collected current of a second needle of the multi-needle Langmuir probe, assigning a value for the electron temperature in which the multi-needle Langmuir probe was operating, and using the current and voltage data, the assigned electron temperature value and Langmuir probe theory to calculate the platform potential of the multi-needle Langmuir probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Ukniversitetet | Olso
    Inventors: Arne Pedersen, Tore André Bekkeng, Espen Trondsen, Jøran Moen
  • LANGMUIR PROBE
    Publication number: 20150355243
    Abstract: A method of determining payload potential may include the steps of receiving data on a first bias voltage and a resulting first collected current of a first needle of a multi-needle Langmuir probe, receiving data on a second bias voltage and a resulting second collected current of a second needle of the multi-needle Langmuir probe, assigning a value for the electron temperature in which the multi-needle Langmuir probe was operating, and using the current and voltage data, the assigned electron temperature value and Langmuir probe theory to calculate the platform potential of the multi-needle Langmuir probe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Arne Pedersen, Tore André Bekkeng, Espen Trondsen, Jøran Moen