Patents by Inventor Geoff Waldschmidt

Geoff Waldschmidt 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).

  • Tubular RF cage field confinement cavity
    Patent number: 7760054
    Abstract: An RF cavity is provided with a plurality of tubes that are formed into a tubular cage in a predefined shape to define the RF cavity. A selected number of tubes and a selected tube diameter are provided to form a confinement cage for the RF fields within the RF cavity defined by the tubes. The multiple, small metal tubes are selectively bent to form different cavity shapes and sizes as needed to accelerate the particles and function as a confinement cage for the RF fields within the RF cavity defined by the tubes. The cost to fabricate RF cavities using the tubular cage design is significantly lower than the cost of producing a solid cavity using conventional fabrication technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
    Inventors: John W. Lewellen, John Noonan, Terry L. Smith, Geoff Waldschmidt
  • TUBULAR RF CAGE FIELD CONFINEMENT CAVITY
    Publication number: 20080042784
    Abstract: An RF cavity is provided with a plurality of tubes that are formed into a tubular cage in a predefined shape to define the RF cavity. A selected number of tubes and a selected tube diameter are provided to form a confinement cage for the RF fields within the RF cavity defined by the tubes. The multiple, small metal tubes are selectively bent to form different cavity shapes and sizes as needed to accelerate the particles and function as a confinement cage for the RF fields within the RF cavity defined by the tubes. The cost to fabricate RF cavities using the tubular cage design is significantly lower than the cost of producing a solid cavity using conventional fabrication technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: John W. Lewellen, John Noonan, Terry L. Smith, Geoff Waldschmidt