Patents by Inventor L. Thomson Staats, III

L. Thomson Staats, III 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).

  • Compressible fluid pumping system for dynamically compensating compressible fluids over large pressure ranges
    Patent number: 8215922
    Abstract: An invention is claimed that enables the pumping of compressible fluids at high pressures when an accurate flow is desired. Two pressure sources, for example pumps plumbed in series, separate thermodynamic work, such as pressurization, at the first pressure source from a volumetric or matter metering function in the second pressure source. One example is a flowstream delivery for a chemical instrumentation system that is manufactured from relatively unsophisticated pumps yet delivers precise flows with low pulsation (<1%) over pressures greater than 100 bar. An advantage of one embodiment allows the economical conversion of typical HPLC systems to state of-the-art supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) systems with minimal modification to system components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Aurora SFC Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry A. Berger, Kimber D. Fogelman, Edwin E. Wikfors, L. Thomson Staats, III, Samuel O. Colgate, Michael A. Casale
  • Compressible fluid pumping system
    Publication number: 20100040483
    Abstract: An invention is claimed that enables the pumping of compressible fluids at high pressures when an accurate flow is desired. Two pressure sources, for example pumps plumbed in series, separate thermodynamic work, such as pressurization, at the first pressure source from a volumetric or matter metering function in the second pressure source. One example is a flowstream delivery for a chemical instrumentation system that is manufactured from relatively unsophisticated pumps yet delivers precise flows with low pulsation (<1 %) over pressures greater than 100 bar. An advantage of one embodiment allows the economical conversion of typical HPLC systems to state of-the-art supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC) systems with minimal modification to system components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 18, 2010
    Inventors: Terry A. Berger, Kimber D. Fogelman, Edwin E. Wikfors, L. Thomson Staats, III, Samuel O. Colgate, Michael A. Casale