Patents by Inventor Michael Clement DeJule
Michael Clement DeJule 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).
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Patent number: 7687695Abstract: A method of assembling an anti-wolf resonator assembly for use with a string instrument is provided. The method includes positioning a first portion of the resonator assembly against a first side of a surface of the instrument, and magnetically coupling a second portion of the resonator assembly to a second side of the instrument surface that is opposite the first side of the surface. The surface is positioned between the first and second portions of the resonator assembly. The resonator assembly is configured to dampen at least one of a musical note and a vibration produced by the string instrument.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2008Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Inventor: Michael Clement DeJule
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Publication number: 20090188370Abstract: A method of assembling an anti-wolf resonator assembly for use with a string instrument is provided. The method includes positioning a first portion of the resonator assembly against a first side of a surface of the instrument, and magnetically coupling a second portion of the resonator assembly to a second side of the instrument surface that is opposite the first side of the surface. The surface is positioned between the first and second portions of the resonator assembly. The resonator assembly is configured to dampen at least one of a musical note and a vibration produced by the string instrument.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2008Publication date: July 30, 2009Inventor: Michael Clement DeJule
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Patent number: 7473903Abstract: A digital X-ray panel and method of fabricating an X-ray detector panel assembly is provided. The method includes forming a detector matrix on the detector substrate, forming a dam on the detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, forming a scintillator material on the detector matrix, and forming a hermetic covering on the scintillator material that at least one of extends to a surface of the dam and extends past the dam. The digital X-ray panel assembly includes a detector substrate, a detector matrix formed on said detector substrate, a dam formed on said detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, a scintillator material formed on the detector matrix, and a hermetic covering formed on the scintillator material that at least one of extends past the detector matrix and the dam, and extends past the detector matrix onto a surface of the dam.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2003Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, David Francis Fobare
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Patent number: 7005648Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly comprises a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material; a moisture resistant cover disposed over the detector substrate and the encapsulating coating, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the moisture resistant cover so as to form a moisture vapor barrier. The adhesive material is disposed so that it is not in contact with the encapsulating coating. The fabrication method of the X-ray detector assembly includes the steps of disposing the encapsulating coating on the scintillator material and a portion of the detector substrate and removing the encapsulating coating from the portion of the detector substrate.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Edward Baumgartner, David Francis Fobare, Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, William Andrew Hennessy, Robert John Wojnarowski
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Publication number: 20040155320Abstract: A digital X-ray panel and method of fabricating an X-ray detector panel assembly is provided. The method includes forming a detector matrix on the detector substrate, forming a dam on the detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, forming a scintillator material on the detector matrix, and forming a hermetic covering on the scintillator material that at least one of extends to a surface of the dam and extends past the dam. The digital X-ray panel assembly includes a detector substrate, a detector matrix formed on said detector substrate, a dam formed on said detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, a scintillator material formed on the detector matrix, and a hermetic covering formed on the scintillator material that at least one of extends past the detector matrix and the dam, and extends past the detector matrix onto a surface of the dam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2003Publication date: August 12, 2004Inventors: Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, David Francis Fobare
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Patent number: 6720561Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly comprises a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material; a moisture resistant cover disposed over the detector substrate and the encapsulating coating, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the moisture resistant cover so as to form a moisture vapor barrier. The adhesive material is disposed so that it is not in contact with the encapsulating coating. The fabrication method of the X-ray detector assembly includes the steps of disposing the encapsulating coating on the scintillator material and a portion of the detector substrate and removing the encapsulating coating from the portion of the detector substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2001Date of Patent: April 13, 2004Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Edward Baumgartner, David Francis Fobare, Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, William Andrew Hennessy, Robert John Wojnarowski, Haleh Ardebili, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
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Patent number: 6657201Abstract: A cover plate for a solid state radiation imager having a substrate on which are disposed a photosensor array and a scintillator optically coupled to the photosensor array. The cover plate has a lip adjacent a periphery thereof, at least a portion of the lip comprising a hermetic barrier, the cover plate and lip extending over the scintillator and photosensor array, the lip being adhered and sealed to the substrate. Methods of forming a cover plate with a lip and of assembling the cover plate having a lip with a substrate so as to enclose a photosensor array coupled to a scintillator are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2001Date of Patent: December 2, 2003Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Michael Clement DeJule
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Publication number: 20030107001Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly comprises a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material; a moisture resistant cover disposed over the detector substrate and the encapsulating coating, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the moisture resistant cover so as to form a moisture vapor barrier. The adhesive material is disposed so that it is not in contact with the encapsulating coating. The fabrication method of the X-ray detector assembly includes the steps of disposing the encapsulating coating on the scintillator material and a portion of the detector substrate and removing the encapsulating coating from the portion of the detector substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2001Publication date: June 12, 2003Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Charles Edward Baumgartner, David Francis Fobare, Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, William Andrew Hennessy, Robert John Wojnarowski
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Publication number: 20030001100Abstract: A cover plate for a solid state radiation imager having a substrate on which are disposed a photosensor array and a scintillator optically coupled to the photosensor array. The cover plate has a lip adjacent a periphery thereof, at least a portion of the lip comprising a hermetic barrier, the cover plate and lip extending over the scintillator and photosensor array, the lip being adhered and sealed to the substrate. Methods of forming a cover plate with a lip and of assembling the cover plate having a lip with a substrate so as to enclose a photosensor array coupled to a scintillator are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2001Publication date: January 2, 2003Inventor: Michael Clement Dejule
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Patent number: 6384400Abstract: A fiber optic scintillator includes, for example, a first plurality of radiation absorbing elements comprising a scintillating material for converting radiation into light and a second plurality of radiation absorbing elements interspersed among the first plurality of radiation absorbing elements. The first plurality of radiation absorbing elements has a first radiation absorption efficiency. The second plurality of radiation absorbing elements has a second radiation absorption efficiency and an effective atomic number greater than about 50. The second radiation absorption efficiency is greater than said first radiation absorption efficiency. A scintillator forming method provides a bundle of the second plurality of radiation absorbing elements interspersed among the first plurality of radiation absorbing elements by drawing the bundle, The drawn bundle is cut into a plurality of sections.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1999Date of Patent: May 7, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Douglas Albagli, George Edward Possin, Sung Su Han, Michael Clement DeJule
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Patent number: 6350990Abstract: An imager includes a substrate, a light-sensitive imaging array on the substrate, a scintillator over the array, and a cover over the scintillator sealed to the substrate. An edge of the array is situated close to an edge of the substrate relative to other edges of the array and substrate. A U-shaped end cap is sealed to and covers an edge of the cover, the edge of the substrate and a portion of each of the cover and substrate inward from their respective edges.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 1999Date of Patent: February 26, 2002Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ching-Yeu Wei, Michael Clement DeJule
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Patent number: 6172371Abstract: A radiation imager includes a photosensor array that is coupled to a scintillator so as to detect optical photons generated when incident radiation is absorbed in the scintillator. The imager further includes a robust protective cover that is disposed over the scintillator to seal the scintillator from exposure to ambient moisture. The protective cover has a three panel laminate structure including a pair of first-type material panels with a second-type material panel disposed therebetween. In one embodiment, the protective cover includes a lower hermetic barrier layer, an intermediate structural layer, and upper hermetic barrier layer. The upper and lower hermetic barrier layers are of the same material; the intermediate structural layer comprises a composite material having an adhesive impregnated therein.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1998Date of Patent: January 9, 2001Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Clement DeJule, Stanley Joseph Lubowski