Patents by Inventor Richard H. Olsher

Richard H. Olsher 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).

  • Proton recoil scintillator neutron rem meter
    Patent number: 6529573
    Abstract: A neutron rem meter utilizing proton recoil and thermal neutron scintillators to provide neutron detection and dose measurement. In using both fast scintillators and a thermal neutron scintillator the meter provides a wide range of sensitivity, uniform directional response, and uniform dose response. The scintillators output light to a photomultiplier tube that produces an electrical signal to an external neutron counter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard H. Olsher, David T. Seagraves
  • Proton recoil scintillator neutron rem meter
    Publication number: 20020141529
    Abstract: A neutron rem meter utilizing proton recoil and thermal neutron scintillators to provide neutron detection and dose measurement. In using both fast scintillators and a thermal neutron scintillator the meter provides a wide range of sensitivity, uniform directional response, and uniform dose response. The scintillators output light to a photomultiplier tube that produces an electrical signal to an external neutron counter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Inventors: Richard H. Olsher, David T. Seagraves
  • Neutron dose equivalent meter
    Patent number: 5578830
    Abstract: A neutron dose equivalent detector for measuring neutron dose capable of accurately responding to neutron energies according to published fluence to dose curves. The neutron dose equivalent meter has an inner sphere of polyethylene, with a middle shell overlying the inner sphere, the middle shell comprising RTV.RTM. silicone (organosiloxane) loaded with boron. An outer shell overlies the middle shell and comprises polyethylene loaded with tungsten. The neutron dose equivalent meter defines a channel through the outer shell, the middle shell, and the inner sphere for accepting a neutron counter tube. The outer shell is loaded with tungsten to provide neutron generation, increasing the neutron dose equivalent meter's response sensitivity above 8 MeV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1996
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard H. Olsher, Hsiao-Hua Hsu, William H. Casson, Dennis G. Vasilik, Jeffrey H. Kleck, Anthony Beverding