Patents by Inventor TIMOTHY RICHARD BARBOUR

TIMOTHY RICHARD BARBOUR 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).

  • Physical properties measurement system
    Patent number: 11047817
    Abstract: A sealed container having gloves attached thereto is provided as part of a physical properties measuring system (PPMS). The PPMS includes a sealed pressurized portion that is pressurized with a gas to purge out air from inside the sealed pressurized portion to reduce water vapor inside the sealed pressurized portion below a water vapor threshold. The system further includes a cryogenic tank having a cryostat disposed therein. The cryogenic tank contains a cryogenic liquid cooled to a cryogenic temperature. Test samples are placed inside the sealed pressurized portion in preparation of measuring physical properties of the test samples. One of the test samples is immersed in the cryogenic liquid to measure the physical properties. The test sample is removed from the cryogenic liquid and is exchanged for another test sample inside the sealed pressurized portion to prevent ice formation inside the cryostat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt Edward Dietrich, Thomas F. Ambrose, Eric C. Gingrich, Timothy Richard Barbour
  • PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200332958
    Abstract: A sealed container having gloves attached thereto is provided as part of a physical properties measuring system (PPMS). The PPMS includes a sealed pressurized portion that is pressurized with a gas to purge out air from inside the sealed pressurized portion to reduce water vapor inside the sealed pressurized portion below a water vapor threshold. The system further includes a cryogenic tank having a cryostat disposed therein. The cryogenic tank contains a cryogenic liquid cooled to a cryogenic temperature. Test samples are placed inside the sealed pressurized portion in preparation of measuring physical properties of the test samples. One of the test samples is immersed in the cryogenic liquid to measure the physical properties. The test sample is removed from the cryogenic liquid and is exchanged for another test sample inside the sealed pressurized portion to prevent ice formation inside the cryostat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: KURT EDWARD DIETRICH, THOMAS F. AMBROSE, ERIC C. GINGRICH, TIMOTHY RICHARD BARBOUR