Patents Assigned to Advanced Micro Instruments, Inc.
  • Patent number: 11898946
    Abstract: A gas sampling device is disclosed. The gas sampling device includes a first block having at least a first opening. The first block includes at least a first passageway terminating at the first opening. The first opening may be in an exterior face of the first block. The gas sampling device includes a second block having at least a second opening. The second block includes at least a second passageway terminating at the first opening. The second opening may be in the exterior face of the second block. The first block and the second block may be adjacent and in contact with each other. The first passageway and the second passageway form a flow path, wherein the first block and the second block abut and contact each other, and the first opening and the second opening are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Kirchnavy
  • Patent number: 10739255
    Abstract: An analyzer instrument, gas sampling and analyzing system, and method are disclosed for detecting water vapor in gas using tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy at a wavelength of 1871 nm plus or minus 2 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Kirchnavy
  • Patent number: 10508976
    Abstract: A sampling device for a gas comprises a block member that includes a gas passageway that defines a flow path for the gas through the block member that has a length less than 36 inches. A liquid collection chamber within the block member along the flow path has therein a deflection plate that directs any liquid in the gas onto a surface of the plate downward into a lower sink zone of the chamber. The chamber includes a porous membrane along the flow path that acts as a barrier to liquid, allowing gas to flow through the membrane and into a passageway segment downstream of the membrane. A pair of mirrors at opposed ends of a light collection block are shaped to reflect multiple passes of light between the mirrors. At one end of the light collection block is a lens that focuses light on the mirror at the other end of the light collection block. A light detector near one end of the light collection block collects light after multiple reflections of the light off the mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO INSTRUMENTS, INC.
    Inventor: Steven Kirchnavy
  • Patent number: 7316768
    Abstract: A gas sensor comprises an electrically conductive housing including a shelf member and a chamber containing an electrolyte. A conductive cathode mounted on the shelf member has a plurality of holes therein and a conductive tail element. A gas permeable membrane overlying the cathode prevents electrolyte from escaping the chamber but allows gas to permeate the membrane. An anode within the chamber is in electrical contact with the electrolyte and the conductive housing. The tail element is adapted to be connected to the anode through an electrical circuit including the conductive housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Aldridge, Steven Kirchnavy, Hurbert Q. Stedman