Patents Assigned to SPEC Sensors, LLC
  • Patent number: 10241073
    Abstract: A wireless near-field gas sensor system includes a wireless communications tag and a printed gas sensor. The wireless communications tag includes an integrated circuit and a wireless antenna. The printed gas sensor includes a sensor housing having one or more gas access regions, an electrolyte cavity positioned within the sensor housing, an electrolyte housed within the electrolyte cavity, and one or more electrodes positioned within the electrolyte cavity in electrochemical engagement with the electrolyte, and a resistor communicatively coupled to the one or more electrodes and the wireless communications tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: SPEC Sensors LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Stetter, David Peaslee
  • Publication number: 20180045672
    Abstract: A printed gas sensor is disclosed. The sensor may include a partially porous substrate, an electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and an encapsulation layer. The electrode layer comprises one or more electrodes that are formed on one side of the porous substrate. The electrolyte layer is in electrolytic contact with the one or more electrodes. The encapsulation layer encapsulates the electrode layer and electrolyte layer thereby forming an integrated structure with the partially porous substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: SPEC Sensors, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Stetter, Vinay Patel, Melvin W. Findlay, Michael T. Carter
  • Patent number: 9784708
    Abstract: A printed gas sensor is disclosed. The sensor may include a partially porous substrate, an electrode layer, an electrolyte layer, and an encapsulation layer. The electrode layer comprises one or more electrodes that are formed on one side of the porous substrate. The electrolyte layer is in electrolytic contact with the one or more electrodes. The encapsulation layer encapsulates the electrode layer and electrolyte layer thereby forming an integrated structure with the partially porous substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: SPEC SENSORS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Stetter, Vinay Patel, Melvin W. Findlay, Michael T. Carter
  • Publication number: 20170131230
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an electrochemical sensor. The electrochemical sensor has a lid element comprising a substrate, multiple electrodes, multiple interior contacts electrically coupled to the multiple electrodes, a base element configured to be coupled to the lid element, and an electrolyte element. The base element includes a sensor cavity, multiple exterior contacts located at an exterior surface of the base element, and multiple signal communication channels comprising multiple signal communication lines, and the electrolyte element is located in the sensor cavity. When the lid element is coupled to the base element, the multiple electrodes are located in the sensor cavity, the multiple electrodes are in electrolytic communication with the electrolyte element, the multiple interior contacts are located in the sensor cavity, and the multiple interior contacts are electrically coupled to the multiple exterior contacts by the multiple signal communication lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Spec Sensors, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Papageorge, Joseph R. Stetter, Vinay Patel, William Escobar
  • Publication number: 20160189520
    Abstract: An electronic device cover system that includes an electronic device cover engageable with an electronic device, a gas sensor coupled to the electronic device cover, and a control circuit communicatively coupled to the gas sensor and communicatively engageable with an electronic device. When the gas sensor detects a presence of a target gas, the control circuit receives a signal output by the gas sensor and outputs a signal receivable by an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: SPEC Sensors, LLC
    Inventors: Marc Papageorge, Bennett Meulendyk, Joseph R. Stetter, Vinay Patel, David Peaslee, Gavin O'Toole
  • Publication number: 20160073930
    Abstract: A breath sampling device including a housing having a fluid inlet positioned at a fluid inlet end, a fluid outlet positioned at a fluid outlet end, a fluid channel extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, and a sensor fluidly coupled to the fluid channel. The sensor is structurally configured to detect a presence of a target gas in a gas sample and a filter assembly fluidly coupled to the fluid channel and positioned between the fluid inlet and the sensor. The filter assembly is structurally configured to absorb heat, water vapor, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: SPEC SENSORS, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Stetter, Vinay Patel, Melvin Findlay
  • Patent number: 9213016
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automated self-compensation are described herein. Accordingly, some embodiments of a method may include measuring a signal from an electrochemical sensor device, where the signal relates to the presence of a predetermined gas, and where the electrochemical sensor device includes a potentiostat, measuring an internal property of the electrochemical sensor device by electronically pinging the potentiostat, and receiving a response from the potentiostat. In some embodiments, the method may include interpreting the response through an associative relationship between the electrochemical sensor device and a data acquisition and calculation module, determining an effect of an environmental factor from the response, compensating for effects of the environmental factor by adjusting the signal from the electrochemical sensor device and outputting the adjusted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: SPEC Sensors, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph R. Stetter, Melvin Findlay, Bennett J. Meulendyk