Patents by Inventor Aaron M. Collins

Aaron M. Collins 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).

  • Apparatus for counting particles in a gas
    Patent number: 8711338
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: MSP Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Y. H. Liu, Thuc M. Dinh, William D. Dick, Aaron M. Collins, Francisco J. Romay
  • Apparatus for counting particles in a gas
    Patent number: 8603247
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: MSP Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Y. H. Liu, Thuc M. Dinh, William D. Dick, Aaron M. Collins, Francisco J. Romay
  • Apparatus for counting particles in a gas
    Publication number: 20130239888
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an apparatus for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: MSP Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Y.H. Liu, Thuc M. Dinh, William D. Dick, Aaron M. Collins, Francisco J. Romay
  • Method for counting particles in a gas
    Patent number: 8465791
    Abstract: A method for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: MSP Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Y. H. Liu, Thuc M. Dinh, William D. Dick, Aaron M. Collins, Francisco J. Romay
  • Method and apparatus for counting particles in a gas
    Publication number: 20130036973
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: MSP Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Y.H. Liu, Thuc M. Dinh, William D. Dick, Aaron M. Collins, Francisco J. Romay
  • Method and apparatus for counting particles in a gas
    Publication number: 20110091649
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a method and apparatus for detecting particles in a gas by saturating the gas with vapor and causing the gas to flow through a chamber with walls that are at a temperature different than the temperature of the entering gas creating a gas turbulence within the chamber resulting in the gas becoming super-saturated with vapor and causing said super-saturated vapor to condense on said particles and form droplets, which are then detected and counted by an optical light-scattering detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: MSP Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Y.H. Liu, Thuc M. Dinh, William D. Dick, Aaron M. Collins, Francisco J. Romay