Patents by Inventor Alexander Andrews
Alexander Andrews 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).
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Patent number: 11153985Abstract: An electronics package includes a platform and a board mounted to the platform, the board having electronics mounted thereon. A feedthrough pin passes through and is hermetically sealed to a feedthrough body and is wire bonded to the board. A cover is bonded to and surrounds the exterior surface of the feedthrough body to produce a hermetically sealed chamber that houses the platform and the board.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventors: David Alexander Andrew, David Matthew Strei, James Walters, III, David Cutter
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Patent number: 11098248Abstract: Disclosed herein is a material, comprising a first metal halide that is operative to function as a scintillator; where the first metal halide excludes cesium iodide, strontium iodide, and cesium bromide; and a surface layer comprising a second metal halide that is disposed on a surface of the first metal halide; where the second metal halide has a lower water solubility than the first metal halide.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Andrew Carey, Peter Carl Cohen, Mark S. Andreaco
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Publication number: 20210184290Abstract: A battery pack includes a cassette stack comprising a plurality of battery cell cassettes, each of the cassettes including a plurality of support structures. Each support structure comprises an electrically and thermally conductive frame for receiving at least one battery cell having a first terminal and a second terminal, and a heat pipe. The first terminal is electrically coupled to the frame when the at least one battery cell is mounted in the frame. The heat pipe provides thermal conductivity between the frame and a cooling surface. A method of cooling an electric vehicle including a battery pack comprises aligning the battery pack and a cooling structure, moving the cooling structure into contact with the electric vehicle, and circulating coolant through the cooling structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Edward Thomas Sweet, Luke Asher Wilhelm, Thomas Bloxham, Mischa Alec Pollack, Alexander Andrew Bonderanko
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Patent number: 10961452Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method including manufacturing a powder having a composition of formula (1), M1aM2bM3cM4dO12??(1) where O represents oxygen, M1, M2, M3, and M4 represents a first, second, third, and fourth metal that are different from each other, where the sum of a+b+c+d is about 8, where “a” has a value of about 2 to about 3.5, “b” has a value of 0 to about 5, “c” has a value of 0 to about 5 “d” has a value of 0 to about 1, where “b” and “c”, “b” and “d”, or “c” and “d” cannot both be equal to zero simultaneously, where M1 is a rare earth element comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lutetium, scandium, or a combination of thereof, M2 is aluminum or boron, M3 is gallium, and M4 is a dopant; and heating the powder to a temperature of 500 to 1700° C. in an oxygen containing atmosphere to manufacture a crystalline scintillator.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey, Mark S. Andreaco
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Patent number: 10774440Abstract: A method of growing a rare-earth oxyorthosilicate crystal, and crystals grown using the method are disclosed. The method includes preparing a melt by melting a first substance including at least one first rare-earth element and providing an atmosphere that includes an inert gas and a gas including oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Mark S. Andreaco, Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey
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Patent number: 10612365Abstract: A pressure sensor capsule includes a capsule body, an isolator, a pressure sensor, and a fluid fill pathway. The capsule body defines a process chamber. The isolator is supported by the capsule body and is exposed to the process chamber. The pressure sensor produces a sensor output that is indicative of a pressure within an interior chamber, which is isolated from the process chamber by the isolator. The fluid fill pathway extends from the process chamber to the interior chamber.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventors: David Matthew Strei, David Alexander Andrew, Nicholas John Haywood
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Patent number: 10598559Abstract: A pressure sensor assembly for use in sensing a pressure of a process fluid in a high temperature environment includes an elongate sensor housing configured to be exposed to the process fluid and having a cavity formed therein. A pressure sensor is positioned in the cavity of the elongate sensor housing. The pressure sensor has at least one diaphragm that deflects in response to applied pressure and includes an electrical component having an electrical property which changes as a function of deflection of the at least one diaphragm which is indicative of applied pressure. A flexible membrane in contact with the at least one diaphragm is disposed to seal at least a portion of the cavity of the sensor housing from the process fluid and flexes in response to pressure applied by the process fluid to thereby cause deflection of the at least one diaphragm.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: ROSEMOUNT INC.Inventors: David Alexander Andrew, David Matthew Strei
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Publication number: 20190169499Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method including manufacturing a powder having a composition of formula (1), M1aM2bM3cM4dO12??(1) where O represents oxygen, M1, M2, M3, and M4 represents a first, second, third, and fourth metal that are different from each other, where the sum of a+b+c+d is about 8, where “a” has a value of about 2 to about 3.5, “b” has a value of 0 to about 5, “c” has a value of 0 to about 5 “d” has a value of 0 to about 1, where “b” and “c”, “b” and “d”, or “c” and “d” cannot both be equal to zero simultaneously, where M1 is a rare earth element comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lutetium, scandium, or a combination of thereof, M2 is aluminum or boron, M3 is gallium, and M4 is a dopant; and heating the powder to a temperature of 500 to 1700° C. in an oxygen containing atmosphere to manufacture a crystalline scintillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2019Publication date: June 6, 2019Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey, Mark S. Andreaco
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Publication number: 20190153614Abstract: A method of growing a rare-earth oxyorthosilicate crystal, and crystals grown using the method are disclosed. The method includes preparing a melt by melting a first substance including at least one first rare-earth element and providing an atmosphere that includes an inert gas and a gas including oxygen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2019Publication date: May 23, 2019Inventors: Mark S. Andreaco, Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey
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Publication number: 20190100991Abstract: A pressure sensor capsule includes a capsule body, an isolator, a pressure sensor, and a fluid fill pathway. The capsule body defines a process chamber. The isolator is supported by the capsule body and is exposed to the process chamber. The pressure sensor produces a sensor output that is indicative of a pressure within an interior chamber, which is isolated from the process chamber by the isolator. The fluid fill pathway extends from the process chamber to the interior chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventors: David Matthew Strei, David Alexander Andrew, Nicholas John Haywood
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Patent number: 10227709Abstract: A method of growing a rare-earth oxyorthosilicate crystal, and crystals grown using the method are disclosed. The method includes preparing a melt by melting a first substance including at least one first rare-earth element and providing an atmosphere that includes an inert gas and a gas including oxygen.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: March 12, 2019Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Mark S. Andreaco, Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey
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Patent number: 10197685Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method including manufacturing a powder having a composition of formula (1), M1aM2bM3cM4dO12??(1) where O represents oxygen, M1, M2, M3, and M4 represents a first, second, third, and fourth metal that are different from each other, where the sum of a+b+c+d is about 8, where “a” has a value of about 2 to about 3.5, “b” has a value of 0 to about 5, “c” has a value of 0 to about 5 “d” has a value of 0 to about 1, where “b” and “c”, “b” and “d”, or “c” and “d” cannot both be equal to zero simultaneously, where M1 is a rare earth element comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lutetium, scandium, or a combination of thereof, M2 is aluminum or boron, M3 is gallium, and M4 is a codopant; and heating the powder to a temperature of 500 to 1700° C. in an oxygen containing atmosphere to manufacture a crystalline scintillator.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey, Mark S. Andreaco
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Publication number: 20190008062Abstract: An electronics package includes a platform and a board mounted to the platform, the board having electronics mounted thereon. A feedthrough pin passes through and is hermetically sealed to a feedthrough body and is wire bonded to the board. A cover is bonded to and surrounds the exterior surface of the feedthrough body to produce a hermetically sealed chamber that houses the platform and the board.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: David Alexander Andrew, David Matthew Strei, James Walters, III, David Cutter
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Publication number: 20190003914Abstract: A pressure sensor assembly for use in sensing a pressure of a process fluid in a high temperature environment includes an elongate sensor housing configured to be exposed to the process fluid and having a cavity formed therein. A pressure sensor is positioned in the cavity of the elongate sensor housing. The pressure sensor has at least one diaphragm that deflects in response to applied pressure and includes an electrical component having an electrical property which changes as a function of deflection of the at least one diaphragm which is indicative of applied pressure. A flexible membrane in contact with the at least one diaphragm is disposed to seal at least a portion of the cavity of the sensor housing from the process fluid and flexes in response to pressure applied by the process fluid to thereby cause deflection of the at least one diaphragm.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: David Alexander Andrew, David Matthew Strei
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Publication number: 20180355245Abstract: Disclosed herein is a material, comprising a first metal halide that is operative to function as a scintillator; where the first metal halide excludes cesium iodide, strontium iodide, and cesium bromide; and a surface layer comprising a second metal halide that is disposed on a surface of the first metal halide; where the second metal halide has a lower water solubility than the first metal halide.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Alexander Andrew Carey, Peter Carl Cohen, Mark S. Andreaco
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Patent number: 10087367Abstract: A halide material, such as scintillator crystals of LaBr3:Ce and SrI2:Eu, with a passivation surface layer is disclosed. The surface layer comprises one or more halides of lower water solubility than the scintillator crystal that the surface layer covers. A method for making such a material is also disclosed. In certain aspects of the disclosure, a passivation layer is formed on a surface of a halide material such as a scintillator crystal of LaBr3:Ce of SrI2:Eu by fluorinating the surface with a fluorinating agent, such as F2 for LaBr3:Ce and HF for SrI2:Eu.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2016Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Andrew Carey, Peter Carl Cohen, Mark S. Andreaco
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Publication number: 20180223186Abstract: The present disclosure discloses, in one arrangement, a scintillator material made of a metal halide with one or more additional group-13 elements. An example of such a compound is Ce:LaBr3 with thallium (Tl) added, either as a codopant or in a stoichiometric admixture and/or solid solution between LaBr3 and TlBr. In another arrangement, the above single crystalline iodide scintillator material can be made by first synthesizing a compound of the above composition and then forming a single crystal from the synthesized compound by, for example, the Vertical Gradient Freeze method. Applications of the scintillator materials include radiation detectors and their use in medical and security imaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey, Mark S. Andreaco, Matthias J. Schmand
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Patent number: 9673596Abstract: A weatherproof back box for receiving a fire alarm notification or other fire alarm device includes a back wall and sidewalls that project from the back wall and define a mouth. The sidewalls further include recessed portions that extend from the back wall toward the mouth, and end prior to the mouth. The back box further includes mounting posts, which are preferably less than 50% of the depth of the back box, that project from the recessed portions into the mouth. Additionally, these mounting posts receive fasteners for securing the fire alarm notification device in the mouth of the back box.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Tyco Fire & Security GmbHInventors: James T. Roberts, Alexander Andrews
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Publication number: 20170153335Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method including manufacturing a powder having a composition of formula (1), M1aM2bM3cM4dO12??(1) where O represents oxygen, M1, M2, M3, and M4 represents a first, second, third, and fourth metal that are different from each other, where the sum of a+b+c+d is about 8, where “a” has a value of about 2 to about 3.5, “b” has a value of 0 to about 5, “c” has a value of 0 to about 5 “d” has a value of 0 to about 1, where “b” and “c”, “b” and “d”, or “c” and “d” cannot both be equal to zero simultaneously, where M1 is a rare earth element comprising gadolinium, yttrium, lutetium, scandium, or a combination of thereof, M2 is aluminum or boron, M3 is gallium, and M4 is a codopant; and heating the powder to a temperature of 500 to 1700° C. in an oxygen containing atmosphere to manufacture a crystalline scintillator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Peter Carl Cohen, Alexander Andrew Carey, Mark S. Andreaco
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Patent number: 9664800Abstract: A scintillator element is disclosed where the scintillator element includes a scintillator formed of a scintillation material capable of converting non-visible radiation into scintillation light, wherein the scintillator has a plurality of laser-etched micro-voids within the scintillator, each micro-void having an interior surface, and an intrinsic reflective layer is formed on the interior surface of at least some of the micro-voids, wherein the intrinsic reflective layer is formed from the scintillation material.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignees: University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.Inventors: Mark S. Andreaco, Peter Carl Cohen, Matthias J. Schmand, James L. Corbeil, Alexander Andrew Carey, Robert A. Mintzer, Charles L. Melcher, Merry A. Koschan