Patents by Inventor Brian J. Horvath

Brian J. Horvath 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).

  • Method and apparatus for tuning an electrostatic ion trap
    Patent number: 9040907
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electrostatic ion trap and electronics configured to measure parameters of the ion trap and configured to adjust ion trap settings based on the measured parameters. A method of tuning the electrostatic ion trap includes, under automatic electronic control, measuring parameters of the ion trap and adjusting ion trap settings based on the measured parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: MKS Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerardo A. Brucker, G. Jeffery Rathbone, Brian J. Horvath, Timothy C. Swinney, Stephen C. Blouch, Jeffrey G. McCarthy, Timothy R. Piwonka-Corle
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TUNING AN ELECTROSTATIC ION TRAP
    Publication number: 20140264068
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an electrostatic ion trap and electronics configured to measure parameters of the ion trap and configured to adjust ion trap settings based on the measured parameters. A method of tuning the electrostatic ion trap includes, under automatic electronic control, measuring parameters of the ion trap and adjusting ion trap settings based on the measured parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Gerardo A. Brucker, G. Jefferey Rathbone, Brian J. Horvath, Timothy C. Swinney, Stephen C. Blouch, Jeffrey G. McCarthy, Timothy R. Piwonka-Corle