Patents by Inventor Carol D. Eberhard

Carol D. Eberhard 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).

  • Grid formed with silicon substrate
    Patent number: 6018566
    Abstract: An X-ray collimator grid is formed within a wafer of monocrystalline silicon material by forming a plurality of spaced parallel elongate slots within a planar surface of a silicon crystal wafer, and forming slats of heavy metal in situs within each of said slots, including squeegeeing the heavy metal into the slots, from particles of heavy metal, each said slat gripping the walls of an associated slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Carol D. Eberhard, George G. Pinneo, Moshe Sergant