Patents by Inventor Changai Ru

Changai Ru 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).

  • Manipulator carrier for electron microscopes
    Patent number: 8822951
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier device for transporting one or more manipulators into a vacuum specimen chamber of an electron microscope, characterized in that the carrier device comprises: (i) a platform having securing means for detachably securing the one or more manipulators to the platform, and (ii) electrical connectors secured to the platform for the electrical connection of the one or more manipulators. The present invention also relates to a method for transporting the carrier device into the vacuum specimen chamber of the electron microscope without altering the vacuum of the vacuum specimen chamber comprising transporting the carrier device of the invention through the specimen exchange chamber of the electron microscope and into the vacuum specimen chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Inventors: Yu Sun, Changai Ru, Yong Zhang
  • MANIPULATOR CARRIER FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPES
    Publication number: 20130099134
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a carrier device for transporting one or more manipulators into a vacuum specimen chamber of an electron microscope, characterized in that the carrier device comprises: (i) a platform having securing means for detachably securing the one or more manipulators to the platform, and (ii) electrical connectors secured to the platform for the electrical connection of the one or more manipulators. The present invention also relates to a method for transporting the carrier device into the vacuum specimen chamber of the electron microscope without altering the vacuum of the vacuum specimen chamber comprising transporting the carrier device of the invention through the specimen exchange chamber of the electron microscope and into the vacuum specimen chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 25, 2013
    Inventors: Yu Sun, Changai Ru, Yong Zhang