Patents by Inventor Colin Michael Odneal

Colin Michael Odneal 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).

  • Anti-rotation coupling
    Patent number: 11500297
    Abstract: A coupling arrangement including a first fitting, a second fitting, and a rotational coupler which when turned presses the first fitting against the second fitting, in which the fittings engage rotationally to inhibit relative rotation of the fittings. For example, one of the fittings may have protrusions and the other fitting may have recesses arranged to receive the protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: David Bessems, Jon David Tedrow, Colin Michael Odneal
  • Methods and apparatuses for protecting a seal in a pressure vessel of a photolithography system
    Patent number: 10437162
    Abstract: A vessel having a seal that is protected from the liquid material within the vessel by a volume of gas. The vessel has a partition that divides the vessel into two volume spaces such that the seal that is in gaseous communication with the first volume space is protected from the liquid material in the second volume space by a volume of gas in the first volume space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: David Bessems, Jon David Tedrow, Colin Michael Odneal
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROTECTING A SEAL IN A PRESSURE VESSEL OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190155177
    Abstract: A vessel having a seal that is protected from the liquid material within the vessel by a volume of gas. The vessel has a partition that divides the vessel into two volume spaces such that the seal that is in gaseous communication with the first volume space is protected from the liquid material in the second volume space by a volume of gas in the first volume space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: David Bessems, Jon David Tedrow, Colin Michael Odneal
  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PROTECTING A SEAL IN A PRESSURE VESSEL OF A PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190086817
    Abstract: A vessel having a seal that is protected from the liquid material within the vessel by a volume of gas. The vessel has a partition that divides the vessel into two volume spaces such that the seal that is in gaseous communication with the first volume space is protected from the liquid material in the second volume space by a volume of gas in the first volume space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: David Bessems, Jon David Tedrow, Colin Michael Odneal