Patents by Inventor Dalton Vance Locklear

Dalton Vance Locklear 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).

  • Publication number: 20250019822
    Abstract: Metal getters in vaporizers, and related systems and methods, are provided. A vaporizer comprises a vessel having an outlet. The vessel is configured to discharge a metal halide vapor through the outlet. The vaporizer comprises a metal getter located within the vessel between the inlet and the outlet. When an oxygen-containing species is present within the vessel, an impurity content of the metal halide vapor that is discharged from the vessel is less than an impurity content of a precursor vapor that is discharged from a vessel without the metal getter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Bryan C. Hendrix, Scott L. Battle, Dalton Vance Locklear
  • Publication number: 20240002081
    Abstract: A system including a vessel for containing a fill material and a vibration source connected to the vessel. The vibration source can increase a bulk density of the fill material. A fill material ratio can be defined as a particle density of the fill material divided by the bulk density of the fill material after vibration. After the vibration source increases the bulk density of the fill material, the fill material ratio can range from about 0.15 to about 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Benjamin H. Olson, Dalton Vance Locklear, Bryan C. Hendrix, Jacob Thomas, Aniket Joshi, Scott L. Battle, Benjamin Cardozo, Benjamin R. Garrett, Juan Valdez, Michael Watson
  • Publication number: 20230366085
    Abstract: A tray assembly comprises a plurality of trays. Each of the plurality of trays comprises a first tray portion and a second tray portion which are couplable together by a retainer and which are engageable with a cam member. Depending on the orientation of the cam member, each of the plurality of trays of the tray assembly is configurable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. In the collapsed configuration, the tray assembly is insertable into an ampoule. In the expanded configuration, the tray assembly is removable from an ampoule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Benjamin Harrison Olson, Jacob Thomas, Scott L. Battle, Bryan C. Hendrix, Dalton Vance Locklear, Aniket Joshi, Christopher Calhoun