Patents by Inventor Daniel DePonte

Daniel DePonte 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).

  • Gas dynamic virtual nozzle for generation of microscopic droplet streams
    Patent number: 8272576
    Abstract: A nozzle for producing a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector, comprising the nozzle of the invention, for providing the single-file stream of droplets of a fluid to a high-vacuum system are described. The nozzle comprises two concentric tubes wherein the outer tube comprises a smoothly converging-diverging exit channel and the outlet end of the first tube is positioned within the converging section of the exit channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Doak, John C. H. Spence, Uwe Weierstall, Daniel DePonte, Dmitri Starodub, Jared Scott Warner
  • Gas Dynamic Virtual Nozzle for Generation of Microscopic Droplet Streams
    Publication number: 20100243753
    Abstract: A nozzle for producing a single-file stream of droplets of a fluid, methods using the nozzle, and an injector, comprising the nozzle of the invention, for providing the single-file stream of droplets of a fluid to a high-vacuum system are described. The nozzle comprises two concentric tubes wherein the outer tube comprises a smoothly converging-diverging exit channel and the outlet end of the first tube is positioned within the converging section of the exit channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents, a body corporate acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Robert Bruce Doak, John C.H. Spence, Uwe Weierstall, Daniel DePonte, Dmitri Starodub, Jared Scott Warner