Patents by Inventor David Francis Fobare

David Francis Fobare 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).

  • Patent number: 7473903
    Abstract: A digital X-ray panel and method of fabricating an X-ray detector panel assembly is provided. The method includes forming a detector matrix on the detector substrate, forming a dam on the detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, forming a scintillator material on the detector matrix, and forming a hermetic covering on the scintillator material that at least one of extends to a surface of the dam and extends past the dam. The digital X-ray panel assembly includes a detector substrate, a detector matrix formed on said detector substrate, a dam formed on said detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, a scintillator material formed on the detector matrix, and a hermetic covering formed on the scintillator material that at least one of extends past the detector matrix and the dam, and extends past the detector matrix onto a surface of the dam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, David Francis Fobare
  • Patent number: 7053381
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly includes a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; and an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material. The encapsulating coating includes a combination of a mono-chloro-poly-para-xylylene layer and a poly-para-xylylene layer. In one embodiment, a poly-para-xylylene layer is disposed over the scintillator material and a mono-chloro-poly-para-xylylene layer is disposed over the poly-para-xylylene layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Ching-Yeu Wei, David Francis Fobare
  • Patent number: 7005648
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly comprises a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material; a moisture resistant cover disposed over the detector substrate and the encapsulating coating, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the moisture resistant cover so as to form a moisture vapor barrier. The adhesive material is disposed so that it is not in contact with the encapsulating coating. The fabrication method of the X-ray detector assembly includes the steps of disposing the encapsulating coating on the scintillator material and a portion of the detector substrate and removing the encapsulating coating from the portion of the detector substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Edward Baumgartner, David Francis Fobare, Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, William Andrew Hennessy, Robert John Wojnarowski
  • Publication number: 20040155320
    Abstract: A digital X-ray panel and method of fabricating an X-ray detector panel assembly is provided. The method includes forming a detector matrix on the detector substrate, forming a dam on the detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, forming a scintillator material on the detector matrix, and forming a hermetic covering on the scintillator material that at least one of extends to a surface of the dam and extends past the dam. The digital X-ray panel assembly includes a detector substrate, a detector matrix formed on said detector substrate, a dam formed on said detector substrate circumscribing the detector matrix, a scintillator material formed on the detector matrix, and a hermetic covering formed on the scintillator material that at least one of extends past the detector matrix and the dam, and extends past the detector matrix onto a surface of the dam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, David Francis Fobare
  • Patent number: 6720561
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly comprises a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material; a moisture resistant cover disposed over the detector substrate and the encapsulating coating, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the moisture resistant cover so as to form a moisture vapor barrier. The adhesive material is disposed so that it is not in contact with the encapsulating coating. The fabrication method of the X-ray detector assembly includes the steps of disposing the encapsulating coating on the scintillator material and a portion of the detector substrate and removing the encapsulating coating from the portion of the detector substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Edward Baumgartner, David Francis Fobare, Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, William Andrew Hennessy, Robert John Wojnarowski, Haleh Ardebili, William Edward Burdick, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040021084
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly includes a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; and an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material. The encapsulating coating includes a combination of a mono-chloro-poly-para-xylylene layer and a poly-para-xylylene layer. In one embodiment, a poly-para-xylylene layer is disposed over the scintillator material and a mono-chloro-poly-para-xylylene layer is disposed over the poly-para-xylylene layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2003
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Jon Shaw, Ching-Yeu Wei, David Francis Fobare
  • Publication number: 20030107001
    Abstract: The present invention provides an X-ray detector assembly and a fabrication method, where the X-ray detector assembly comprises a scintillator material disposed on a detector matrix array disposed on a detector substrate; an encapsulating coating disposed on the scintillator material; a moisture resistant cover disposed over the detector substrate and the encapsulating coating, and an adhesive material disposed between the detector substrate and the moisture resistant cover so as to form a moisture vapor barrier. The adhesive material is disposed so that it is not in contact with the encapsulating coating. The fabrication method of the X-ray detector assembly includes the steps of disposing the encapsulating coating on the scintillator material and a portion of the detector substrate and removing the encapsulating coating from the portion of the detector substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Publication date: June 12, 2003
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Edward Baumgartner, David Francis Fobare, Michael Clement DeJule, Ching-Yeu Wei, William Andrew Hennessy, Robert John Wojnarowski
  • Patent number: 6414315
    Abstract: A radiation imager includes a light sensitive imaging array, a barrier layer formed over the light sensitive imaging array, a continuous polymer layer formed over the barrier layer, and a scintillator formed directly on the continuous polymer layer. The continuous polymer layer improves the adherence of the scintillator by reducing delamination especially under adverse environmental conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ching-Yeu Wei, Robert Forrest Kwasnick, David Francis Fobare