Patents by Inventor Donald F. Malone

Donald F. Malone 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).

  • Cryostat including heater to heat a target
    Patent number: 4955204
    Abstract: A cryostat is provided which comprises a vacuum vessel; a target disposed within the vacuum vessel; a heat sink disposed within the vacuum vesssel for absorbing heat from the detector; a cooling mechanism for cooling the heat sink; a cryoabsorption mechanism for cryoabsorbing residual gas within the vacuum vessel; and a heater for maintaining the target above a temperature at which the residual gas is cryoabsorbed in the course of cryoabsorption of the residual gas by the cryoabsorption mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Richard H. Pehl, Norman W. Madden, Donald F. Malone