Patents by Inventor Edward A. McKigney

Edward A. McKigney 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).

  • Radiation detector
    Patent number: 10234571
    Abstract: A radiation detector including a scintillator; a wavelength shifting portion to cause a wavelength shift in photons emitted by the scintillator; and a photodetector optically coupled to the scintillator to receive the wavelength shifted photons.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TRIAD NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn Robert Tornga, Markus Peter Hehlen, Edward McKigney, Nickolaus Smith, Christopher Hamilton, Daniel Tyler Wakeford, Jillian Cathleen Adams, Olivia Carol Trautschold
  • Preparation of cerium halide solvate complexes
    Patent number: 8501484
    Abstract: Crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide solvate complex resulted from a process of forming a paste of a cerium(III) halide in an ionic liquid, adding a solvent to the paste, removing any undissolved solid, and then cooling the liquid phase. Diffusing a solvent vapor into the liquid phase also resulted in crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide complex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Kalyan V. Vasudevan, Nickolaus A. Smith, John C. Gordon, Edward A. McKigney, Ross E. Muenchausen
  • PREPARATION OF CERIUM HALIDE SOLVATE COMPLEXES
    Publication number: 20120238733
    Abstract: Crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide solvate complex resulted from a process of forming a paste of a cerium(III) halide in an ionic liquid, adding a solvent to the paste, removing any undissolved solid, and then cooling the liquid phase. Diffusing a solvent vapor into the liquid phase also resulted in crystals of a solvated cerium(III) halide complex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Kalyan V. Vasudevan, Nickolaus A. Smith, John C. Gordon, Edward A. McKigney, Ross E. Muenchausen
  • Nanocomposite scintillator and detector
    Patent number: 7547888
    Abstract: A nanocomposite scintillator is prepared using fast, bright, rare-earth doped nanopowder phosphor and a binder that is transparent to the emission of the phosphor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: D. Wayne Cooke, Edward A. McKigney, Ross E. Muenchausen, Bryan L. Bennett, Kevin C. Ott, Rico E. Del Sesto, T. Mark McCleskey, Anthony K. Burrell
  • Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method
    Patent number: 7525094
    Abstract: A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate, calcium magnesium pyrosilicate, calcium molybdate, calcium chlorovanadate, barium titanium pyrophosphate, a metal tungstate, a cerium doped nanophosphor, a bismuth doped nanophosphor, a lead doped nanophosphor, a thallium doped sodium iodide, a doped cesium iodide, a rare earth doped pyrosilicate, or a lanthanide halide. The compact can be used in a radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2009
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: D. Wayne Cooke, Edward A. McKigney, Ross E. Muenchausen, Bryan L. Bennett
  • Nanocomposite scintillator and detector
    Publication number: 20080128624
    Abstract: A nanocomposite scintillator is prepared using fast, bright, rare-earth doped nanopowder phosphor and a binder that is transparent to the emission of the phosphor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: D. Wayne Cooke, Edward A. McKigney, Ross E. Muenchausen, Bryan L. Bennett, Kevin C. Ott, Rico E. Del Sesto, T. Mark McCleskey, Anthony K. Burrell
  • Nanocomposite scintillator, detector, and method
    Publication number: 20080093557
    Abstract: A compact includes a mixture of a solid binder and at least one nanopowder phosphor chosen from yttrium oxide, yttrium tantalate, barium fluoride, cesium fluoride, bismuth germanate, zinc gallate, calcium magnesium pyrosilicate, calcium molybdate, calcium chlorovanadate, barium titanium pyrophosphate, a metal tungstate, a cerium doped nanophosphor, a bismuth doped nanophosphor, a lead doped nanophosphor, a thallium doped sodium iodide, a doped cesium iodide, a rare earth doped pyrosilicate, or a lanthanide halide. The compact can be used in a radiation detector for detecting ionizing radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: D. Cooke, Edward McKigney, Ross Muenchausen, Bryan Bennett