Patents by Inventor Frank Marhauser

Frank Marhauser 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: 10932355
    Abstract: A high-current, compact, conduction cooled superconducting radio-frequency cryomodule for particle accelerators. The cryomodule will accelerate an electron beam of average current up to 1 ampere in continuous wave (CW) mode or at high duty factor. The cryomodule consists of a single-cell superconducting radio-frequency cavity made of high-purity niobium, with an inner coating of Nb3Sn and an outer coating of pure copper. Conduction cooling is achieved by using multiple closed-cycle refrigerators. Power is fed into the cavity by two coaxial couplers. Damping of the high-order modes is achieved by a warm beam-pipe ferrite damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Gianluigi Ciovati, Thomas J. Schultheiss, John Rathke, Robert Rimmer, Frank Marhauser, Fay Hannon, Jiquan Guo
  • Publication number: 20190098741
    Abstract: A high-current, compact, conduction cooled superconducting radio-frequency cryomodule for particle accelerators. The cryomodule will accelerate an electron beam of average current up to 1 ampere in continuous wave (CW) mode or at high duty factor. The cryomodule consists of a single-cell superconducting radio-frequency cavity made of high-purity niobium, with an inner coating of Nb3Sn and an outer coating of pure copper. Conduction cooling is achieved by using multiple closed-cycle refrigerators. Power is fed into the cavity by two coaxial couplers. Damping of the high-order modes is achieved by a warm beam-pipe ferrite damper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Inventors: GIANLUIGI CIOVATI, THOMAS J. SCHULTHEISS, JOHN RATHKE, ROBERT RIMMER, FRANK MARHAUSER, FAY HANNON, JIQUAN GUO
  • Patent number: 9872375
    Abstract: A method for recovering energy from spent energy recovered linac (ERL) beams. The method includes adding a plurality of passive decelerating cavities at the beam dump of the ERL, adding one or more coupling waveguides between the passive decelerating cavities, setting an adequate external Q (Qext) to adjust to the beam loading situation, and extracting the RF energy through the coupling waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: JEFFERON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Frank Marhauser, Fay Hannon, Robert Rimmer, R. Roy Whitney
  • Patent number: 9839114
    Abstract: A method for the suppression of upstream-directed field emission in RF accelerators. The method is not restricted to a certain number of cavity cells, but requires similar operating field levels in all cavities to efficiently annihilate the once accumulated energy. Such a field balance is desirable to minimize dynamic RF losses, but not necessarily achievable in reality depending on individual cavity performance, such as early Q0-drop or quench field. The method enables a significant energy reduction for upstream-directed electrons within a relatively short distance. As a result of the suppression of upstream-directed field emission, electrons will impact surfaces at rather low energies leading to reduction of dark current and less issues with heating and damage of accelerator components as well as radiation levels including neutron generation and thus radio-activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: JEFFERSON SCIENCE ASSOCIATES, LLC, ASML. NETHERLANDS B.V.
    Inventors: Stephen V. Benson, Frank Marhauser, David R. Douglas, Lucas J. P. Ament
  • Publication number: 20170215269
    Abstract: A method for recovering energy from spent energy recovered linac (ERL) beams. The method includes adding a plurality of passive decelerating cavities at the beam dump of the ERL, adding one or more coupling waveguides between the passive decelerating cavities, setting an adequate external Q (Qext) to adjust to the beam loading situation, and extracting the RF energy through the coupling waveguides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Frank Marhauser, Fay Hannon, Robert Rimmer, R. Roy Whitney
  • Publication number: 20170071054
    Abstract: A method for the suppression of upstream-directed field emission in RF accelerators. The method is not restricted to a certain number of cavity cells, but requires similar operating field levels in all cavities to efficiently annihilate the once accumulated energy. Such a field balance is desirable to minimize dynamic RF losses, but not necessarily achievable in reality depending on individual cavity performance, such as early Q0-drop or quench field. The method enables a significant energy reduction for upstream-directed electrons within a relatively short distance. As a result of the suppression of upstream-directed field emission, electrons will impact surfaces at rather low energies leading to reduction of dark current and less issues with heating and damage of accelerator components as well as radiation levels including neutron generation and thus radio-activation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Inventors: Stephen V. Benson, Frank Marhauser, David R. Douglas, Lucas J. P. Ament
  • Patent number: 7973621
    Abstract: A HOM attenuated high frequency resonator provided with a cylindrical resonator cavity on the outer surface of which are arranged three circular tapered waveguides with two symmetrically arranged ridges each, the cut-off frequency of the waveguide base mode being kept constant over the length of the waveguides by varying the height of the ridges, and the ridge waveguides being provided at their end of the smaller diameter with an impedance transformer each for the broadband adjustment of the coaxial line is to be cost-efficiently manufacturable as a compact structure and is to be of improved attenuation properties while at the same time having, relative to prior art arrangements, a high shunt impedance for the fundamental modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin Fuer Materialien und Energie GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Weihreter, Frank Marhauser
  • Publication number: 20040164822
    Abstract: A HOM attenuated high frequency resonator provided with a cylindrical resonator cavity on the outer surface of which are arranged three circular tapered waveguides with two symmetrically arranged ridges each, the cut-off frequency of the waveguide base mode being kept constant over the length of the waveguides by varying the height of the ridges, and the ridge waveguides being provided at their end of the smaller diameter with an impedance transformer each for the broadband adjustment of the coaxial line is to be cost-efficiently manufacturable as a compact structure and is to be of improved attenuation properties while at the same time having, relative to prior art arrangements, a high shunt impedance for the fundamental modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: August 26, 2004
    Inventors: Ernst Weihreter, Frank Marhauser