Patents by Inventor Henri T. Doucet

Henri T. Doucet 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).

  • Intense X-ray source using a plasma microchannel
    Patent number: 4627088
    Abstract: Intense soft X-ray source having an enclosure filled with gas and having two electrodes connected to a high voltage source, one of the electrodes having an opening. A device is provided for producing a photoionizing radiation directed through the opening. The radiation traversing the gas in the direction of the other electrode and during its passage producing a plasma microchannel, an electrical discharge supplied by the source then occurring in the microchannel, wherein the device for producing the photoionizing radiation is an auxiliary soft X-ray source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1986
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Henri T. Doucet, Michel Gazaix, Henri Lamain, Claude Rouille, Jean-Pierre Furtlehner