Patents by Inventor Joseph Paul Constant

Joseph Paul Constant 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).

  • High pressure ion chamber enclosure support mount
    Patent number: 9312109
    Abstract: A radiation detection assembly includes an ionization chamber for detecting radiation. An exterior enclosure houses the ionization chamber within an interior volume. A pair of support structures support the ionization chamber with respect to the exterior enclosure. The support structures are disposed opposite each other at a surface of the ionization chamber such that the ionization chamber is symmetric with respect to an axis extending between the support structures. A method of supporting the radiation detection assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Baus, Joseph Paul Constant, Kenneth Keith Lambach
  • Enclosure pressure relief mechanism inherent to case design
    Patent number: 9194962
    Abstract: A radiation detection assembly includes an ionization chamber for detecting radiation. The ionization chamber includes a volume of pressurized gas. An exterior enclosure houses the ionization chamber within an interior volume. The exterior enclosure includes a frangible section. A relief assembly defines a gas flow path from the ionization chamber to the frangible section of the exterior enclosure. The frangible section releases pressure from within the ionization chamber when the pressurized gas within the ionization chamber exceeds a predetermined pressure such that at least some of the pressurized gas flows through the relief assembly and through the frangible section of the exterior enclosure. The pressurized gas is then released to an exterior of the exterior enclosure. A method of reducing pressure within a radiation detection assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Baus, Joseph Paul Constant
  • HIGH PRESSURE ION CHAMBER ENCLOSURE SUPPORT MOUNT
    Publication number: 20140209812
    Abstract: A radiation detection assembly includes an ionization chamber for detecting radiation. An exterior enclosure houses the ionization chamber within an interior volume. A pair of support structures support the ionization chamber with respect to the exterior enclosure. The support structures are disposed opposite each other at a surface of the ionization chamber such that the ionization chamber is symmetric with respect to an axis extending between the support structures. A method of supporting the radiation detection assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Baus, Joseph Paul Constant, Kenneth Keith Lambach
  • ENCLOSURE PRESSURE RELIEF MECHANISM INHERENT TO CASE DESIGN
    Publication number: 20140197323
    Abstract: A radiation detection assembly includes an ionization chamber for detecting radiation. The ionization chamber includes a volume of pressurized gas. An exterior enclosure houses the ionization chamber within an interior volume. The exterior enclosure includes a frangible section. A relief assembly defines a gas flow path from the ionization chamber to the frangible section of the exterior enclosure. The frangible section releases pressure from within the ionization chamber when the pressurized gas within the ionization chamber exceeds a predetermined pressure such that at least some of the pressurized gas flows through the relief assembly and through the frangible section of the exterior enclosure. The pressurized gas is then released to an exterior of the exterior enclosure. A method of reducing pressure within a radiation detection assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Baus, Joseph Paul Constant
  • Exterior case for gamma detector
    Patent number: D690212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Joseph Baus, Richard Earl Martin, Kenneth Keith Lambach, Joseph Paul Constant