Patents by Inventor Kenneth Bray

Kenneth Bray 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).

  • Method, System and Device for Microscopic Examination Employing Fib-Prepared Sample Grasping Element
    Publication number: 20070187623
    Abstract: A method including, in one embodiment, severing a sample at least partially from a substrate by cutting the substrate with a focused ion beam (FIB), capturing the substrate sample by activating a grasping element, and separating the captured sample from the substrate. The captured sample may be separated from the substrate and transported to an electron microscope for examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: ZYVEX INSTRUMENTS, LLC
    Inventors: George SKIDMORE, Matthew ELLIS, Aaron GEISBERGER, Kenneth BRAY, Kimberly TUCK, Robert Folaron
  • Method, system and device for microscopic examination employing fib-prepared sample grasping element
    Patent number: 7227140
    Abstract: A method including, in one embodiment, severing a sample at least partially from a substrate by cutting the substrate with a focused ion beam (FIB), capturing the substrate sample by activating a grasping element, and separating the captured sample from the substrate. The captured sample may be separated from the substrate and transported to an electron microscope for examination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Zyvex Instruments, LLC
    Inventors: George Skidmore, Matthew D. Ellis, Aaron Geisberger, Kenneth Bray, Kimberly Tuck, Robert Folaron
  • Geomembrane
    Publication number: 20060105163
    Abstract: The present invention concerns geomembranes, being impermeable sheets of polymer that are used in contact with soil or rock as part of civil engineering operations to act as a barrier to passage of water and water-borne contaminants. The invention provides a new geomembrane where the geomembane layer is laminated together with a sub-layer, the sub-layer being adapted to be electrically conductive whereby integrity of the geomembrane may be monitored electrically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2005
    Publication date: May 18, 2006
    Inventors: Kenneth Bray, Christopher May, Milivoy Grkinic
  • Positioning device for microscopic motion
    Publication number: 20050184623
    Abstract: An apparatus including a base configured to slidably engage a driven element, a piezoelectric element interposing the base and the driven element and attached to the base proximate a first piezoelectric element end, and a friction element attached proximate a second piezoelectric element end and configured to selectively engage the driven element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 25, 2005
    Applicant: Zyvex Corporation
    Inventors: Christof Baur, Kenneth Bray
  • Method, system and device for microscopic examination employing fib-prepared sample grasping element
    Publication number: 20050178980
    Abstract: A method including, in one embodiment, severing a sample at least partially from a substrate by cutting the substrate with a focused ion beam (FIB), capturing the substrate sample by activating a grasping element, and separating the captured sample from the substrate. The captured sample may be separated from the substrate and transported to an electron microscope for examination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2004
    Publication date: August 18, 2005
    Applicant: Zyvex Corporation
    Inventors: George Skidmore, Matthew Ellis, Aaron Geisberger, Kenneth Bray, Kimberly Tuck, Robert Folaron