Patents by Inventor Lawrence J. Hyttinen

Lawrence J. Hyttinen 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).

  • Aerosol inlet flow modulator
    Patent number: 8281809
    Abstract: A flow modulator to control the flow of an aerosol to an aerosol detection and/or monitoring system and other aerosol flow systems includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a diverging section of the chamber beneath the inlet that has a flow divider at the center to divide the aerosol into fractions, a recirculation section in which the divided aerosol fractions are recombined, and a converging section that channels the recombined aerosol fractions to the outlet of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Daniel G. Wise, Lawrence J. Hyttinen
  • Aerosol inlet flow modulator
    Patent number: 7997300
    Abstract: A flow modulator to control the flow of an aerosol to an aerosol detection and/or monitoring system and other aerosol flow systems includes a chamber having an inlet and an outlet, a diverging section of the chamber beneath the inlet that has a flow divider at the center to divide the aerosol into fractions, a recirculation section in which the divided aerosol fractions are recombined, and a converging section that channels the recombined aerosol fractions to the outlet of the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Daniel G. Wise, Lawrence J. Hyttinen