Patents by Inventor Mark Gragston

Mark Gragston 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 for spatially-localized gas-phase temperature measurements through ceramic materials
    Patent number: 10895507
    Abstract: A method of measuring a temperature of a thermally-insulated, high temperature system. The method includes directing a first electromagnetic energy into the high temperature system so that the first electromagnetic energy may cause multi-photon ionization of a molecular or atomic species within the high temperature system. A second electromagnetic energy resulting from the multi-photon ionization is detected through a thermally-insulating wall of the high temperature system. The detected second electromagnetic energy is related to a temperature within the high temperature system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Joseph D. Miller, Zhili Zhang, Yue Wu, Mark Gragston
  • METHOD FOR SPATIALLY-LOCALIZED GAS-PHASE TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS THROUGH CERAMIC MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20180356292
    Abstract: A method of measuring a temperature of a thermally-insulated, high temperature system. The method includes directing a first electromagnetic energy into the high temperature system so that the first electromagnetic energy may cause multi-photon ionization of a molecular or atomic species within the high temperature system. A second electromagnetic energy resulting from the multi-photon ionization is detected through a thermally-insulating wall of the high temperature system. The detected second electromagnetic energy is related to a temperature within the high temperature system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Joseph D. Miller, Zhili Zhang, Yue Wu, Mark Gragston