Patents by Inventor Maurits Kain

Maurits Kain 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 sensitivity, large detection area particle sensor for vacuum applications
    Patent number: 5266798
    Abstract: A particle sensor which employs the principle that a particle passing through an intense laser beam will scatter light to a photodetector which then generates a measurable signal is provided. The particle sensor uses prisms and a cylindrical lens to compress the laser beam to make it very thin along the axis of particle motion but very wide in the plane perpendicular to particle motion, thereby simultaneously providing high beam intensity for enhanced sensitivity and a large detection area. The optical components of the sensor are mounted on separate sections which allows the optical components to be separately aligned and changed so that the sensor may be easily adapted to various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: High Yield Technology
    Inventors: Peter Borden, Mark Nokes, Maurits Kain, James Stolz
  • High sensitivity, large detection area particle sensor for vacuum applications
    Patent number: 5132548
    Abstract: A particle sensor which employs the principle that a particle passing through an intense laser beam will scatter light to a photodetector which then generates a measurable signal is provided. The particle sensor uses prisms and a cylindrical lens to compress the laser beam to make it very thin along the axis of particle motion but very wide in the plane perpendicular to particle motion, thereby simultaneously providing high beam intensity for enhanced sensitivity and a large detection area. The optical components of the sensor are mounted on separate sections which allows the optical components to be separately aligned and changed so that the sensor may be easily adapted to various applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1992
    Assignee: High Yield Technology
    Inventors: Peter Borden, Mark Nokes, Maurits Kain, James Stolz