Patents by Inventor Michael Vilgis

Michael Vilgis 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).

  • Radiation dose reading apparatus
    Patent number: 5057693
    Abstract: In a radiation dose reading apparatus for a fluorescent glass element which was exposed to ionizing radiation and which is subjected to ultraviolet light radiation so as to cause fluorescence with an intensity depending on the radiation dose received by the glass element wherein the radiation dose is determined from the intensity of the fluorescence emitted from the glass elements detecting face, a fluorescence diaphragm arrangement is provided so as to overlay the glass element detecting face and is movable thereon for changing the fluorescence detecting areas and a fluorescence intensity reading device is provided for determining fluorescence intensity distribution and the glass element detecting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1991
    Assignees: Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Toshiba Glass Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Bertram Burgkhardt, Ernst Piesch, Michael Vilgis, Toru Ikegami, Motoyuki Sato