Patents by Inventor Patrick D. Hamilton

Patrick D. Hamilton 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).

  • Pulsed gas lasers having flexible exit gas lines
    Patent number: 4592063
    Abstract: In a pulsed gas laser having a flexible exit gas line, such as polymer tubing, a device is disposed just upstream of the flexible tubing to attenuate certain characteristics of the exit gas before it reaches the flexible line. The device comprises a walled chamber having an inlet and an outlet and constructed and arranged to attenuate the peak pressure waves at the pulse frequency. The device also provides attenuation of temperature and for this purpose is made of a good thermal conductor such as copper. The invention enhances the effectiveness of the flexible polymer tubing exit gas lines and permits a laser to be pulsed at higher pulse frequencies than are conventionally done.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: Photon Sources, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Accetta, Louis Galan, Patrick D. Hamilton, James L. Amick