Patents by Inventor Peter-Viktor Nickles

Peter-Viktor Nickles 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).

  • Device and method for the creation of droplet targets
    Patent number: 7306015
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a droplet target provided with a chamber for receiving a target liquid and maintained under pressure, an electromagnetic valve switched at a ms rate for feeding target liquid from the receptacle to a heated expansion channel for converting the target liquid to supersaturated vapor and connected to a supersonic nozzle wherein the supersaturated vapor is cooled and condensed to droplets before they are discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
    Inventors: Sargis Ter-Avetisyan, Matthias Schnuerer, Peter-Viktor Nickles
  • Device and method for the creation of droplet targets
    Publication number: 20060054238
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a droplet target provided with a chamber for receiving a target liquid and maintained under pressure, an electromagnetic valve switched at a ms rate for feeding target liquid from the receptacle to a heated expansion channel for converting the target liquid to supersaturated vapor and connected to a supersonic nozzle wherein the supersaturated vapor is cooled and condensed to droplets before they are discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventors: Sargis Ter-Avetisyan, Matthias Schnuerer, Peter-Viktor Nickles