Patents by Inventor Philip H. Debenham

Philip H. Debenham 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).

  • Patent number: 4771171
    Abstract: Isotope analysis device comprising a racetrack-shaped ion storage ring, a resonant charge exchange device and a laser photoionization device. Isotope ions to be analyzed are continuously injected into the racetrack in a first orbit and pass through the resonant charge exchange device where they are neutralized and decelerated to produce decelerated isotope particles. Selected isotope particles are then re-ionized by the laser photoionization device, and the resulting selected isotope ions travel around the racetrack in a smaller orbit, while the undesired non-ionized particles exit the storage ring and are separately collected. After several succesively decreasing ion orbits, each isotope of the desired species reaches a detector where it is measured. The device is particularly useful for isotope analysis of strontium and of krypton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Atom Sciences Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Snyder, Thomas B. Lucatorto, Philip H. Debenham