Patents by Inventor Randy J. Spaulding

Randy J. Spaulding 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).

  • Apparatus and method for inspecting a sealed container
    Patent number: 7508909
    Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a sealed container is disclosed and which includes a pulsed electron accelerator which is positioned in spaced relation relative to a first side of the sealed container, and which produces a pulsed beam of photons which passes through the sealed container and any contents enclosed within the sealed container; a detector positioned in spaced relation relative to a second, opposite side of the sealed container, and which receives the pulsed beam of photons which passes through the contents of the sealed container, and which produces an output signal; and a computer for developing a visible image from the output signal of the detector which depicts the contents of the sealed container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC
    Inventors: J. Frank Harmon, James L. Jones, Alan W. Hunt, Randy J. Spaulding, Michael Smith