Patents by Inventor Richard Boor

Richard Boor 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).

  • Portable polymer tester
    Patent number: 10107732
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer indentation method and tester that includes measuring the time taken by a polymeric material to recover a set portion of an initial deformation and use this duration as a material degradation indicator. The recovery time was found to be more sensitive to cable degradation than the specific compressive stillness (or indenter modulus) measured during the indentation phase, and this high sensitivity was achieved for both thermally aged and irradiated polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED
    Inventors: Fabrice Guerout, Ladji Cisse, Richard Boor
  • PORTABLE POLYMER TESTER
    Publication number: 20150090016
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer indentation method and tester that includes measuring the time taken by a polymeric material to recover a set portion of an initial deformation and use this duration as a material degradation indicator. The recovery time was found to be more sensitive to cable degradation than the specific compressive stillness (or indenter modulus) measured during the indentation phase, and this high sensitivity was achieved for both thermally aged and irradiated polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Fabrice GUEROUT, Ladji CISSE, Richard BOOR
  • Portable polymer tester
    Patent number: 8857246
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer indentation method and tester that includes measuring the time taken by a polymeric material to recover a set portion of an initial deformation and use this duration as a material degradation indicator. The recovery time was found to be more sensitive to cable degradation than the specific compressive stiffness (or indenter modulus) measured during the indentation phase, and this high sensitivity was achieved for both thermally aged and irradiated polymer samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
    Inventors: Fabrice Guerout, Ladjl Cisse, Richard Boor
  • PORTABLE POLYMER TESTER
    Publication number: 20120085155
    Abstract: The present invention provides a polymer indentation method and tester that includes measuring the time taken by a polymeric material to recover a set portion of an initial deformation and use this duration as a material degradation indicator. The recovery time was found to be more sensitive to cable degradation than the specific compressive stiffness (or indenter modulus) measured during the indentation phase, and this high sensitivity was achieved for both thermally aged and irradiated polymer samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Fabrice Guerout, Ladjl Cisse, Richard Boor