Patents by Inventor Richard Ian Spink

Richard Ian Spink 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).

  • Publication number: 20250237769
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of x-ray imaging detectors having at least a first x-ray imaging detector and a second x-ray imaging detector. The first and second x-ray imaging detectors are configured sequentially along an x-ray beam propagation direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Wenbing YUN, Janos KIRZ, Richard Ian SPINK
  • Publication number: 20250027889
    Abstract: A three-dimensional x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along an x-ray propagation axis extending through a region of interest of an object to the at least one detector. The diverging x-rays have propagation paths within an angular divergence angle greater than 1 degree centered on the x-ray propagation axis. The system further includes at least one sample motion stage configured to rotate the object about a rotation axis. The system further includes a sample mount configured to hold the object and comprises a first portion in the propagation paths of at least some of the diverging x-rays and having an x-ray transmission greater than 30% for x-rays having energies greater than 50% of a maximum x-ray energy of an x-ray spectrum of the diverging x-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: David Vine, Wenbing Yun, Janos Kirz, Sheraz Gul, Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis, Richard Ian Spink
  • Publication number: 20240393266
    Abstract: An x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along an x-ray propagation axis extending through a region of interest of an object to the at least one detector. The diverging x-rays have propagation paths within an angular divergence angle greater than 1 degree centered on the x-ray propagation axis. The system further includes at least one first motion stage configured to rotate the object about a rotation axis. The system further includes at least one second motion stage configured to move the x-ray source and the at least one detector relative to the object to switch between a laminography configuration and a tomography configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: David Vine, Wenbing Yun, Janos Kirz, Sheraz Gul, Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis, Richard Ian Spink
  • Patent number: 12153001
    Abstract: A three-dimensional x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along an x-ray propagation axis extending through a region of interest of an object to the at least one detector. The diverging x-rays have propagation paths within an angular divergence angle greater than 1 degree centered on the x-ray propagation axis. The system further includes at least one sample motion stage configured to rotate the object about a rotation axis. The system further includes a sample mount configured to hold the object and comprises a first portion in the propagation paths of at least some of the diverging x-rays and having an x-ray transmission greater than 30% for x-rays having energies greater than 50% of a maximum x-ray energy of an x-ray spectrum of the diverging x-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Sigray, Inc.
    Inventors: David Vine, Wenbing Yun, Janos Kirz, Sheraz Gul, Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis, Richard Ian Spink
  • Publication number: 20230384245
    Abstract: A three-dimensional x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along an x-ray propagation axis extending through a region of interest of an object to the at least one detector. The diverging x-rays have propagation paths within an angular divergence angle greater than 1 degree centered on the x-ray propagation axis. The system further includes at least one sample motion stage configured to rotate the object about a rotation axis. The system further includes a sample mount configured to hold the object and comprises a first portion in the propagation paths of at least some of the diverging x-rays and having an x-ray transmission greater than 30% for x-rays having energies greater than 50% of a maximum x-ray energy of an x-ray spectrum of the diverging x-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: David Vine, Wenbing Yun, Janos Kirz, Sheraz Gul, Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis, Richard Ian Spink
  • Patent number: 11686692
    Abstract: A three-dimensional x-ray imaging system includes at least one detector and an x-ray source including an x-ray transmissive vacuum window. The x-ray source is configured to produce diverging x-rays emerging from the vacuum window and propagating along an x-ray propagation axis extending through a region of interest of an object to the at least one detector. The diverging x-rays have propagation paths within an angular divergence angle greater than 1 degree centered on the x-ray propagation axis. The system further includes at least one sample motion stage configured to rotate the object about a rotation axis. The system further includes a sample mount configured to hold the object and comprises a first portion in the propagation paths of at least some of the diverging x-rays and having an x-ray transmission greater than 30% for x-rays having energies greater than 50% of a maximum x-ray energy of an x-ray spectrum of the diverging x-rays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Sigray, Inc.
    Inventors: David Vine, Wenbing Yun, Janos Kirz, Sheraz Gul, Sylvia Jia Yun Lewis, Richard Ian Spink