Patents by Inventor RICHARD KOENECKE

RICHARD KOENECKE 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).

  • Multiplexing x-ray fluorescence system and method
    Patent number: 10393682
    Abstract: A multiplexing x-ray fluorescence (MXRF) system and method are provided. The system can include a simple detector that counts x-rays with time resolution. A time-variable applied radiation source is used. The MXRF applied radiation source can produce an excitation spectrum with a peak average energy that grows with time and then recycles. Elemental identification can be achieved by time-correlating x-ray counts detected by the detector, with the time-variable applied radiation field. The system and method provide design flexibility for both commercial and NASA applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: U.S.A. as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Keith C. Gendreau, Zaven Arzoumanian, Robert G. Baker, Norman Dobson, Richard Koenecke
  • MULTIPLEXING X-RAY FLUORESCENCE SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20170082562
    Abstract: A multiplexing x-ray fluorescence (MXRF) system and method are provided. The system can include a simple detector that counts x-rays with time resolution. A time-variable applied radiation source is used. The MXRF applied radiation source can produce an excitation spectrum with a peak average energy that grows with time and then recycles. Elemental identification can be achieved by time-correlating x-ray counts detected by the detector, with the time-variable applied radiation field. The system and method provide design flexibility for both commercial and NASA applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: KEITH C. GENDREAU, ZAVEN ARZOUMANIAN, ROBERT G. BAKER, NORMAN DOBSON, RICHARD KOENECKE