Patents by Inventor Rod WILSON

Rod WILSON 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).

  • Method and portable ion mobility spectrometer for the detection of an aerosol
    Patent number: 11557471
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Smiths Detection-Watford Limited
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Arnold, John Fitzgerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • METHOD AND PORTABLE ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER FOR THE DETECTION OF AN AEROSOL
    Publication number: 20210249242
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Amold, John Fitzgerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • Method and portable ion mobility spectrometer for the detection of an aerosol
    Patent number: 11004667
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Arnold, John Fitzgerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • Method and portable ion mobility spectrometer for the detection of an aerosol
    Patent number: 10388497
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vaporize an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: SMITHS DETECTION-WATFORD LIMITED
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Arnold, John FitzGerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • METHOD AND PORTABLE ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER FOR THE DETECTION OF AN AEROSOL
    Publication number: 20190189412
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: David Sharp, Alastair Clark, William Munro, Paul Arnold, John Fitzgerald, David Cutmore, Rod Wilson
  • METHOD AND PORTABLE ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER FOR THE DETECTION OF AN AEROSOL
    Publication number: 20160187297
    Abstract: A portable ion mobility spectrometry apparatus (1) for detecting an aerosol and a method for using the apparatus. The apparatus comprises an ion mobility spectrometer (3); a portable power source (5) carried by the apparatus for providing power to the apparatus (1); an inlet (7) for collecting a flow of air to be tested by the spectrometer (3); a heater (4) configured to heat the air to be tested to vapourise an aerosol carried by the air and a controller (2) configured to control the spectrometer (3) to obtain samples from the heated air, wherein the controller is configured to increase a heat output from the heater (4) for a selected time period before obtaining samples from the heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: David SHARP, Alastair CLARK, William MUNRO, Paul ARNOLD, John FITZGERALD, David CUTMORE, Rod WILSON