Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Bollig

Ryan C. Bollig 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).

  • X-ray diffraction screening system convertible between reflection and transmission modes
    Patent number: 7242745
    Abstract: An X-ray diffraction apparatus provides analysis in either transmission or reflective mode and easy conversion between the two modes. An X-ray source and X-ray detector are each connected to a different circle of a goniometer. The two circles may be rotated independently to position the source and detector on the same side of a sample library for reflection mode operation, or on opposite sides of the sample library for transmission mode operation. The sample library has a horizontal orientation that allows open sample containers of the library to maintain the sample without spillage, and it connects to an XYZ stage that can move in three dimensions. The system may use a beamstop, and the goniometer and XYZ stage be motorized and controlled for automated sample analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Inventors: Bob Baoping He, Ryan C. Bollig
  • Transmission mode X-ray diffraction screening system
    Patent number: 6859520
    Abstract: A transmission mode x-ray diffraction screening system has a sample support that holds a sample tray with multiple samples to be tested. The sample support is connected to a translation stage that is movable in three dimensions, and that it offset from the location of the sample support. An x-ray source is located to one side of the sample support, and a detector is located to the other side, thereby allowing the detection of x-rays that are diffracted by the sample in a transmission mode. A retractable beamstop may be located between the sample and the detector to block at least part of the non-diffracted x-rays from the source. A video camera may also be provided for imaging the sample location, which may be illuminated by a laser. The entire system may be automated such that each sample in the sample tray may be sequentially analyzed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Bruker AXS, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Baoping He, Ryan C. Bollig, Hans Mathias Lutz Brügemann
  • Transmission mode X-ray diffraction screening system
    Publication number: 20030219099
    Abstract: A transmission mode x-ray diffraction screening system has a sample support that holds a sample tray with multiple samples to be tested. The sample support is connected to a translation stage that is movable in three dimensions, and that it offset from the location of the sample support. An x-ray source is located to one side of the sample support, and a detector is located to the other side, thereby allowing the detection of x-rays that are diffracted by the sample in a transmission mode. A retractable beamstop may be located between the sample and the detector to block at least part of the non-diffracted x-rays from the source. A video camera may also be provided for imaging the sample location, which may be illuminated by a laser. The entire system may be automated such that each sample in the sample tray may be sequentially analyzed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Applicant: Bruker AXS, Inc.
    Inventors: Bob Baoping He, Ryan C. Bollig, Hans Mathias Lutz Brugemann