Patents by Inventor Sherry L. Lepine

Sherry L. Lepine 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).

  • Trapping materials for trace detection systems
    Patent number: 7338638
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a trap material use in a chemical trace detection portal for detecting trace amounts of contraband, and more particularly for detecting vapors and particles emitted from drugs and explosive devices. The trap material is made of a metallic foam material, such as aluminum foam metal, copper foam metal, stainless steel foam metal, or a silica-carbon foam metal, which have high thermoconductivity and reduced density, as compared to conventional trap materials, thereby ensuring that the internal temperature of the subject trap rapidly achieves the temperature required during desorbing of the trace materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: GE Homeland Protection, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. McGann, Kevin J. Perry, Sherry L. Lepine
  • Trapping materials for trace detection systems
    Publication number: 20040131503
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a trap material use in a chemical trace detection portal for detecting trace amounts of contraband, and more particularly for detecting vapors and particles emitted from drugs and explosive devices. The trap material is made of a metallic foam material, such as aluminum foam metal, copper foam metal, stainless steel foam metal, or a silica-carbon foam metal, which have high thermoconductivity and reduced density, as compared to conventional trap materials, thereby ensuring that the internal temperature of the subject trap rapidly achieves the temperature required during desorbing of the trace materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William J. McGann, Kevin J. Perry, Sherry L. Lepine