Patents by Inventor Steve Brace

Steve Brace 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).

  • DEVICE FOR RAPID EXCHANGE OF ION SOURCES AND ION TRANSMISSION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20230005729
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a rotatable isolation valve 1 having a curved, spherical, cylindrical or concave portion. At least a portion of an ion guide 2 is positioned so as to extend within a swept volume of the isolation valve 1 enabling the ion guide 2 to be positioned close to a second downstream ion guide 3 and for ions to be transmitted from the first 2 ion guide to the second ion guide 3 with high ion transmission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Applicant: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Paul Murray, Mark Towers, Andrew Whatley, Matthew Henderson, Philippa Hart, Emmanuelle Claude, Richard Jarrold, Jeff Brown, Steve Brace, Edward Scott
  • Device for rapid exchange of ion sources and ion transmission devices
    Patent number: 11443932
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a rotatable isolation valve (1) having a curved, spherical, cylindrical or concave portion. At least a portion of an ion guide (2) is positioned so as to extend within a swept volume of the isolation valve (1) enabling the ion guide (2) to be positioned close to a second downstream ion guide (3) and for ions to be transmitted from the first (2) ion guide to the second ion guide (3) with high ion transmission efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Micromass UK Limited
    Inventors: Paul Murray, Mark Towers, Andrew Whatley, Matthew Henderson, Philippa Hart, Emmanuelle Claude, Richard Jarrold, Jeff Brown, Steve Brace, Edward Scott
  • DEVICE FOR RAPID EXCHANGE OF ION SOURCES AND ION TRANSMISSION DEVICES
    Publication number: 20200395203
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising a rotatable isolation valve (1) having a curved, spherical, cylindrical or concave portion. At least a portion of an ion guide (2) is positioned so as to extend within a swept volume of the isolation valve (1) enabling the ion guide (2) to be positioned close to a second downstream ion guide (3) and for ions to be transmitted from the first (2) ion guide to the second ion guide (3) with high ion transmission efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Murray, Mark Towers, Andrew Whatley, Matthew Henderson, Philippa Hart, Emmanuelle Claude, Richard Jarrold, Jeff Brown, Steve Brace, Edward Scott
  • Shower handset
    Publication number: 20030062426
    Abstract: A shower handset having teats formed in an elastomeric plate wherein positioning of the elastomeric plate behind the spray plate causes the teats to deflect outwardly, the cross-sectional areas of outlet orifices increasing in response to increasing flow rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 3, 2003
    Inventors: George Richard Gregory, Peter Cauwood, Steve Brace, Peter Georg Laitenberger