Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Sobering

Timothy J. Sobering 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).

  • Apparatus and method for determination of one or more free neutron characteristics
    Patent number: 9625590
    Abstract: A neutron detection system may include a neutron detector including a plurality of neutron detection devices, a plurality of discrete neutron moderating elements, wherein each of the neutron moderating elements is disposed between two or more neutron detection devices, the plurality of neutron detection devices and the plurality of discrete neutron moderating elements disposed along a common axis, a control system configured to generate a detector response library, wherein the detector response library includes one or more sets of data indicative of a response of the detector to a known neutron source, receive one or more measured neutron response signals from each of the neutron devices, the one or more measured response signals response to a detected neutron event, and determine one or more characteristics of neutrons emanating from a measured neutron source by comparing the one or more measured neutron response signals to the detector response library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: The Curators of the Univesity of Missouri, Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven L. Bellinger, Anthony N. Caruso, Brian Cooper, William L. Dunn, Ryan G. Fronk, Douglas S. McGregor, William H. Miller, Eliot R. Myers, Thomas M. Oakes, Philip B. Ugorowski, John K. Shultis, Timothy J. Sobering, Cory B. Hoshor
  • Apparatus and method for determination of one or more free neutron characteristics
    Patent number: 9081100
    Abstract: A neutron detection system may include a neutron detector including a plurality of neutron detection devices, a plurality of discrete neutron moderating elements, wherein each of the neutron moderating elements is disposed between two or more neutron detection devices, the plurality of neutron detection devices and the plurality of discrete neutron moderating elements disposed along a common axis, a control system configured to generate a detector response library, wherein the detector response library includes one or more sets of data indicative of a response of the detector to a known neutron source, receive one or more measured neutron response signals from each of the neutron devices, the one or more measured response signals response to a detected neutron event, and determine one or more characteristics of neutrons emanating from a measured neutron source by comparing the one or more measured neutron response signals to the detector response library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignees: The Curator of the University of Missouri, Kansas State University Research Foundation
    Inventors: Steven L. Bellinger, Anthony N. Caruso, Brian Cooper, William L. Dunn, Ryan G. Fronk, Douglas S. McGregor, William H. Miller, Eliot R. Myers, Thomas M. Oakes, Philip B. Ugorowski, John K. Shultis, Timothy J. Sobering, Cory B. Hoshor