Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Noncontact resonameter, process for making and use of same
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Application No.: US14958539Application Date: 2015-12-03
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Publication No.: US10261032B2Publication Date: 2019-04-16
- Inventor: Nathan Daniel Orloff , Christian John Long , Jan Obrzut
- Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY , Nathan Daniel Orloff , Christian John Long
- Applicant Address: US DC Washington
- Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Current Assignee Address: US DC Washington
- Agency: Office of Chief Counsel for National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Main IPC: G01N22/04
- IPC: G01N22/04 ; G01N33/543 ; G01N33/557 ; G01R27/04 ; G01R27/32 ; G01V3/00 ; G01R33/28 ; G01R33/32 ; G01R33/46 ; G01R33/60 ; G01R33/62 ; G01R33/34 ; G01N22/00

Abstract:
A noncontact resonameter includes: a resonator to: produce an excitation signal including a field; subject a sample to the excitation signal; produce a first resonator signal in a presence of the sample and the excitation signal, the first resonator signal including: a first quality factor of the resonator; a first resonance frequency of the resonator; or a combination thereof, the first resonator signal occurring in an absence of contact between the sample and the resonator; and produce a second resonator signal in a presence of the excitation signal and an absence of the sample, the second resonator signal including: a second quality factor of the resonator; a second resonance frequency of the resonator; or a combination thereof; a circuit in electrical communication with the resonator to receive the first resonator signal and the second resonator signal; and a continuous feeder to: provide the sample proximate to the resonator; dispose the sample intermediately in the field of the excitation signal during production of the first resonator signal; remove the sample from the resonator; and manipulate a position of the sample relative to the resonator in a continuous motion and in an absence of contact between the sample and the resonator.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160161424A1 NONCONTACT RESONAMETER, PROCESS FOR MAKING AND USE OF SAME Public/Granted day:2016-06-09
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