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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
May. 21, 2018
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dennis Q. Cruz, Berthoud, CO (US);
Richard Nguyen, Denver, CO (US);
Jonathan P. Jones, Longmont, CO (US);
Sumit Chandra, Longmont, CO (US);
Seagate Technology LLC, Fremont, CA (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving particulate sampling. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a flow direction structure, a flow sampler and a particle collector having a collecting surface. The flow direction structure has interior sidewalls that direct the flow of particulate-laden gas along a flow path. The flow sampler is located in the flow path within the interior sidewalls, and operates with the flow direction structure to sample a portion of the particulate-laden gas at a reduced velocity, while allowing another portion of the particulate-laden gas to exhaust around the flow sampler. The flow sampler operates with the particle collector to direct the sampled portion of the particulate-laden gas to the collecting surface, and to adhere particulates from the particulate-laden gas to the collecting surface.