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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2022
Applicants:
Rocky G. Morales, Long Beach, CA (US);
Aileen O. Hui, Los Angeles, CA (US);
De-ling Liu, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rocky G. Morales, Long Beach, CA (US);
Aileen O. Hui, Los Angeles, CA (US);
De-Ling Liu, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/21 (2006.01); B64G 1/66 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/211 (2013.01); B64G 1/66 (2013.01); G02B 21/0004 (2013.01); G02B 21/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multi-purpose in-situ contamination sampler includes an inner frame surrounded by a plurality of removable or attachable pieces, each of which include of a single witness surface configured to collect both particulate and molecular contamination within an environment on a payload or a spacecraft.