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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1998
George D Jones, Deerfield, WI (US);
William B DeSousa, Darian, CT (US);
Spectra-Tech, Inc., Shelton, CT (US);
Abstract
A coupling mechanism for mounting a sample accessory assembly into a spectrometer. The accessory assembly, on which is mountable a sample to be analyzed by a spectrometer, has connecter ends which are insertable into stirrups on the sample compartment of the spectrometer. The connector ends and the stirrups have elements that ensure that the accessory assembly is properly aligned in the sample compartment of the spectrometer. The accessory assembly also has an electronic component, such as a circuit or programmable microchip, that is connected to the spectrometer when the accessory is mounted in the spectrometer. The electronic component provides information to the spectrometer identifying the accessory assembly being used so that a diagnostic test of the spectrometer can be performed to ascertain, for example, proper mounting of the accessory assembly in the spectrometer.