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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Applicant:
Urs Steiner, Branford, CT (US);
Inventor:
Urs Steiner, Branford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Bruker Daltonics, Inc., Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 59/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mass spectrometer has a manifold and at least one ion optical assembly that is composed of a support and electrodes attached to the support. The support is aligned to at least one reference surface machined integrally with the manifold such that the number of interfaces between the reference surface of the manifold and the electrodes is minimized. With such a design the positional and/or alignment precision of ion optical assemblies in a mass spectrometer can be improved.