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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Leslie Partridge, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Gefter, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Oldynski, Martinez, CA (US);
Inventors:
Leslie Partridge, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Gefter, South San Francisco, CA (US);
Edward Oldynski, Martinez, CA (US);
Assignee:
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01T 23/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a method for generating ions within a space separating an emitter and a reference electrode, the method comprising: generating a variable number of small sharp pulses and rate of the pulses depending on the distance of the target from the emitter.