US Patent Issued to DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT on Nov. 3 for "Ion mirror for time-of-flight mass spectrometer" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,054, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DH TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Ion mirror for time-of-flight mass spectrometer" was invented by Aaron Timothy Booy (Barrie, Canada) and Robert Haufler (Toronto).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ion mirror for use in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer includes a mirror ring sub-assembly for creating an electric potential field to decelerate incoming ions and accelerate outgoing ions, and a grid sub-assembly comprising one or more grid plates, which define bounds of the electrical potential field of the ion mirror. The mirror ring sub-assembly and the grid sub-assembly are coax...