ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,681, issued on July 14, was assigned to Halliburton Energy Services Inc. (Houston).
"Target gas loading for neutron generator" was invented by Zilu Zhou (Houston) and Weijun Guo (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method includes operating a neutron generator in a loading mode by ionizing ionizable gas within an ion source of the neutron generator to create a plurality of ions, and accelerating the plurality of ions by providing a first voltage to a target rod that supports the target to create a first ion beam that bombards a target of the neutron generator. The method also includes operating the neutron generator in a generat...