US Patent Issued to Aerodyne Research on May 6 for "Rapid, sensitive hydrogen detector with active hydrogen-derived water vapor signal modulation" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,428, issued on May 6, was assigned to Aerodyne Research Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Rapid, sensitive hydrogen detector with active hydrogen-derived water vapor signal modulation" was invented by David D. Nelson Jr. (N. Chelmsford, Mass.), Scott C. Herndon (Littleton, Mass.), Joanne H. Shorter (Lexington, Mass.) and Joseph R. Roscioli (Chelmsford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In various embodiments, rapid, sensitive detection of molecular hydrogen is achieved by chemically converting hydrogen to water vapor and then detecting the water vapor as a surrogate for the hydrogen. Detection may be enhanced by dampening variation in amb...