US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on Jan. 27 for "Systems and methods for optical particle detection" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,400, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Ireland).

"Systems and methods for optical particle detection" was invented by Gregory Kopansky (Philadelphia), Stephen T. Showalter (Milmont Park, Pa.), Xin Pu (Chester Springs, Pa.) and John Joseph Zielinski (Southampton, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particle detection system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam, a first collimator lens configured to channel the light beam into the chamber through a first sidewall, the chamber including openings on a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall, and a second collimator lens configure...