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Adjustable variable atmospheric condition testing apparatus and method

US10060824B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HYPERLOOP TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

Ryan Okerson · Los Angeles, US
Andrew L. Doyle · Cupertino, US
Cameron Close · Los Angeles, US
Filip Finodeyev · Laguna Niguel, US
Joshua Giegel · Hawthorne, US
Kaveh Hosseini · Cork, IE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 12, 2016
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 12, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01M9/04
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An adjustable variable atmospheric condition testing apparatus for testing an object includes an outer chamber, an inner chamber positioned inside and in fluid communication with the outer chamber, a vacuum pump configured to remove gas from the inner and outer chambers, and further configured to expel the removed gas via an exhaust, an intake configured to selectively introduce gas from ambient into the inner chamber via a valve, such that the introduced gas interacts with the object, and a sensor positioned downstream of the object and configured to detect a characteristic of the gas interacting with the object.

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