Vacuum pump
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United States of America Patent
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Jul 17, 2018
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Oct 1, 2015
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Oct 14, 2013
filing date -
Oct 30, 2012
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vacuum pump comprising a turbo molecular pumping mechanism wherein an operative characteristic of the turbomolecular pumping mechanism is dependent on the orientation of the vacuum pump and the pump comprises an orientation sensor for sensing the orientation.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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EDWARDS LIMITED | CRAWLEY BUSINESS QUARTER MANOR ROYAL CRAWLEY WEST SUSSEX RH10 9LW |
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- 2013 Application Filing Year
- F04D Class
- 1063 Applications Filed
- 941 Patents Issued To-Date
- 88.53 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Bahrami, Mohammad Eghtesadi | Crawley, GB | 2 | 4 |
# of filed Patents : 2 Total Citations : 4 | |||
Horler, Richard Glyn | Crawley, GB | 12 | 12 |
# of filed Patents : 12 Total Citations : 12 | |||
Keech, Ian | Washington, GB | 4 | 8 |
# of filed Patents : 4 Total Citations : 8 | |||
Lucchetta, Emiliano | Worthing, GB | 10 | 16 |
# of filed Patents : 10 Total Citations : 16 | |||
Patey, Alexander James | Reigate, GB | 6 | 3 |
# of filed Patents : 6 Total Citations : 3 |
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