US 7,506,533 B2
Gas chromatograph module with an electronic device
Max A. Bailey, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Vince B. Hadley, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Jonathan W. Asher, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Rodney Wayne Dilbeck, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Anthony P. Walker, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Steven Gene Lakey, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Stephen P. Paetz, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); Brent E. Berry, Bartlesville, Okla. (US); and Robert W. Rutledge, Collinsville, Okla. (US)
Assigned to ABB Inc., Norwalk, Conn. (US)
Filed on Sep. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/515,099.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/713986, filed on Sep. 02, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0095126 A1, May 03, 2007
Int. Cl. G01N 19/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 73—23.35  [73/23.41; 95/82; 96/101] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gas chromatograph (GC) module for mounting in a gas chromatograph assembly, the GC module comprising:
a support structure;
a separation device operable to separate components of a gas, the separation device being mounted to the support structure and comprising at least one column wound into a coil; and
a circuit assembly mounted to the support structure and comprising non-volatile memory for storing information relating to the operation of the gas chromatograph assembly with the GC module; and
wherein the at least one column is encapsulated in a conductive resin.