14 patents
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Collaborating sensor array and method therefor
22 Nov 22
A method for forming a collaborative wireless sensor array comprising: connecting a plurality of wireless sensor nodes together, wherein each of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes wirelessly communicate with one another; collecting data by the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; forming metadata on the data collected by each of the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; sharing the data and metadata with the plurality of wireless sensor nodes; and fusing the data and metadata to perform a task.
Jim Luecke
Filed: 21 Dec 18
Utility
Multi-port multi-beam antenna system on printed circuit board with low correlation for MIMO applications and method therefor
18 Oct 22
An antenna assembly has a dielectric substrate.
Rajveer Singh Brar, Mark Felipe
Filed: 9 Sep 20
Utility
Thermal management system and method therefor
2 Aug 22
A thermal management system has a first circuit board.
Michael D. McCulley, Michelle C. Howard
Filed: 9 Jun 20
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Mesh ranging and network message and slot structure for ad-hoc networks and method therefor
31 May 22
A method for establishing timing and processing of network messages in a wireless ad-hoc network comprising: establishing a network identification (ID) when the wireless ad-hoc network is unestablished; and establishing a local timing in the wireless ad-hoc network, the local timing having a network data frame structure, each network data frame in the network data frame structure having a plurality of network slot times, wherein each network slot time is designated as one of an assigned network slot time or a shared network slot time, each wireless node in the wireless ad-hoc network designated as one of an assigned wireless node or an unassigned wireless node, each assigned wireless node initiating and transmitting network messages in a corresponding assigned network slot time or any available shared network slot time, and each unassigned wireless node initiating and transmitting network messages only in any available shared network slot time.
Hiep Truong, Kevin Nguyen
Filed: 20 Jul 18
Utility
Location aware networking for ad-hoc networks and method therefor
27 Apr 21
A method for location aware networking in a wireless ad-hoc network having a plurality of wireless nodes in a geographic area comprising: dividing the geographic area into a plurality of grids; determining a location of a particular wireless node; determining a corresponding grid where the particular wireless node resides; determining a cluster head for the corresponding grid; connecting corresponding wireless nodes in the corresponding grid to the cluster head, wherein the cluster head of the corresponding grid periodically gather data from the corresponding wireless nodes, aggregate the data and transmits the data to a gateway; and coupling the cluster head of the corresponding grid to cluster heads of each of the plurality of grids forming a pathway to the gateway, the cluster head of the corresponding grid transmitting the data through the pathway or directly to the gateway.
Jim Luecke
Filed: 21 Dec 18
Utility
Hybrid time division multiple access (TDMA) and carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) for interference avoidance method therefor
6 Apr 21
A method for interference avoidance when transmitting a message in a wireless system comprising: dividing a frame into a plurality of time slots, wherein a first plurality of time slots allocated as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) time slots and a second plurality of time slots allocated as contention slots; transmitting a message in a designated TDMA time slot by a corresponding wireless node assigned to the designated TDMA time slot if the designated TDMA time slot is idle; and transmitting the message in a contention slot if the designated TDMA time slot is busy.
Jim Luecke
Filed: 21 Dec 18
Utility
Broadband transition from stripline to substrate integrated waveguide
9 Feb 21
A device having a stripline to substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) transition structure has a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface.
Francisco Iwao Hirata
Filed: 26 Sep 19
Utility
Electronic peening intensity sensor
16 Nov 20
A shot peening intensity measurement device has a holder and a test disk formed from a resonant and hardened material.
Jack Champaigne, David Kirk
Filed: 8 May 19
Utility
System and method for transmission of video and controller area network (CAN) data over a power slip ring assembly
24 Aug 20
A system for transmitting video and Controller Area Network (CAN) data over a slip ring assembly has a first Ethernet/CAN transceiver converting CAN signals with control data to Ethernet signals with the control data.
Neil Keith Habermehl, Keith Heinzig
Filed: 28 Jul 19
Utility
Automated landing solution systems and methods
13 Jul 20
A UAV landing system can include a landing pad defining a landing area including a target point; a plurality of positioning radio transmitters positioned in a spaced apart relation and equidistant from the target point, each radio transmitter transmitting a ranging signal; and a position determination and aircraft navigation system at the incoming UAV to receive the ranging signals; determine a range to each positioning radio using the received ranging signals; compute a position of the UAV relative to the target point; determine a course for the UAV to a point above the target point of the landing pad; fly the UAV to the point above the target point of the landing pad, and cause the aircraft to descend vertically toward the target point when the UAV reaches the point above the target point.
Ronald Hobbs, James Luecke
Filed: 12 Jun 17
Utility
Medical lead connectors with contact electrodes
4 May 20
Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods pertaining to medical lead connectors.
Robert Raymond White, Daniel William Johns, Daniel Patrick Higgins
Filed: 1 Nov 18
Utility
Medical lead connectors with contact electrodes
30 Mar 20
Embodiments disclosed herein include devices and methods pertaining to medical lead connectors.
Robert Raymond White, Daniel William Johns, Daniel Patrick Higgins
Filed: 14 May 18
Utility
MT connector assembly and method therefor
17 Feb 20
A fiber optic connector assembly has an MT connector.
Kevin Jon Pitkin, Peter Everett Brooks, Mark Braithwaite
Filed: 17 Oct 18
Utility
Synchronization and time transfer in wireless networks and method therefor
16 Dec 19
A method for synchronization and time transfer in a wireless system having a single timing source comprises: transmitting a timing message from a coordinator node, wherein the coordinator node is coupled to the single timing source of the wireless system; detecting the timing message by a wireless node; and synchronizing the wireless node to a time on the timing message.
Hiep Truong, Kevin Nguyen
Filed: 16 May 18
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