Patents by Inventor Douglas Flanagan

Douglas Flanagan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240072436
    Abstract: Provided herein is a unit cell for a phased array antenna. The unit cell can include a base plate and a shell. The shell can include a plurality of spectrum element cavities, with each spectrum element cavity comprising a post. An inner surface of each of the spectrum element cavities can be coated with a conductive material such that the spectrum element cavities form a signal ear and a ground ear of the unit cell. The base plate can be configured to provide a path to ground and include a plurality of holes. The shell can be aligned with the base plate such that the post of each signal ear of each spectrum element cavity is aligned with one of the holes of the base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Douglas ROBINSON, Laura Marie AUDINO, Francisco RAMOS-CARRIZOSA, Sean Michael FLANAGAN
  • Patent number: 5621884
    Abstract: In a distributed data access system in which a plurality of computers maintain and provide access to a database of stock exchange information, 1-for-N redundancy is provided by operating one computer in a standby mode, while the other computers operate online. Each online computer provides access to the database to a predefined set of a geographically broad plurality of users. The set of users for any online computer is defined by user connectivity data structures that define connectivity between the user set and the computer. When a failure is detected in any one of the computers, the user connectivity data structures of that computer are provided to the standby computer, which then assumes all operations of the failed computer. An arbitrator computer facility observes the health and determines the status of each of the computers, including the standby computer, and controls the transfer of online status from a failed computer to the standby computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1997
    Assignee: Quotron Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman J. Beshears, Douglas Flanagan, Peter Y. Kui
  • Patent number: 5408649
    Abstract: In a distributed data access system in which a plurality of computers maintain and provide access to a database of stock exchange information, 1-for-N redundancy is provided by operating one computer in a standby mode, while the other computers operate online. Each on-line computer provides access to the database to a predefined set of a geographically broad plurality of users. The set of users for any on-line computer is defined by user connectivity data structures that define connectivity between the user set and the computer. When a failure is detected in any one of the computers, the user connectivity data structures of that computer are provided to the standby computer, which then assumes all operations of the failed computer. An arbitrator computer facility observes the health and determines the status of each of the computers, including the standby computer, and controls the transfer of online status from a failed computer to the standby computer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1995
    Assignee: Quotron Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Norman J. Beshears, Douglas Flanagan, Peter Y. Kui