Patents by Inventor James Small

James Small 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).

  • Patent number: 9887319
    Abstract: There is herein described light generating electronic components with improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said electronic components. More particularly, there is described LEDs having improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: James Ronald Bonar, Zheng Gong, James Small, Gareth John Valentine, Richard I. Laming
  • Publication number: 20170286346
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit card substrate that is associated with a network interface card. The circuit card substrate includes a connector edge to be received in a connector that is nominally associated with a slot to receive an expansion card that, when installed in a computing device, is physically enclosed within the computing device. The apparatus includes a port connector that is mounted to the circuit card substrate. The port connector is to be accessible from a region outside of the computing device when the connector edge of the circuit card substrate is received in the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Randol D. Aldridge, James Smalls
  • Publication number: 20170236986
    Abstract: Display devices with improved display contrast and methods of manufacturing the display devices. Some embodiments include a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) array. The method includes forming a first mesa area of a first LED and a second mesa area of a second LED, where a trench is defined between the first and second mesa areas. At least a portion of the trench is filled with a non-transparent or substantially non-transparent polymeric material that absorbs light emitted from the first and second LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Inventors: Zheng Gong, James Small, James Ronald Bonar
  • Patent number: 9728692
    Abstract: Display devices with improved display contrast and methods of manufacturing the display devices. Some embodiments include a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) array. The method includes forming two mesa areas on a substrate, where a trench is defined between the two mesa areas. A pixel and a N-bus formation is formed on each of the two mesa areas to create a first LED and a second LED separated by the trench between the two mesa areas. At least a portion of the trench is filled with a non-transparent or substantially non-transparent polymeric material that absorbs light emitted from the first and second LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Zheng Gong, James Small, James Ronald Bonar
  • Publication number: 20170098745
    Abstract: Display devices with improved display contrast and methods of manufacturing the display devices. Some embodiments include a method of manufacturing a light emitting diode (LED) array. The method includes forming two mesa areas on a substrate, where a trench is defined between the two mesa areas. A pixel and a N-bus formation is formed on each of the two mesa areas to create a first LED and a second LED separated by the trench between the two mesa areas. At least a portion of the trench is filled with a non-transparent or substantially non-transparent polymeric material that absorbs light emitted from the first and second LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Zheng Gong, James Small, James Ronald Bonar
  • Publication number: 20170062654
    Abstract: There is herein described light generating electronic components with improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said electronic components. More particularly, there is described LEDs having improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: James Ronald Bonar, Zheng Gong, James Small, Gareth John Valentine, Richard I. Laming
  • Publication number: 20170047481
    Abstract: There is herein described a process for providing improved device performance and fabrication techniques for semiconductors. More particularly, the present invention relates to a process for forming features, such as pixels, on GaN semiconductors using a p-GaN modification and annealing process. The process also relates to a plasma and thermal anneal process which results in a p-GaN modified layer where the annealing simultaneously enables the formation of conductive p-GaNand modified p-GaN regions that behave in an n-like manner and block vertical current flow. The process also extends to Resonant-Cavity Light Emitting Diodes (RCLEDs), pixels with a variety of sizes and electrically insulating planar layer for electrical tracks and bond pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: MLED LIMITED
    Inventors: James Ronald BONAR, Gareth VALENTINE, Stephen Warren GORTON, Zheng GONG, James SMALL
  • Patent number: 9564563
    Abstract: There is herein described electronic components with improved display contrast and a method of manufacturing such electronic components. More particularly, there is described electronic components having improved display contrast by using a non-transparent or substantially non-transparent material (520) to block light from an emitter source (512, 514, 516) to surrounding components such as emitters, sensors or components of this nature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: Zheng Gong, James Small, James Ronald Bonar
  • Patent number: 9559250
    Abstract: There is herein described light generating electronic components with improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said electronic components. More particularly, there is described LEDs having improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said LEDs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Oculus VR, LLC
    Inventors: James Ronald Bonar, Zheng Gong, James Small, Gareth John Valentine, Richard I. Laming
  • Publication number: 20150148643
    Abstract: There is herein described light emitting medical devices and a method of manufacturing said medical devices. More particularly, there is described integrated light emitting medical devices (e.g. neural devices) capable of being used in optogenetics and a method of manufacturing said medical devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: MLED Limited
    Inventors: James Small, James Ronald Bonar, Zheng Gong, John Gareth Valentine, Erdan Gu, Martin David Dawson
  • Publication number: 20150008392
    Abstract: There is herein described light generating electronic components with improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said electronic components. More particularly, there is described LEDs having improved light extraction and a method of manufacturing said LEDs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Applicant: MLED LIMITED
    Inventors: James Ronald Bonar, Zheng Gong, James Small, Gareth John Valentine, Richard I. Laming
  • Publication number: 20140361322
    Abstract: There is herein described electronic components with improved display contrast and a method of manufacturing such electronic components. More particularly, there is described electronic components having improved display contrast by using a non-transparent or substantially non-transparent material (520) to block light from an emitter source (512, 514, 516) to surrounding components such as emitters, sensors or components of this nature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: MLED Limited
    Inventors: Zheng Gong, James Small, James Ronald Bonar
  • Patent number: 8056860
    Abstract: A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for flying the first and second vehicles to proximity within a predetermined range and for connecting an umbilical from the second vehicle to the first vehicle in flight. In the illustrative embodiment, the arrangement for connecting includes a targeting system for electromagnetically detecting a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. The targeting system includes a first coil around a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. A seeker is disposed at a first end of said umbilical on the second vehicle. The seeker includes three detector coils adapted to detect a magnetic signal from the first coil around the receptacle on the first vehicle. The coils are mounted such that the detector coils point in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: James Small, Frederick Davidson, Carlos Garcia
  • Patent number: 7981026
    Abstract: A medical procedure drape, for use during a diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed on a patient supported by a patient cart, including a cover and a holder for the endoscope. The cover superimposes a portion of the patient and a portion of the patient cart. The endoscope holder is fixed to a boundary of the cover and extends above the level of the patient support surface on the patient cart. The endoscope holder retains and supports the endoscope during insertion and at other such times that the endoscopist may wish to set the endoscope aside to perform other tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Inventor: Thomas James Small
  • Publication number: 20100321011
    Abstract: A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for flying the first and second vehicles to proximity within a predetermined range and for connecting an umbilical from the second vehicle to the first vehicle in flight. In the illustrative embodiment, the arrangement for connecting includes a targeting system for electromagnetically detecting a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. The targeting system includes a first coil around a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. A seeker is disposed at a first end of said umbilical on the second vehicle. The seeker includes three detector coils adapted to detect a magnetic signal from the first coil around the receptacle on the first vehicle. The coils are mounted such that the detector coils point in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventors: James Small, Frederick Davidson, Carlos Garcia
  • Patent number: 7798449
    Abstract: A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for flying the first and second vehicles to proximity within a predetermined range and for connecting an umbilical from the second vehicle to the first vehicle in flight. In the illustrative embodiment, the arrangement for connecting includes a targeting system for electromagnetically detecting a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. The targeting system includes a first coil around a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. A seeker is disposed at a first end of said umbilical on the second vehicle. The seeker includes three detector coils adapted to detect a magnetic signal from the first coil around the receptacle on the first vehicle. The coils are mounted such that the detector coils point in different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: James Small, Frederick Davidson, Carlos Garcia
  • Publication number: 20090045290
    Abstract: A system and method for refueling unmanned aerial vehicles. The system is adapted to refuel a first unmanned aerial vehicle from a second unmanned aerial vehicle and includes an arrangement for flying the first and second vehicles to proximity within a predetermined range and for connecting an umbilical from the second vehicle to the first vehicle in flight. In the illustrative embodiment, the arrangement for connecting includes a targeting system for electromagnetically detecting a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. The targeting system includes a first coil around a refueling receptacle on the first vehicle. A seeker is disposed at a first end of said umbilical on the second vehicle. The seeker includes three detector coils adapted to detect a magnetic signal from the first coil around the receptacle on the first vehicle. The coils are mounted such that the detector coils point in different directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2007
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: James Small, Frederick Davidson, Carlos Garcia
  • Publication number: 20080045110
    Abstract: Mattress panels and mattresses (including mattress foundations) that satisfy the rigorous requirements of new and promulgated state and federal regulations regarding flammability of mattresses, such as Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of California department of Consumer Affairs (TB-603) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Standard for Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress/Foundation Sets (16 CFR 1633), are provided. A mattress includes one or more panels of material assembled as a non-quilted, non-perforated, multi-layered structure, wherein the mattress maintains flame and heat resistant integrity when impinged with a gas flame in accordance with the testing protocol set forth in Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of California department of Consumer Affairs (TB-603) and/or in accordance with the testing protocol set forth in U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Standard for Flammability of Mattresses and Mattress/Foundation Sets (16 CFR 1633).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2007
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Inventors: James Small, John Walton
  • Publication number: 20070299302
    Abstract: A medical procedure drape, for use during a diagnostic and theraputic procedures performed on a patient supported by a patient cart, including a cover and a holder for the endoscope. The cover superimposes a portion of the patient and a portion of the patient cart. The endoscope holder is fixed to a boundry of the cover and extends above the level of the patient support surface on the patient cart. The endoscope holder retains and supports the endoscope during insertion and at other such times that the endoscopist may wish set the endoscope aside to perform other tasks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Thomas James Small
  • Publication number: 20070253715
    Abstract: An optical communication system is provided which includes an optical signal transmitter which communicates high bandwidth, high power frequencies. The optical signal transmitter includes a high efficiency/high power optical source such as an optical magnetron or a phased array source of electromagnetic radiation, and a modulator element. The modulator element may be within a resonance cavity of the high efficiency/high power optical source (intra cavity) or external to the cavity (extra cavity). The modulator element serves to modulate output radiation of the high efficiency/high power optical source to produce a modulated high frequency optical signal which may be transmitted through the air. The optical signal transmitter is particularly useful in providing the last mile connection between cable service operators and end users.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventor: James Small