Patents by Inventor Michelle A. Winston

Michelle A. Winston 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).

  • MENSTRUAL FLUID SIMULANT
    Publication number: 20240151706
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to menstrual fluid simulant compositions that mimic the properties of real menstrual fluid, where the menstrual fluid simulant compositions comprise vesicle dispersions of quaternary ammonium compounds and linear polymers. The present disclosure also relates to related methods and uses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Jan CLAUSSEN, Behzad MOHEBBI, Christian NEU, Alexandra WOLF, Raffaele GRAZIANO, Laura BORDÓN VILORIA, Dennis Winston WOERTGE, Pieter Jan Maria SAVEYN, Michelle Natasha ADAMS-HUGHES, Christopher Philip BEWICK-SONNTAG, Marc Johan DECLERCQ
  • Determination of weapons fratricide probability
    Patent number: 8776664
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for determining fratricide probability of projectile collision from a projectile launcher on a platform and an interception hazard that can be ejected or launched from a deployment position. The platform can represent a combat vessel, with the projectile launcher being a gun, the interception hazard being a missile, and the deployment position being a vertical launch cell. The projectile launcher operates within an angular area called the firing zone of the platform. The method includes determining the firing zone, calculating an angular firing area, quantifying a frontal area of the interception hazard, translating the resulting frontal area across a flight trajectory, sweeping the projectile launcher to produce a slew angle, combining the slew and trajectory, and dividing the combined interception area by the firing area. The firing and interception areas are calculated using spherical projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Bland, Michelle A. Winston
  • Determination of weapons fratricide probability
    Publication number: 20120312876
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method is provided for determining fratricide probability of projectile collision from a projectile launcher on a platform and an interception hazard that can be ejected or launched from a deployment position. The platform can represent a combat vessel, with the projectile launcher being a gun, the interception hazard being a missile, and the deployment position being a vertical launch cell. The projectile launcher operates within an angular area called the firing zone of the platform. The method includes determining the firing zone, calculating an angular firing area, quantifying a frontal area of the interception hazard, translating the resulting frontal area across a flight trajectory, sweeping the projectile launcher to produce a slew angle, combining the slew and trajectory, and dividing the combined interception area by the firing area. The firing and interception areas are calculated using spherical projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: United States Government, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Geoffrey A. Bland, Michelle A. Winston