Patents by Inventor Nicolas Gorius

Nicolas Gorius 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).

  • Carbon nano-tube polymer composite mirrors for CubeSat telescope
    Patent number: 11971300
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact, lightweight, cost-efficient ultraviolet-visible-far infrared (UV-VIS-IR) telescope system, covering the 300 nm to 2500 nm (0.3 ?m to 2.5 ?m) spectral range, based on a fast focal-ratio, reflective optics design, and an optical coupling interface appropriate for COTS spectrometers, commensurate with about 1U-2U CubeSat payload volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Shahid Aslam, Tilak Hewagama, Nicolas Gorius, Peter C. Chen, Theodor Kostiuk, John R. Kolasinski
  • System, apparatus and methods for detecting methane leak
    Patent number: 11774355
    Abstract: A methane alert station for detecting methane gas in an environment. The methane alert station comprises a casing, at least one window opening formed in the casing, a infrared transmitting window disposed in the at least one window opening, an infrared light source disposed adjacent to the infrared transmitting window, a hyperbolic mirror disposed in the casing coaxially with a central axis, a Winston cone disposed coaxially with the central axis and spaced from the hyperbolic mirror along the central axis, and a filter-detector arranged coaxially with the central axis and so that the Winston cone is disposed between the hyperbolic mirror and the filter-detector. The infrared light source is configured to emit an outgoing infrared light from the casing. The filter-detector is configured to measure a methane gas concentration in the environment by measuring an absorption of infrared radiation of the methane gas at specific wavelength bandwidths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Shahid Aslam, Gerard Quilligan, Nicolas Gorius, Conor Nixon
  • Compact non-dispersive infrared gas analyzer
    Patent number: 11391672
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring vapor partial pressures of water and carbon dioxide includes a pair of infrared (IR) sources and a pair of quad filter detectors are placed opposite to one another such that the vapor partial pressures of water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) is measured and quantified in a short pathlength gas cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Shahid Aslam, Daniel P. Glavin, Gerard T. Quilligan, Nicolas Gorius, Perry A. Gerakines, John R. Kolasinski, Dat Tran, Todd C. Purser
  • Thermopile bias method for low voltage infrared readout integrated circuits
    Patent number: 11293809
    Abstract: An apparatus include one or more DACs and a resistor divider are configured to generate a variable bias voltage VBIAS with respect to a CM voltage VCM. The CM voltage VCM is applied to a cathode of one or more thermopiles or a negative input of one or more amplifiers to prevent saturation and over range of one or more low voltage readout amplifiers and one or more ADCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Gerard Quilligan, Shahid Aslam, Nicolas Gorius, Daniel Glavin, John Kolasinski, Dat Tran
  • Thermopile bias method for low voltage infrared readout integrated circuits
    Patent number: 10746594
    Abstract: An apparatus include one or more DACs and a resistor divider are configured to generate a variable bias voltage VBIAS with respect to a CM voltage VCM. The CM voltage VCM is applied to a cathode of one or more thermopiles or a negative input of one or more amplifiers to prevent saturation and over range of one or more low voltage readout amplifiers and one or more ADCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Administrator of NASA
    Inventors: Gerard Quilligan, Shahid Aslam, Nicolas Gorius, Daniel Glavin, John Kolasinski, Dat Tran