Patents by Inventor Patrick Carver

Patrick Carver 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: 11994369
    Abstract: A payload conducted electrical weapon (“CEW”) may include a housing configured to house at least a plurality of electrodes and a signal generator. The payload CEW may be removably inserted into a bay of a launcher. The launcher may be mounted on a vehicle. The plurality of electrodes may be configured to be launched from the housing. The housing may be configured to be launched from the bay of the launcher simultaneously with or after the plurality of electrodes are launched. The signal generator may be configured to transmit a stimulus signal through the plurality of electrodes. The signal generator may be configured to transmit the stimulus signal before, during, and/or after the housing is launched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Axon Enterprise, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick W. Smith, Magne Nerheim, Brandy Shaffer, Gabriel Othman, Matthew Carver, Brian Slaughter, Brian Fairbanks, Mark Eastwood, Jackson Dewitt, Oleg Nemtyshkin
  • Publication number: 20240132239
    Abstract: A drone pod may receive, stow, and launch a drone. The drone pod may include a housing, a canopy movably coupled to the housing, a platform movably coupled to the housing, and a drone bay. The drone pod may be configured to move the canopy to expose the drone bay and raise the platform relative to a floor of the drone bay to receive the drone, lower the platform toward the floor of the drone bay and move the canopy to enclose the drone bay to stow the drone, move the canopy to expose the drone bay and raise the platform relative to the floor of the drone bay to launch the drone. The drone pod may be mounted on a vehicle. A system may include a drone pod and a drone, wherein the drone pod is configured to receive, stow, and launch the drone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Patrick SMITH, Hans MORITZ, Mark EASTWOOD, Brian FAIRBANKS, Nathan PATULSKI, Matthew CARVER
  • Patent number: 11427346
    Abstract: Cable retainer apparatuses for retaining a cable, and aircraft and methods including such apparatuses are provided. In one example, a cable retainer for retaining a cable proximate a surface of an aircraft includes a cable retainer. The cable retainer is configured to retain the cable. A fairing is disposed about the cable retainer and is configured to couple to the aircraft to support the cable retainer adjacent to the surface of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Berceli, Paul Bradford, Aaron Willson, Patrick King, Robert Norris, Patrick Carver, David Bryk
  • Patent number: 10919634
    Abstract: A pressure delay mechanism is disclosed. In various embodiments, the mechanism includes a triggering mechanism operably coupled to an input signal port and to an output signal port and configured to transmit a signal from the input signal port to the output signal port and a differential pressure mechanism operably coupled to an exterior pressure input and to an interior pressure input and configured to lock the triggering mechanism during a first state of pressure difference and to unlock the triggering mechanism during a second state of pressure difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Goodrich Corporation
    Inventors: German Ramirez, Patrick Carver
  • Publication number: 20200102088
    Abstract: Cable retainer apparatuses for retaining a cable, and aircraft and methods including such apparatuses are provided. In one example, a cable retainer for retaining a cable proximate a surface of an aircraft includes a cable retainer. The cable retainer is configured to retain the cable. A fairing is disposed about the cable retainer and is configured to couple to the aircraft to support the cable retainer adjacent to the surface of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Berceli, Paul Bradford, Aaron Willson, Patrick King, Robert Norris, Patrick Carver, David Bryk
  • Publication number: 20200002012
    Abstract: A pressure delay mechanism is disclosed. In various embodiments, the mechanism includes a triggering mechanism operably coupled to an input signal port and to an output signal port and configured to transmit a signal from the input signal port to the output signal port and a differential pressure mechanism operably coupled to an exterior pressure input and to an interior pressure input and configured to lock the triggering mechanism during a first state of pressure difference and to unlock the triggering mechanism during a second state of pressure difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: German Ramirez, Patrick Carver
  • Publication number: 20190249971
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a low energy explosive transfer adapter. The low energy explosive transfer adapter may comprise an adapter housing comprising a firing pin chamber situated within the adapter housing comprising an inlet and a stopping surface opposite the inlet. The low energy explosive transfer adapter may further comprise a primer chamber connected to the firing pin chamber and an output tube connected to the primer chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Wilson, Patrick Carver, German Ramirez