Patents by Inventor Patrick Jacobs
Patrick Jacobs 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).
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Patent number: 10034182Abstract: Detection and mitigation of signal conflict, such as a primary synchronization signal conflict, between broadcast cells in a wireless communication network is provided. Multiple broadcast cells may be provided in the network to provide sectors of coverage. A mobile communication device may operate within the network and attempt to attach to one or more of the broadcast cells. A synchronization signal conflict between neighboring broadcast cells may be identified and mitigated using one or more adjustments to the broadcast cells or signals emitted therefrom, which may allow for improved network performance, among other benefits.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 24, 2018Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Chaitanya Chukka, Matthew J. Masters, Patrick Jacob Schmidt, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger
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Publication number: 20170254455Abstract: A flanged sealing ring which is used to seal a pipe connection is produced from a material having a metal fraction distributed substantially homogeneously in the flanged sealing ring. The flanged sealing ring can be used in a device for detecting components of a flanged sealing ring in a pipeline system that includes a plurality of pipes, at least two of which are held against each other at a flange in such a way that sealing is effected by a flanged sealing ring. Using a metal detector and a gate for removing a metal-containing substance from the pipeline, which gate is arranged behind the metal detector in the conveying direction, the flanged sealing ring can then be detected, and therefore, when components of the flanged sealing ring detach, detection can be performed at the metal detector and discharging can be performed at the gate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2014Publication date: September 7, 2017Inventors: Bernhard BRENDEL, Uwe SCHMIDT, Uwe BRAUN, Patrick JACOB
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Patent number: 9736846Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for providing improved network performance in wireless communications networks using intelligent radiation selection are provided. A radio is communicatively coupled to an antenna and configured to provide a signal to the antenna for broadcast from a cell site. One or more input components are communicatively coupled to the radio to provide information on at least one of an internal or an external condition of the antenna, so that the radio can adjust or modify the signal provided to the antenna to change an emitted pattern of radiation from the antenna to reduce signal loss, or recover or help maintain an area of coverage provided by the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2015Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Chaitanya Chukka, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Wilbur E Hill, Patrick Jacob Schmidt
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Patent number: 9705177Abstract: Antenna mount systems and methods for deploying small cells are disclosed. The antenna mount system may include an outer housing and an inner antenna enclosure at least partly positioned inside the outer housing, with the inner antenna enclosure movably coupled to the outer housing. The antenna mount system can include an orientation member that can aid in maintaining a particular orientation of an antenna so as to maintain a radiation pattern substantially on a defined area, independent of the position of the antenna mount system.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Patrick Jacob Schmidt, Wilbur E. Hill, Chaitanya Chukka, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger
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Publication number: 20160369089Abstract: A lightweight ablator formulation has been developed which offers superior thermal performance compared to current state of the art ablator formulations. The lightweight ablator formulations described herein typically include at least one endothermically decomposing (energy absorbing) material with a fluxing agent resulting in significantly reduced backface temperature response and a more stable surface. According to one implementation the ablator composition comprises about 30 to about 70 percent by weight of a base silicone resin, about 25 to about 67 percent by weight of a low-density filler, about 3 to about 7 percent by weight of a curing agent and greater than 0 and up to about 10 percent by weight of a boron-containing compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: Kelly Jonathan COURTER, Patrick Jacob MOBERS, Bryan BREWER
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Publication number: 20160353680Abstract: The present invention provides tomatillo ideotypes and tomatillo plants with machine harvestable traits combined with desirable agronomic traits. The present invention also provides methods of making such plants and methods of using such plants to produce additional machine harvestable tomatillo plants.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2015Publication date: December 8, 2016Inventors: Flavio Ramos DOMINGUEZ, Joseph Patrick JACOBS
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Publication number: 20160325857Abstract: A method of forming a thermal protection system for high speed aircraft is described. The method includes mechanically working an uncured ablator material into a first surface of a felt layer such that the ablator material penetrates a distance into a thickness of the felt layer thereby forming an region that has a mixture of felt and ablator material, adding additional uncured ablator material to the worked ablator material, and curing the combined ablator material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2016Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Bryan Clark Brewer, Patrick Jacob Mobers
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Patent number: 9458356Abstract: A lightweight ablator formulation has been developed which offers superior thermal performance compared to current state of the art ablator formulations. The lightweight ablator formulations described herein typically include at least one endothermically decomposing (energy absorbing) material with a fluxing agent resulting in significantly reduced backface temperature response and a more stable surface. According to one implementation the ablator composition comprises about 30 to about 70 percent by weight of a base silicone resin, about 25 to about 67 percent by weight of a low-density filler, about 3 to about 7 percent by weight of a curing agent and greater than 0 and up to about 10 percent by weight of a boron-containing compound.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Kelly Jonathan Courter, Patrick Jacob Mobers, Bryan Brewer
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Patent number: 9414224Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media, for facilitating identification of antenna ports. In some embodiments, the method includes receiving a test signal transmitted through a physical path to an antenna port. Upon receiving a test signal, a response can be provided that includes an indication of the antenna port that received the test signal. Such a response signal can be provided in any number of manners.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2012Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Patrick Jacob Schmidt, Joshua Torey Koenig
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Patent number: 9392468Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing adaptive beamforming techniques in LTE networks are provided. In embodiments, the method includes identifying user devices associated with device to device (D2D) groups in a sector. Unused static uplink beams provided by the sector are determined. In embodiments, the unused static uplink beams are allocated to user devices associated with the D2D groups. The unused static uplink beams are reallocated for other activities.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2013Date of Patent: July 12, 2016Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Patrick Jacob Schmidt
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Patent number: 9369161Abstract: A method, system, and medium are provided for mitigating radio-frequency (RF) interference at a remote radio head (RRH) of a base station due to non-linearity in at least one of the RRH components. RF-interference indicators received from one or more user devices are monitored. When the RF-interference indicators indicate that RF interference at the RRH is above a predefined threshold, then a power amplifier associated with the RRH is adjusted to operate in a saturation mode thereby reducing the generation of inter-modulation products and reducing RF interference at the RRH. When the RF-interference indicators indicate that RF interference at the RRH is below the predefined threshold, then the power amplifier is adjusted to operate in an active mode thereby optimizing signal gain.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2014Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Chaitanya Chukka, Andrew M. Wurtenberger, Patrick Jacob Schmidt, Sreekar Marupaduga
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Patent number: 9319991Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for dynamically adjusting power settings based on a gain mapping file are provided. In embodiments, the method includes receiving and interpreting a gain mapping file associated with an antenna. Transmit power levels are determined for each channel associated with the antenna. Transmit power levels are adjusted according to the determination and each channel is adjusted to have identical gain.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Joshua Torey Koenig, Sreekar Marupaduga, Nicholas David Caola Kullman, Patrick Jacob Schmidt
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Patent number: 9283711Abstract: A method of forming a thermal protection system for high speed aircraft is described. The method includes mechanically working an uncured ablator material into a first surface of a felt layer such that the ablator material penetrates a distance into a thickness of the felt layer thereby forming an region that has a mixture of felt and ablator material, adding additional uncured ablator material to the worked ablator material, and curing the combined ablator material.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Bryan Clark Brewer, Patrick Jacob Mobers
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Publication number: 20150376452Abstract: A lightweight ablator formulation has been developed which offers superior thermal performance compared to current state of the art ablator formulations. The lightweight ablator formulations described herein typically include at least one endothermically decomposing (energy absorbing) material with a fluxing agent resulting in significantly reduced backface temperature response and a more stable surface. According to one implementation the ablator composition comprises about 30 to about 70 percent by weight of a base silicone resin, about 25 to about 67 percent by weight of a low-density filler, about 3 to about 7 percent by weight of a curing agent and greater than 0 and up to about 10 percent by weight of a boron-containing compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: December 31, 2015Inventors: Kelly Jonathan Courter, Patrick Jacob Mobers
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Patent number: 9002404Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for migrating from coaxial cable to hybrid cable base station installations with zero or partial down-time are provided. In embodiments, the method includes determining, based on operational measurement data, a sector associated with a base station having the least traffic. Each sector supported by two conduits feeding two coaxial cables to an antenna. A channel count associated with the determined sector is reduced so that all transmits fit on a single coaxial cable resulting in an unused conduit and an unused coaxial cable. A hybrid cable is installed and activated so that all traffic for the determined sector is moved to the hybrid cable. Additional hybrid cables are installed to replace unused coaxial cables until traffic for all sectors has been moved to hybrid cables, which frees half the conduits for other use.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Andrew Mark Wurtenberger, Sreekar Marupaduga, Patrick Jacob Schmidt
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Publication number: 20140118799Abstract: A portable camera for recording and displaying an image of an object such as printed paper wherein the camera is arranged to be positioned on an object to be recorded wherein the cameras is provided with an outer lower surface which is arranged to be in contact with the object if the camera is positioned on the object, a light sensitive sensor for obtaining an image of at least a portion of the object, a display and processing means for processing the image obtained by means of the sensor and for displaying at least a portion of the recorded image on the display in a possible magnified form, wherein the camera is provided with at least one lighting unit for lighting the object to be recorded when the camera is positioned on the object, wherein the camera is arranged such that light rays of the at least one lighting unit which are, in use, submitted to the object are directly submitted to the object, possibly via a mirror and/or a lens wherein the lighting unit is arranged within the camera such that if the obType: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2012Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: Optelec Development B.V.Inventor: Ronald Patrick Jacob Qurinus Van Der Snoek
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Publication number: 20120041490Abstract: A minimally invasive system and method for coupling a spinal rod to a plurality of bone anchors implanted into a plurality of vertebral bodies. A plurality of bottom-loading polyaxial anchor seat assemblies having different vertical heights are chosen to pop over the heads of the implanted bone anchors and a spinal rod is more easily introduced and secured to the bone anchors. The variety of different heights that characterize the plurality of polyaxial anchor seat assemblies allows a surgeon to intraoperatively choose the appropriate offset for a particular spinal level during spinal corrections.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2009Publication date: February 16, 2012Applicant: Synthes USA, LLCInventors: R. Patrick Jacob, Eric McDivitt, Joseph Capozzoli, Thomas Keyer
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Patent number: 7855648Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is disclosed. The RFID tag can include a blank onto which indicia is printed. The blank may further have an RFID chip and antenna disposed thereon. The blank may further be mounted on a carrier web and may also be laminated. The laminated RFID tag may then be disposed into a container and may be used for storing and transmitting information regarding the container or its contents.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2007Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: Avery Dennison CorporationInventors: Patrick Jacob Vigneron, Peter Phaneuf
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Patent number: 7497815Abstract: An exercise assembly designed to exercise the upper body including the arms, shoulders, upper back and muscles associated therewith. The exercise assembly is thereby particularly, but not exclusively, adapted for use by an injured person or invalid having limited use of the legs and/or lower torso. A track assembly includes two track segments disposed in a convergent configuration and at least partially defining an open end dimensioned to receive a user, when in a seated, substantially upright position, at least partially therebetween. The user accesses two hand grips each linearly and reciprocally along the separate track segments. A resistance assembly includes a line interconnecting the hand grips and an adjustable resistance mechanism engaging the line so as to apply a movement restricting force thereto. An adjustable resistance is thereby applied to the linear, push/pull movement of the hand grips, as applied by the user.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2003Date of Patent: March 3, 2009Inventors: John Caden, John Hawk, Patrick Jacobs, Martin Thompson
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Publication number: 20090045963Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is disclosed. The RFID tag can include a blank onto which indicia is printed. The blank may further have an RFID chip and antenna disposed thereon. The blank may further be mounted on a carrier web and may also be laminated. The laminated RFID tag may then be disposed into a container and may be used for storing and transmitting information regarding the container or its contents.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Inventors: Patrick Jacob Vigneron, Peter Phaneuf