Patents by Inventor Robert MCHENRY

Robert MCHENRY 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).

  • Publication number: 20240163370
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call to a mobile device, determining whether the call includes call content data intended for the mobile device, initiating an active session and a time to live (TTL) associated with the call content data, forwarding the call content data to the mobile device when the call includes call content data associated with the caller, and receiving a content confirmation from the mobile device that the call content data was received.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Knuth, Brandon Wayne Murphy, Mark Bradley McHenry, Jay Todd Callaway, Rafael De Melo Aroxa, Matthew Jack Beckham
  • Patent number: 11971225
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal emissivity control system. The system may have a segmented array that makes use of a thermally conductive base layer configured to be connectable to an external heat generating subsystem, with the base layer including a thermally emissive surface. The array may also have a plurality of actuation elements at least one of positioned on or adjacent to the thermally emissive surface. A plurality of movable shutter elements is disposed adjacent one another in a grid pattern, and controlled in movement by the actuation elements to create gaps of controllably varying dimension therebetween. The shutter elements control at least one of a magnitude of, or direction of, thermal radiation through the gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Bright Silicon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Matthew Panas, Cynthia Dawn Walker Panas, Robert Mchenry
  • Patent number: 11949814
    Abstract: One example method of operation may include identifying a call to a mobile device, determining whether the call includes call content data intended for the mobile device, initiating an active session and a time to live (TTL) associated with the call content data, forwarding the call content data to the mobile device when the call includes call content data associated with the caller, and receiving a content confirmation from the mobile device that the call content data was received.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: FIRST ORION CORP.
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Knuth, Brandon Wayne Murphy, Mark Bradley McHenry, Jay Todd Callaway, Rafael De Melo Aroxa, Matthew Jack Beckham
  • Patent number: 11789333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for modifying temporal dispersion in an optical signal. The system makes use of a segmented array including a plurality of independently controllable, reflective optical elements. The optical elements are configured to segment a received input optical signal into a plurality of beamlets, and to reflect and steer selected ones of the plurality of beamlets in predetermined angular orientations therefrom. A variable optical dispersion subsystem is used which has a plurality of optical components configured to receive and impart different predetermined time delays to different ones of the received beamlets, and to output the plurality of beamlets therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Bright Silicon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Matthew Panas, Frank Ravizza, Robert McHenry
  • Publication number: 20220382121
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a coherent aperture array system for steering an optical source beam. The system may have a plurality of spaced apart, steerable emitters each being able to be mechanically aimed at a remote target location to steer portions of the source beam toward the target location. Each steerable emitter has a subaperture controllable independently of a remaining reflective surface of its associated steerable emitter, to receive and reflect a subportion of the source beam portion. The subportion forms a sense beam which is reflected toward a phase imaging system. A separate reference beam is created from the portion of the source beam travelling toward each steerable emitter. Each sense beam and each reference beam are thus associated uniquely with one of the steerable emitters. A phase imaging system is responsive to each of the reference beams and the sense beams, and determines phase differences between the portions of the source beam being transmitted from each steerable emitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Matthew PANAS, Robert MCHENRY, David Brent MARQUAND, Eric Peter MCNAUL
  • Publication number: 20220333879
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermal emissivity control system. The system may have a segmented array that makes use of a thermally conductive base layer configured to be connectable to an external heat generating subsystem, with the base layer including a thermally emissive surface. The array may also have a plurality of actuation elements at least one of positioned on or adjacent to the thermally emissive surface. A plurality of movable shutter elements is disposed adjacent one another in a grid pattern, and controlled in movement by the actuation elements to create gaps of controllably varying dimension therebetween. The shutter elements control at least one of a magnitude of, or direction of, thermal radiation through the gaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Matthew PANAS, Cynthia Dawn Walker PANAS, Robert MCHENRY
  • Publication number: 20220276544
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system for modifying temporal dispersion in an optical signal. The system makes use of a segmented array including a plurality of independently controllable, reflective optical elements. The optical elements are configured to segment a received input optical signal into a plurality of beamlets, and to reflect and steer selected ones of the plurality of beamlets in predetermined angular orientations therefrom. A variable optical dispersion subsystem is used which has a plurality of optical components configured to receive and impart different predetermined time delays to different ones of the received beamlets, and to output the plurality of beamlets therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Matthew PANAS, Frank RAVIZZA, Robert MCHENRY
  • Publication number: 20220154766
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cross-pivot flexure system. In one embodiment the system may incorporate a center post element having a first head at a first end thereof, and a second head at a second end thereof. The first head may be arranged along a first longitudinal axis and the second head may be arranged along a second longitudinal axis. The first head may be attached to an immovable ground element through at least one first cross-pivot element for enabling rotational movement about the first longitudinal axis, while the second head may be attached to a motion stage flexure via at least one second cross-pivot element. This construction permits rotational movement of the second head about the second rotational axis. The first and second longitudinal axes are further arranged so that they intersect one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Matthew PANAS, Jonathan HOPKINS, Robert MCHENRY