Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Barnum

Thomas J. Barnum 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).

  • SUBMERSIBLE VESSEL DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20110311231
    Abstract: A data communications system is provided comprising a submersible home vessel, a submersible satellite vessel, and a flexible dielectric waveguide cable. The flexible dielectric waveguide cable comprises an exposed dielectric face configured to transmit electromagnetic millimeter wave radiation. The submersible home vessel comprises a transparent pressure boundary that is configured to be functionally transparent to electromagnetic millimeter wave radiation and to permit unguided propagation of the electromagnetic millimeter wave radiation. The submersible home vessel further comprises a coupling portion that is configured to secure the dielectric face in a position that enables the transmission of unguided millimeter wave radiation across the transparent pressure boundary to a MMW detector within the submersible home vessel. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Richard W. Ridgway, David W. Nippa, Stephen Yen, Thomas J. Barnum