Patents Assigned to Omnitek Partners, LLC
  • INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FOR SELF-POWERED PIEZOELECTRIC-BASED ACCELERATION PULSE EVENT DETECTION WITH FALSE TRIGGER PROTECTION LOGIC AND APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20180033949
    Abstract: An inertial switch including piezoelectric and external event detection circuitry
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Ziyuan Feng
  • LASER ACTIVATED INITIATION DEVICES WITH SELF-POWERED EVENT DETECTION AND ARMING LOGIC AND FALSE TRIGGER PROTECTION FOR MUNITIONS
    Publication number: 20180031357
    Abstract: A laser activated initiation device including: a piezoelectric element; a capacitor; a self-powered acceleration pulse event detection with false trigger protection circuit; a switch reset circuit; and a switching circuit; wherein when the piezoelectric element is subjected to an acceleration pulse the piezoelectric element generates an open-circuit charge profile to charge the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Ziyuan Feng
  • Heat Supply For Thermal Battery and Thermal Battery Having the Heat Supply
    Publication number: 20180013152
    Abstract: A thermal battery including: a casing; a battery cell disposed in the casing; a heat generating pyrotechnic material, separate from the battery cell, at least partially surrounding the battery cell; and insulation disposed between the heat generating pyrotechnic material and the casing, wherein the heat generating pyrotechnic material is disposed in a flattened tube having a flat cross-section where at least two sides are substantially parallel, the flattened tube being spirally wound to form a shape corresponding to a complimentary shape of at least a portion of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S Rastegar
  • Modular Contaminant Filtering System For Rain Water Run-Off, Emergency Spills, and Isolated Regular Discharge Flows
    Publication number: 20170348620
    Abstract: A method for filtering one or more of run-off fluid, chemical spills and facility discharge, the method including: storing a first portion of the one or more of run-off fluid, chemical spills and facility discharge in a first compartment; discharging additional fluid from an overflow in the first compartment when a volume capacity of the first compartment is full; in a second compartment in fluid communication with the first compartment, filtering the one or more of run-off fluid, chemical spills and facility discharge stored in the first compartment that is not discharged through the overflow, and discharging filtered fluid from the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S. Rastegar
  • Very Low Power Actuation Devices
    Publication number: 20170343328
    Abstract: A munition including: a control surface actuation device including: an actuator comprising two or more pistons, each of the pistons being movable between an extended and retracted position, the retracted position resulting from an activation of each of the two or more pistons; and a rotatable plate having a pocket corresponding to each of the two or more pistons, each pocket being engageable with a corresponding portion of each of the two or more pistons, a distance between the pockets being different than a distance between the portions of the two or more pistons, such that activation of the portion into the corresponding pocket sequentially rotates the plate; and a control surface operatively connected to the plate such that rotation of the plate rotates the control surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Jacques Fischer
  • Methods and devices for usage of sunscreen lotions
    Patent number: 9816857
    Abstract: A method for calculating a rate of UV radiation absorbed by a user's skin including: capturing image data of an area of the user's skin; determining a skin tone of the user's skin based on the captured image data; calculating a rate of UV radiation absorption for the determined skin tone; measuring an amount of UV radiation exposed to the user's skin; and calculating a rate of UV radiation that would be absorbed by the user's skin based on the user's skin tone and the amount of UV radiation exposed to the user's skin. The method can further comprise calculating an amount of time that the user can be exposed to the amount of UV radiation exposed to the user's skin based on predetermined criteria. The predetermined criteria can at least include an SPF level of sunscreen applied to the user's skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Harbans Dhadwal, Thomas Spinelli
  • Countermeasure Flares
    Publication number: 20170314896
    Abstract: A flare including: a casing; and a grain assembly, at least a portion of the grain assembly being slidably disposed in the casing, the grain assembly including: a shell structure; and a grain component at least partially disposed in the shell structure, the grain component including at least one combustible material and at least one reactive material positioned relative to the combustible material and configured to ignite combustion of the at least one combustible material; wherein the shell structure includes one or more nozzles at an aft end of the shell structure for generating a thrust resulting from ignition of the at least one combustible material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Richard T. Murray, Gretel Raibeck, Jay Poret, Brandon Andreola, Andrew Zimmer
  • Countermeasure Flares
    Publication number: 20170314897
    Abstract: A flare including: a casing; and a grain assembly, at least a portion of the grain assembly being slidably disposed in the casing, the grain assembly including: a shell structure; and a grain component at least partially disposed in the shell structure, the grain component including at least one combustible material and at least one reactive material positioned relative to the combustible material and configured to ignite combustion of the at least one combustible material; wherein the shell structure includes one or more fins at an aft end of the shell structure, the one or more fins being restrained into a first shape in the casing and configured to have a second shape, different from the first shape, when the restraint is removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. R, Richard T. Murray, Gretel RaibeckR, Jay Poret, Brandon Andreola, Andrew Zimmer
  • Method for providing electrical energy to a self-destruct fuze for submunitions contained in a projectile
    Patent number: 9791251
    Abstract: A method for providing electrical energy in a projectile upon an expulsion acceleration of the projectile. The method including: using a firing acceleration of the projectile to deform at least one elastic element to store mechanical energy in the elastic element; locking the elastic element in the deformed position; and unlocking the elastic element due to the expulsion acceleration to vibrate the at least one elastic element and apply a cyclic force to at least one piezoelectric element to convert the stored mechanical energy to electrical energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: OMNITEK PARTNERS, LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Richard T Murray, Chris Janow, Richard Dratler
  • Shape and Pressure Adjustable Dressing
    Publication number: 20170273831
    Abstract: A dressing for application to skin, the dressing including: a portion; an adhesive applied on a surface of the portion for adhering the portion to the skin; an elastic member associated with the portion and restrained into a first shape; and a restraining member connected to the elastic member to maintain the elastic member in the first shape; wherein when the restraining member is removed from restraining the elastic member, the elastic member moves towards an unrestrained second shape to one or more of elongate or reduce a dimension of the portion to apply a pressure to corresponding portions of the skin; and the elastic member has a circular shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Thomas Spinelli
  • Methods and Devices For Guidance and Control of High-Spin Stabilized Rounds
    Publication number: 20170268859
    Abstract: A method for deploying a control surface from an exterior surface of a spinning projectile during flight is provided. The method including: at least partially retracting the control surface into an interior of the projectile for a portion of a full revolution of the spinning projectile and extending the control surface from the interior of the projectile for another portion of the full revolution of the spinning projectile; and maintaining the control surface in a same plane during the full revolution of the spinning projectile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S. Rastegar, Jacques Fischer
  • Method and Apparatus for High Contrast Imaging
    Publication number: 20170237885
    Abstract: An apparatus for improving contrast in an image captured by an imaging sensor. The apparatus including: an objective optical system positioned in an optical path of illumination light on an object; an image sensor positioned in the optical path such that light from the objective optical system is incident on the image sensor; a device having a variable transparency positioned at a focal plane of the objective optical system; and a processor configured to: detect a bright spot on the image sensor; and control the device to change a transparency of a portion of the device corresponding to the detected bright spot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Publication date: August 17, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Harbans Dhadwal, Jahangir S. Rastegar, Dake Feng
  • Chisel Head Attachment For Electric Drills and Screw Drivers and the Like and Electric Chisels
    Publication number: 20170197305
    Abstract: A method for producing impacts from rotary motion, the method including: inputting the rotary motion to an input shaft, converting the rotary motion to a linear motion; storing potential energy in one or more elastic elements resulting from the linear motion; and releasing the stored potential energy when the stored potential energy reaches a predetermined level to accelerate an impact mass to produce the impact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S. Rastegar
  • Deployable and Smart Car Bumper
    Publication number: 20170197573
    Abstract: A method for protecting an automobile, the method including: detecting one or more conditions indicative of an impending collision; and deploying one or more bumpers on the automobile for absorbing at least some energy of the collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S. Rastegar
  • Countermeasure flares
    Patent number: 9702670
    Abstract: Methods and devices for ejecting a grain assembly from a casing of a flare. Where a combustible material in the casing is ignited to eject the grain assembly and one or more of the following features are provided to the device: imparting a spin on the grain assembly after it is ejected from the casing, stabilizing a flight of the grain assembly or generating a thrust from an aft end of the grain assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Richard T Murray, Gretel Raibeck, Jay Poret, Brandon Andreola, Andrew Zimmer
  • Boardwalk and Sidewalk System With Dual Use As Flood Control Barrier
    Publication number: 20170175352
    Abstract: A walkway including: a foundation base at least partially embedded in ground adjacent to a body of water; first and second supports, at least the first support being connected to the foundation base; a plank having a surface for use by pedestrians to travel along a shoreline, the plank having a first end rotatably connected to the first support and having a second end supported on the second support, the surface being exposed for use by the pedestrians when the plank is in a first position where the second end is supported by the second support, the plank having a length between the first and second supports; and a lifting mechanism operatively connected to the plank to rotate the plank from the first position to a second position where the length of the plank is oriented in a first direction to impede a rising height of the body of water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Ali Farhadzadeh, Jahangir S Rastegar
  • Methods for Generating Power From Miniature Electrical Generators and Power Sources
    Publication number: 20170179791
    Abstract: A method for generating electrical power, the method including: storing potential energy in an elastic element having one end attached to a shaft and another end attached to a structure upon rotation of the shaft relative to the structure in a first angular direction; and moving a retaining mechanism between an engaged position for retaining the shaft from rotating in a second angular direction opposite to the first angular direction and a power generating position permitting the shaft to rotate in the second angular direction; wherein when the retaining mechanism is moved to the power generating position, the stored potential energy in the elastic element is converted to kinetic energy to rotate the shaft which in turn rotates a generator operatively coupled to the shaft so as to produce electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S. Rastegar
  • Very Low-Power Actuation Devices
    Publication number: 20170146328
    Abstract: A munition including: a casing having a first portion and the second portion; and an actuator comprising two or more pistons, each of the pistons being connected at a first end to the first portion of the casing and engaged at a second end to the second portion of the casing, each of the pistons being capable of having an extended and retracted position relative to the first and second ends, the retracted position resulting from an activation of each of the two or more pistons; wherein activation of one or more of the two or more pistons moves the first portion relative to the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2017
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventors: Jahangir S Rastegar, Jacques Fischer
  • Manually Operated Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Electronic Circuitry
    Publication number: 20170133954
    Abstract: An electrical energy harvesting device for harvesting electrical energy from a pulsed impact loading event. The device including: a piezoelectric element configured to be loaded and unloaded to a first load level by the pulsed impact loading event; and a first inductor coupled to the piezoelectric element configured to be loaded and unloaded to a second load level by the pulsed impact loading event, wherein the piezoelectric element and the first inductor together operate as a first inductor/capacitor (LC) resonant circuit having a first resonance frequency and wherein the loading of the first inductor lags in time the loading of the piezoelectric element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Applicant: Omnitek Partners LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S. Rastegar
  • Method for displaying successive image frames on a display to stabilize the display of a selected feature in the image frames
    Patent number: 9633437
    Abstract: A method for displaying successive image frames on a display. The method including: processing image data containing the successive image frames to identify features in an image frame and to display the image frame to a user with two or more of the identified features highlighted; manually selecting one of the identified features by a user; determining a portion of a subsequent image frame in which the selected feature is likely to be present; and if the selected feature is found in the portion of the subsequent image frame, displaying the subsequent image frame to change the position of the selected feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: OMNITEK PARTNERS LLC
    Inventor: Jahangir S Rastegar