Patents Assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
  • Plasma-Enabled Liquid Filtration and Decontamination
    Publication number: 20230278896
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for decontaminating both contaminated waters and sorbent filter media, either separately or simultaneously, in a single system. Contaminants in a liquid flowing through a reaction chamber are removed by first generating a plasma within the liquid in the chamber, with the contaminants being broken into smaller particles at the interfaces between the generated plasma and the liquid. The combined plasma-liquid solution is then passed through a solid filter, which captures the smaller contaminant particles to decontaminate the liquid. To decontaminate the filter media, plasma flows through the filter material without the presence of liquid, the plasma reacting with the filter material to remove contaminants previously adsorbed by the filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Scott G. Walton, William A. Maza, Michael J. Johnson, David R. Boris, Vanessa M. Breslin, Grant C. Daniels, Robert B. Balow
  • Counter UAV drone system using electromagnetic pulse
    Patent number: 11747116
    Abstract: In general, the present invention is directed to airborne security measures and more specifically to a device and method to defeat in total a plurality of approaching Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with a single sacrificial intercepting drone. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the intercepting drone may be configured with an attached Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) generation device capable of producing a sufficiently intense EMP burst to completely disable all approaching UAVs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Steven Craig Furlong, Timothy Michael Lang
  • Compact self-centering compliant joint
    Patent number: 11745363
    Abstract: A self-centering compliant joint for connecting an actuator and an effector, provides five degrees of freedom, minimizes the effects of side loads, transfers compressive loads into tensile loads on internal components, and self-centers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Michael L. Resciniti, Perry S Levitt, Jeremy M. Lamb
  • Metal-porphyrin complexes for the inactivation of the biological activity of opioids
    Patent number: 11744834
    Abstract: A rhodium-loaded porphyrin complex, comprising the porphyrin (meso-tri(4-sulfonatophenyl) mono(4-carboxyphenyl)porphine (C1S3TPP)) with coordinated with rhodium, effectively neutralizes the biological activity of naturally-occurring and synthetic opioids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Okhil Nag, Gregory Ellis, Scott Walper, Jeffrey R. Deschamps, D. Andrew Knight, James B. Delehanty
  • Remotely operated abrasive blasting apparatus, system, and method
    Patent number: 11745309
    Abstract: A remotely operated abrasive blasting apparatus is provided. Systems incorporating the apparatus, and methods of treating surfaces using the apparatus and systems are also provided. The abrasive blasting apparatus eliminates the need for human operators to be present in the area being treated, and allows areas inaccessible to human operators to be treated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Michael Wade
  • Apparatus and method for joining modules in a field configurable autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 11745840
    Abstract: A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The joints connecting the modules are designed such that power and data connections between modules are reliably made.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Eric Seeley, Jacob Snow
  • Noise parameter determination of scalable devices
    Patent number: 11747384
    Abstract: A method to determine noise parameters of a scalable device, is presented in which the determination of the noise parameters of the scalable device is independent of the model adopted for the device. The scalable device is connected as part of a test circuit including a noise source, a recirculator, a first power detector and a second power detector. The first power detector is connected to the recirculator and between the noise source and the scalable device and the second detector is connected to the device under test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Luciano Boglione
  • Three part mixing process for energetic materials and epoxy binder
    Patent number: 11746068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of preparing pre-mixed compositions that can be combined to form pyrotechnic compositions. In exemplary embodiments, a binder ingredient is premixed with the pyrotechnic fuels and can also include other pyrotechnic additives and processing aides. Other binder ingredients can be premixed with the pyrotechnic oxidizers and can also include other pyrotechnic additives and processing aides. The resulting mixtures are not explosive and are therefore easier to store and much safer to handle. These pre-mixed mixtures can be stored in bulk until needed and rapidly combined to achieve final composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Christina Yamamoto, Anthony P. Shaw
  • Method of converting a serial vector format (SVF) file to a vector compatible with a semiconductor testing system
    Patent number: 11747400
    Abstract: Provided is a method for enabling a semiconductor test system for testing field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to operate as a device programmer by converting a serial vector format (SVF) file containing a bitstream and converting the file to a vector compatible with the semiconductor test system. When executed on an HP93K test system, as an example, the vector generates JTAG (Joint Test Action Group) signals, which program the bitstream into a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The inventive method eliminates the need for a separate computer system that is normally required to run FPGA programming software and also eliminates the need to use FPGA vendor provided JTAG programming pods. Eliminating the need for the vendor software, a separate computer system, and programming pods reduces equipment cost, maintenance, and streamlines the electrical test, evaluation, and characterization of FPGAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Daniel M. Dosado
  • Methods for vehicle propulsion
    Patent number: 11745841
    Abstract: A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The vehicle can include a modular propulsion system with magnetic drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Eric Seeley, Logan Harris
  • Patient-specific trackable cutting guides
    Patent number: 11742071
    Abstract: A surgical guide assembly having an attachment device configured to be coupled to a bone. A cut location indicator is coupled to the attachment device. The cut location indicator identifies a location where the bone is to be cut. An arm is coupled to the attachment device, the cut location indicator, or both. A support structure is coupled to the arm. The support structure is configured to have a trackable feature coupled thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF DEFENCE, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventors: Gerald Grant, Peter Liacouras, Chad Gordon, Ryan Murphy, Mehran Armand
  • Systems and method for sorting particles suspended in a fluid
    Patent number: 11738352
    Abstract: A system and method sorts particles suspended in a fluid. The system includes a transverse flow filter and a microfluidic sorter. The transverse flow filter concentrates the particles in a retained portion of the fluid. The microfluidic sorter sorts the particles and includes a delivery channel and at least one sorting stage. The delivery channel is dimensioned to permit passage of all the particles in the retained fluid from the transverse flow filter. The delivery channel delivers the particles in the retained fluid to a respective input for each sorting stage and exhausts a remainder of both the particles and the retained fluid at a drain output. Each sorting stage has a labyrinth of interconnected passageways dimensioned to permit passage from the respective input to a respective output for the sorting stage of those of the particles smaller than a respective size for the sorting stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Patrick Craig Sims, Teresa Emery-Adleman, Andrew B. Sabater, Robert D. George, Kara C. Sorensen, Anna Obraztsova, Pamela A. Boss
  • Single domain antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein
    Patent number: 11739137
    Abstract: A number of single domain antibodies (sdAb, also known as nanobodies or VHH) were developed that bind nucleocapsid protein of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. They are useful for detecting the virus and could also find application in therapeutics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ellen R. Goldman, George P. Anderson, Jinny L. Liu, Thomas J. Esparza
  • Aerial video based point, distance, and velocity real-time measurement system
    Patent number: 11740080
    Abstract: A method of determining geo-reference data for a portion of a measurement area includes providing a monitoring assembly comprising a ground station, providing an imaging assembly comprising an imaging device with a lens operably coupled to an aerial device, hovering the aerial device over a measurement area, capturing at least one image of the measurement area within the imaging device, transmitting the at least one image to the ground station using a data transmitting assembly, and scaling the at least one image to determine the geo-reference data for the portion of the measurement area by calculating a size of a field-of-view (FOV) of the lens based on a distance between the imaging device and the measurement area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Gary A. Lunt
  • Bisphenol hypersorbents for enhanced detection of, or protection from, hazardous chemicals
    Patent number: 11738327
    Abstract: The invention relates to strong hydrogen-bond acidic sorbents. The sorbents may be provided in a form that limits or eliminates intramolecular bonding of the hydrogen-bond acidic site between neighboring sorbent molecules, for example, by providing steric groups adjacent to the hydrogen-bond acidic site. The hydrogen bond site may be a phenolic structure based on a bisphenol architecture. The sorbents of the invention may be used in methods for trapping or detecting hazardous chemicals or explosives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: R. Andrew McGill, Courtney A. Roberts
  • Magnetically configurable spherical autonomous underwater vehicles
    Patent number: 11738839
    Abstract: A field configurable autonomous vehicle includes modular elements and attachable components. The vehicle can be assembled from these modular elements and components to meet desired mission and performance characteristics without the need to purchase specially designed vehicles for each mission. The main body of the vehicle is a spherical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Eric Seeley, Jennifer Guild, Tyler Paine, Jacob Snow, Logan Harris, Jose Ruiz, Wade Kempf, Andrew Roth
  • Embrittled aluminum alloys for powder manufacturing
    Patent number: 11739395
    Abstract: A method of creating aluminum powder, the method comprising of blending and melting aluminum of a purity from about 99% to about 99.999% with an embrittling element or combination of embrittling elements selected from the group consisting of silicon in the amount of 1 to 30% by weight and germanium; mixing together the melted aluminum and embrittling elements such that an alloy is created; cooling the mixed alloy; cutting the cooled alloy into smaller pieces; crushing the cut pieces; and, pulverizing and milling the crushed pieces into particles with a size of less than 200 micrometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Craig Matzdorf, Michael Brindza
  • MicroDial -- Miniaturized apparatus for solar time keeping
    Publication number: 20230266715
    Abstract: A miniaturized apparatus for tracking the apparent motion of the sun comprising a light mask, a pixilated image sensor, and an image processing unit, wherein sunlight transmitted through the light mask allows the miniaturized apparatus to make time, latitude, direction, and date measurements. A method of making a miniaturized apparatus for tracking the apparent motion of the sun comprising the steps of providing a light mask, providing a pixilated image sensor, providing an image processing unit, and resulting in a miniaturized apparatus for tracking the apparent motion of the sun.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jeremy T. Robinson, Woodruff T. Sullivan
  • Interface for Digitization and Detection of Rip Currents Within Optical Imagery by Way of a Fuzzy Set
    Publication number: 20230267643
    Abstract: A method of identifying a rip current that includes receiving an image comprising a body of water, and identifying, in the image an estimated location of a rip current associated with the body of water, wherein the identification comprises a plurality of displayed vertices based on least one of a rip length or a rip width. The method may include digitizing the estimated location of the rip current, the estimated location having highest, lower, and no confidence boundaries. The method may include generating, based on the digitized estimated location, a set of fuzzy-set scheme labels for one or more pixels in the image based on a respective confidence boundary, where the fuzzy-set scheme labels are based on a pixel interpolation associated with the lower confidence boundary, and generating, based on the generated fuzzy-set scheme labels, a refined digitizing of the estimated location of the rip current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Corey Maryan, Christopher Michael, Steven Dennis, Sarah Trimble
  • Nano-thin BixOySez low-temperature oxygen transporter membrane for oxygen transport, separation, and two-dimensional (2D) material manipulation
    Publication number: 20230264972
    Abstract: A nano-thin BixOySez low-temperature oxygen transporter membrane for oxygen transport, separation, and two-dimensional (2D) material manipulation comprising a material comprising a compound of BixOySez and R3m bismuth oxide (Bi2O3). A method of making a nano-thin BixOySez low-temperature oxygen transporter membrane for oxygen transport, separation, and two-dimensional (2D) material manipulation comprising providing an oxygen environment, providing Bi2Se3, processing the Bi2Se3 in the oxygen environment, incorporating oxygen, removing selenium, creating a structural change, and creating a compound of BixOySez and R3m bismuth oxide (Bi2O3), wherein the material transports oxygen at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Zachariah B. Hennighausen, Bethany Hudak, Olaf M.J. van 't Erve, Madeleine Phillips