Patents by Inventor Aaron B. Cole

Aaron B. Cole 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).

  • Surface-level buoy assembly for ethernet connectivity of a sub-surface mobile device
    Patent number: 10611446
    Abstract: Exemplary systems enable operation of mobile devices underwater. Antennas on a buoy assembly allow a mobile device to maintain wireless communications. A series of cable segments connect a buoy assembly to a waterproof case capable of sealing a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Aaron B Cole, Donald R. Thompson, Manda Schaeffer, Steven M. Seghi, Travis W. Vincent, Zachary P. Steffes
  • Surface-level buoy assembly for ethernet connectivity of a sub-surface mobile device
    Patent number: 10414476
    Abstract: Exemplary systems enable operation of mobile devices underwater. Antennas on a buoy assembly allow a mobile device to maintain wireless communications. A series of cable segments connect a buoy assembly to a waterproof case capable of sealing a mobile device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Aaron B. Cole, Donald R. Thompson, Manda Schaeffer, Steven M. Seghi, Travis W. Vincent, Zachary P. Steffes
  • COMMUNICATION OR SIGNALING SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES A VARIABLE PRESSURE ACTIVATED POROUS VOLUME EMITTER ALONG WITH RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190139378
    Abstract: An exemplary communication or signaling system that includes an energy emission system that can include a control system, a fluid reservoir, fluid transfer structures, a fluid pumping system, an emission structure, an enclosure extending away from the fluid emission structure, a fluid recovery system, and a lens structure adapted to pass energy through the lens structure. The emission structure can include a porous structure and/or structure(s) with a number of fluid emission sections that generate one or more fluid structures such as droplets or other fluid shapes which increase or decrease fluid surface area on the fluid emission structure and thereby increase or decrease energy emissions or absorption on or in relation to the fluid emission structure. The control system can selectively modulate pressure/fluid transfer via the pump into the fluid transfer structures which alter energy emission or absorption that can be detected at a distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Jules E. Pienkos, Aaron B. Cole
  • SURFACE-LEVEL BUOY ASSEMBLY FOR ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY OF A SUB-SURFACE MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180346081
    Abstract: Exemplary systems enable operation of mobile devices underwater. Antennas on a buoy assembly allow a mobile device to maintain wireless communications. A series of cable segments connect a buoy assembly to a waterproof case capable of sealing a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Aaron B. Cole, Donald R. Thompson, Manda Schaeffer, Steven M. Seghi, Travis W. Vincent, Zachary P. Steffes
  • SURFACE-LEVEL BUOY ASSEMBLY FOR ETHERNET CONNECTIVITY OF A SUB-SURFACE MOBILE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20180154993
    Abstract: Exemplary systems enable operation of mobile devices underwater. Antennas on a buoy assembly allow a mobile device to maintain wireless communications. A series of cable segments connect a buoy assembly to a waterproof case capable of sealing a mobile device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Aaron B. Cole, Donald R. Thompson, Manda Schaeffer, Steve M. Seghi, Travis W. Vincent, Zachary P. Steffes
  • Wide field of view foveal night vision systems
    Patent number: 9341837
    Abstract: An optical viewing apparatus may include an objective lens assembly and an one eye piece assembly connected to the objective lens assembly. The optical viewing apparatus may exhibit a field of view in the range of between 40° and, preferably beyond 80°, and an eye-relief of at least 15 mm, and the optical viewing apparatus may exhibit a foveated image for at least one field of view (FOV) wherein the optical on-axis resolution decays toward the periphery of the field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Inventors: Le Li, Haiping Yu, Lei Guo, Yongxin Tang, Shenggang Wang, Aaron B. Cole
  • Wide Field of View Foveal Night Vision Systems
    Publication number: 20150338633
    Abstract: An optical viewing apparatus may include an objective lens assembly and an one eye piece assembly connected to the objective lens assembly. The optical viewing apparatus may exhibit a field of view in the range of between 40° and, preferably beyond 80°, and an eye-relief of at least 15 mm, and the optical viewing apparatus may exhibit a foveated image for at least one field of view (FOV) wherein the optical on-axis resolution decays toward the periphery of the field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Le Li, Haiping Yu, Lei Guo, Yongxin Tang, Shenggang Wang, Aaron B. Cole