Patents by Inventor Austin Fleming

Austin Fleming 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).

  • Thermal property probe
    Patent number: 10718673
    Abstract: A fiber-based thermal property probe is disclosed. In embodiments, the thermal property probe is a modulated optical reflectance system and includes a pump beam source configured to transmit a pump beam through a pump fiber, the pump beam configured to heat a sample and the pump fiber having a pump fiber sample end. The fiber-based thermal property probe further includes a probe beam source configured to transmit a probe beam through a probe fiber, the probe beam configured to measure the temperature of the sample and the probe fiber having a probe fiber sample end. Additionally, the system includes a ferrule configured to hold the pump fiber sample end and the probe fiber sample end at a fixed, known separation distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Utah State University
    Inventors: Austin Fleming, Charles Folsom, Colby Jensen, Heng Ban
  • THERMAL PROPERTY PROBE
    Publication number: 20180156674
    Abstract: A fiber-based thermal property probe is disclosed. In embodiments, the thermal property probe is a modulated optical reflectance system and includes a pump beam source configured to transmit a pump beam through a pump fiber, the pump beam configured to heat a sample and the pump fiber having a pump fiber sample end. The fiber-based thermal property probe further includes a probe beam source configured to transmit a probe beam through a probe fiber, the probe beam configured to measure the temperature of the sample and the probe fiber having a probe fiber sample end. Additionally, the system includes a ferrule configured to hold the pump fiber sample end and the probe fiber sample end at a fixed, known separation distance from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: Utah State University
    Inventors: Austin Fleming, Charles Folsom, Colby Jensen, Heng Ban