Patents by Inventor Beauregard J. Gagnon

Beauregard J. Gagnon 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).

  • Component identification
    Patent number: 11907790
    Abstract: An identification device includes a first metal layer patterned into a planar coil winding and a second metal layer electrically connected to the first metal layer. The first metal layer is operable to provide a circuit inductance. The second metal layer is patterned to provide one or more overlapping areas with the first metal layer. The second metal layer is operable to provide a circuit capacitance. The identification device includes a dielectric layer separating the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Dean E. Myers, Michael W. Davis, Clark T. Olsen, Beauregard J. Gagnon
  • Component Identification
    Publication number: 20210279545
    Abstract: An identification device includes a first metal layer patterned into a planar coil winding and a second metal layer electrically connected to the first metal layer. The first metal layer is operable to provide a circuit inductance. The second metal layer is patterned to provide one or more overlapping areas with the first metal layer. The second metal layer is operable to provide a circuit capacitance. The identification device includes a dielectric layer separating the first metal layer and the second metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Dean E. Myers, Michael W. Davis, Clark T. Olsen, Beauregard J. Gagnon