Patents by Inventor Benjamin P Tongue

Benjamin P Tongue 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).

  • Patent number: 10032267
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, sensor data associated with a geographic location; processing, by the computing device, the sensor data to identify an infrastructure asset within the geographic location; determining, by the computing device, a condition of the infrastructure asset based on processing the sensor data; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the condition of the infrastructure asset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Strebel, Reed Durand, Ryan W. Andrew, Joseph R. Grosso, Timothy Douglas, Victoria Rose Tagarelli, Richard T. Evans, David E. Murphy, Bing C. Li, Joseph T. Morrison, Stephen Ray Shafer, Benjamin P. Tongue, Khader S. Fashho
  • Publication number: 20170358068
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes: receiving, by a computing device, sensor data associated with a geographic location; processing, by the computing device, the sensor data to identify an infrastructure asset within the geographic location; determining, by the computing device, a condition of the infrastructure asset based on processing the sensor data; and storing or outputting, by the computing device, information regarding the condition of the infrastructure asset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Strebel, Reed Durand, Ryan W. Andrew, Joseph R. Grosso, Timothy Douglas, Victoria Rose Tagarelli, Richard T. Evans, David E. Murphy, Bing C. Li, Joseph T. Morrison, Stephen Ray Shafer, Benjamin P. Tongue, Khader S. Fashho
  • Patent number: 8783215
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating electrical energy from combustion of biomass is provided. The present invention provides both liquid-phase and gas-phase fuel to an internal combustion engine that is designed to run on both types of fuel. Scrubbing syngas generated in an updraft gasifier with a first petrochemical-based liquid fuel reduces the concentration of tars in the syngas stream and also enables absorption of tars from the syngas into the first liquid fuel. After absorption, the tars form a second liquid fuel that is suitable for direct use in the internal combustion engine. As a result, the syngas provided to the engine is substantially free of tars and the volume of liquid fuel available to the engine is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Patrick M. Scott, Benjamin P. Tongue
  • Publication number: 20120227683
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating electrical energy from combustion of biomass is provided. The present invention provides both liquid-phase and gas-phase fuel to an internal combustion engine that is designed to run on both types of fuel. Scrubbing syngas generated in an updraft gasifier with a first petrochemical-based liquid fuel reduces the concentration of tars in the syngas stream and also enables absorption of tars from the syngas into the first liquid fuel. After absorption, the tars form a second liquid fuel that is suitable for direct use in the internal combustion engine. As a result, the syngas provided to the engine is substantially free of tars and the volume of liquid fuel available to the engine is increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick M. Scott, Benjamin P. Tongue
  • Patent number: 7107901
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for the rapid cooling of screen masks used in the fabrication of semiconductor components is provided. The method and apparatus use a specially designed cooling plate which is contacted with a mask frame holding the screening mask. After a heated cleaning step which cleans the mask frame and screening mask of metal paste used in the screening operation, the cooling plate having one or more concave lower surfaces contacts the upper surfaces of the mask frame and bends the mask frame in the shape of the concave surfaces. This ensures intimate contact between the cooling plate and mask frame and enhances the thermal efficiency of the cooling step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Raschid J Bezama, William W Harkins, David C Long, Jason S Miller, Christopher E Pepe, Ronald M Rothkranz, John A Rudy, Benjamin P Tongue
  • Patent number: 6806793
    Abstract: MLC (multilayer ceramic) frequency selective circuit structures are disclosed. The MLC frequency selective circuit structures have a solenoid and toroid coil geometry in a multilayer electronic package which functions as a frequency selective tuned circuit in which both the number of turns and the aspect ratio of the solenoid coil are selected to adjust the tuned frequency. In some embodiments, a plurality of such coils can be connected together to provide a selected bandwidth about a tuned center frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Harsaran S. Bhatia, Harvey C. Hamel, David C. Long, Edward R. Pillai, Christopher D. Setzer, Benjamin P. Tongue
  • Publication number: 20040113721
    Abstract: MLC (multilayer ceramic) frequency selective circuit structures are disclosed. The MLC frequency selective circuit structures have a solenoid and toroid coil geometry in a multilayer electronic package which functions as a frequency selective tuned circuit in which both the number of turns and the aspect ratio of the solenoid coil are selected to adjust the tuned frequency. In some embodiments, a plurality of such coils can be connected together to provide a selected bandwidth about a tuned center frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harsaran S. Bhatia, Harvey C. Hamel, David C. Long, Edward R. Pillai, Christopher D. Setzer, Benjamin P. Tongue