Patents by Inventor Bob Buckley

Bob Buckley 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).

  • Atomic sensor system
    Patent number: 12209866
    Abstract: One example includes an atomic sensor system. The system includes an optical source configured to provide an optical beam and a plurality of sensor cell systems. Each of the sensor cell systems includes sensing media enclosed in a volume therein. The system also includes optics configured to provide the optical beam to each of the sensor cell systems to provide interaction of the optical beam with the vapor in each of the respective sensor cell systems. The optical beam exiting each of the sensor cell systems is a respective detection beam. The system further includes a detection system comprising at least one configured to receive the detection beam from each of the sensor cell systems and to determine a measurable parameter based on an optical characteristic associated with the detection beam from each of the sensor cell systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, FREEDOM PHOTONICS, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Barbour Morrison, Michael D. Bulatowicz, Michael S. Larsen, Bob Buckley
  • ATOMIC SENSOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230184553
    Abstract: One example includes an atomic sensor system. The system includes an optical source configured to provide an optical beam and a plurality of sensor cell systems. Each of the sensor cell systems includes sensing media enclosed in a volume therein. The system also includes optics configured to provide the optical beam to each of the sensor cell systems to provide interaction of the optical beam with the vapor in each of the respective sensor cell systems. The optical beam exiting each of the sensor cell systems is a respective detection beam. The system further includes a detection system comprising at least one configured to receive the detection beam from each of the sensor cell systems and to determine a measurable parameter based on an optical characteristic associated with the detection beam from each of the sensor cell systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: GORDON BARBOUR MORRISON, MICHAEL D. BULATOWICZ, MICHAEL S. LARSEN, Bob Buckley