Patents by Inventor Brad CURTIS

Brad CURTIS 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).

  • Publication number: 20220121852
    Abstract: Systems and methods for three-dimensional object counting in a three-dimensional space include an image capture device configured to obtain at least one 2D image of the three-dimensional space, a scanner configured to obtain a 3D point cloud of the three-dimensional space, and a processor configured to cooperate with at least one artificial neural network, the at least one artificial neural network configured to classify and count objects in the three-dimensional space
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Brad CURTIS, Kyle William ARMSTRONG, Porter Reece JENKINS
  • Patent number: 9305674
    Abstract: A method and device for producing secure, high-density tritium bonded with carbon. A substrate comprising carbon is provided. A precursor is intercalated between carbon in the substrate. The precursor intercalated in the substrate is irradiated until at least a portion of the precursor, preferably a majority of the precursor, is transmutated into tritium and bonds with carbon of the substrate forming bonded tritium. The resulting bonded tritium, tritium bonded with carbon, produces electrons via beta decay. The substrate is preferably a substrate from the list of substrates consisting of highly-ordered pyrolytic graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotunes, buckministerfullerenes, and combinations thereof. The precursor is preferably boron-10, more preferably lithium-6. Preferably, thermal neutrons are used to irradiate the precursor. The resulting bonded tritium is preferably used to generate electricity either directly or indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: U.S. Department of Energy
    Inventors: Alan Kevin Wertsching, Troy Joseph Trantor, Rhonda Tranter, Matthias Anthony Ebner, Brad Curtis Norby
  • Patent number: 8210308
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for attenuating the sound generated by a fan powered terminal unit or other equipment in an HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) system is described. The apparatus utilizes internal geometry to minimize noise due to air disturbances and aerodynamic effects within the apparatus. Specifically, a silencer is described comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet; a condensate deflector positioned at the inlet to the casing; at least one baffle being operable to attenuate noise in a gas flowing through the silencer; and an air pathway through the silencer, defined by positions of the condensate deflector and the at least one baffle within the casing. The air pathway is angled or curved to substantially minimize the line-of-sight pathway from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: E.H. Price Ltd.
    Inventors: Jarvis M. Penner, Alfred Theodor Dyck, Brad Curtis Tully, Bogna Gryc
  • Publication number: 20110061967
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for attenuating the sound generated by a fan powered terminal unit or other equipment in an HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) system is described. The apparatus utilizes internal geometry to minimize noise due to air disturbances and aerodynamic effects within the apparatus. Specifically, a silencer is described comprising a casing having an inlet and an outlet; a condensate deflector positioned at the inlet to the casing; at least one baffle being operable to attenuate noise in a gas flowing through the silencer; and an air pathway through the silencer, defined by positions of the condensate deflector and the at least one baffle within the casing. The air pathway is angled or curved to substantially minimize the line-of-sight pathway from the inlet to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: E.H. PRICE LTD.
    Inventors: Jarvis M. Penner, Alfred Theodor Dyck, Brad Curtis Tully, Bogna Gryc