Patents by Inventor Brandon L. Shaw

Brandon L. Shaw 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).

  • Optical detector based on an antireflective structured dielectric surface and a metal absorber
    Patent number: 10254169
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical detector device, including: a metal absorber layer; and a dielectric cover layer coupled to the metal absorber layer, wherein the dielectric cover layer includes one or more antireflective structured surfaces. The optical detector device further includes one or more of a passive substrate layer and an active thermoelectric element layer coupled to the metal absorber layer opposite the dielectric cover layer. The one or more antireflective structured surfaces each utilize a random pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Inventors: Menelaos K. Poutous, Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Lynda E. Busse, Brandon L. Shaw
  • OPTICAL DETECTOR BASED ON AN ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURED DIELECTRIC SURFACE AND A METAL ABSORBER
    Publication number: 20180238739
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical detector device, including: a metal absorber layer; and a dielectric cover layer coupled to the metal absorber layer, wherein the dielectric cover layer includes one or more antireflective structured surfaces. The optical detector device further includes one or more of a passive substrate layer and an active thermoelectric element layer coupled to the metal absorber layer opposite the dielectric cover layer. The one or more antireflective structured surfaces each utilize a random pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Menelaos K. POUTOUS, Ishwar D. AGGARWAL, Jasbinder S. SANGHERA, Lynda E. BUSSE, Brandon L. SHAW
  • Self purge filtration apparatus for discharge to subatmospheric conditions
    Patent number: 9415332
    Abstract: A self-purging filtering apparatus having a pressure vessel connected for discharging clean filtrate to subatmospheric pressure at a pump inlet. Actuators connected to an outwardly extending rod move a wiper piston to scrub the upstream side of an annular filter media element. The piston moves a main valve member to isolate a purge chamber from the filtering chamber. Remotely operated valves control flushing of the purged chamber. The main valve has a bleed valve to provide pressure equalization for facilitating main valve movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon L. Shaw, Christopher Scott Rau
  • SELF PURGE FILTRATION APPARATUS FOR DISCHARGE TO SUBATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20150174513
    Abstract: A self-purging filtering apparatus having a pressure vessel connected for discharging clean filtrate to subatmospheric pressure at a pump inlet. Actuators connected to an outwardly extending rod move a wiper piston to scrub the upstream side of an annular filter media element. The piston moves a main valve member to isolate a purge chamber from the filtering chamber. Remotely operated valves control flushing of the purged chamber. The main valve has a bleed valve to provide pressure equalization for facilitating main valve movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon L. Shaw, Christopher Scott Rau