Patents by Inventor Brent A. Harris

Brent A. Harris 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: 11914739
    Abstract: An example operation may include one or more of dividing a data file into a plurality of data chunks, generating a randomness value for each data chunk based on one or more predefined randomness tests, and accumulating generated randomness values of the plurality of data chunks to generate an accumulated randomness value, detecting whether the data file is one or more of encrypted and compressed based on the accumulated randomness value and a predetermined threshold value, and storing information about the detection via a storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley E. Harris, Moazzam Khan, James Brent Peterson
  • Publication number: 20230414207
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a portable insertion medical device (also referred to as “self-collection insertion plunger device” or “self-collection delivery plunger device”) with the design of a brush body for self-collection of a plurality of specimens from female genitalia. In one embodiment, the self-collection insertion plunger device includes a brush portion having a plurality of bristles that expand outward with a tensile strength to collect a plurality of specimens after insertion for a predetermined amount of time. In another embodiment, the self-collection insertion plunger device has a brush body with a plurality of petals and a plurality of bristles for a wider coverage in the collection of a plurality of specimens, particularly as the plurality of petals expand after insertion into female genitalia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Brent Harris, Anna Harris
  • Patent number: 11029261
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for direct multiplication Fourier transform millimeter wave spectroscopy are disclosed herein. A sample method includes generating at least one pulse of microwave electromagnetic energy. The sample method also includes frequency-multiplying the pulse(s) to generate at least one frequency-multiplied pulse and filtering at least one spurious harmonic of the frequency-multiplied pulse to generate at least one filtered pulse. The spurious harmonic is generated by frequency-multiplying the pulse. The method also includes exciting a sample using the filtered pulse. The method further includes detecting an emission from the sample. The emission is elicited at least in part by the filtered pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: BrightSpec, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin L. Neill, Brent Harris, Brooks Hart Pate
  • Publication number: 20200209170
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for direct multiplication Fourier transform millimeter wave spectroscopy are disclosed herein. A sample method includes generating at least one pulse of microwave electromagnetic energy. The sample method also includes frequency-multiplying the pulse(s) to generate at least one frequency-multiplied pulse and filtering at least one spurious harmonic of the frequency-multiplied pulse to generate at least one filtered pulse. The spurious harmonic is generated by frequency-multiplying the pulse. The method also includes exciting a sample using the filtered pulse. The method further includes detecting an emission from the sample. The emission is elicited at least in part by the filtered pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Justin L. Neill, Brent HARRIS, Brooks Hart Pate
  • Patent number: 10620138
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for direct multiplication Fourier transform millimeter wave spectroscopy are disclosed herein. A sample method includes generating at least one pulse of microwave electromagnetic energy. The sample method also includes frequency-multiplying the pulse(s) to generate at least one frequency-multiplied pulse and filtering at least one spurious harmonic of the frequency-multiplied pulse to generate at least one filtered pulse. The spurious harmonic is generated by frequency-multiplying the pulse. The method also includes exciting a sample using the filtered pulse. The method further includes detecting an emission from the sample. The emission is elicited at least in part by the filtered pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: BrightSpec, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin L. Neill, Brent Harris, Brooks Hart Pate
  • Publication number: 20190033235
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for direct multiplication Fourier transform millimeter wave spectroscopy are disclosed herein. A sample method includes generating at least one pulse of microwave electromagnetic energy. The sample method also includes frequency-multiplying the pulse(s) to generate at least one frequency-multiplied pulse and filtering at least one spurious harmonic of the frequency-multiplied pulse to generate at least one filtered pulse. The spurious harmonic is generated by frequency-multiplying the pulse. The method also includes exciting a sample using the filtered pulse. The method further includes detecting an emission from the sample. The emission is elicited at least in part by the filtered pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Justin L. Neill, Brent HARRIS, Brooks Hart Pate
  • Patent number: 10107744
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques for broadband Fourier transform spectroscopy can include frequency hopping spread-spectrum spectroscopy approaches. For example, an excitation source power can be spread over a specified frequency bandwidth, such as by applying a sequence of short, transform-limited pulses to a sample. Each pulse can include a specified carrier frequency, and a corresponding bandwidth of the individual pulse can be determined by a frequency domain representation when Fourier transformed. A series of short excitation pulses can be used to create an excitation sequence, such as to deliver a specified or desired amount of power to the sample, such as by having the excitation source enabled for a time comparable to a free induction decay (FID) dephasing time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: University of Virginia Patent Foundation, BrightSpec, Inc.
    Inventors: Brooks Hart Pate, Amanda Steber, Brent Harris
  • Patent number: 10080411
    Abstract: A backpack for carrying an item by a user includes a backpack body constructed of a flexible material. A first zipper fastener is on the backpack body and is actuatable between an opened position and a closed position. The backpack includes an accessory body constructed of a flexible material and positioned within an inner main cavity of the backpack body and borders an exterior of the backpack. The backpack includes a second zipper fastener on a first portion of the accessory body that borders the exterior of the backpack. The second zipper fastener is actuatable between an opened position and a closed position. The backpack includes a third zipper fastener on the second portion of the accessory body that borders the inner main cavity of the backpack body. The third zipper fastener is actuatable between an opened position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Mudroom Backpacks LLC
    Inventors: David M. Deioma, Brent Harris
  • Patent number: 9921170
    Abstract: Examples herein include apparatus and techniques that can be used to perform rotational spectroscopy on gas-phase samples. Such techniques can include using a spectrometer providing frequency synthesis and pulse modulation to provide excitation (e.g., pump or probe pulses) of a gas-phase sample at mm-wave frequencies. Synthesis of such mm-wave frequencies can include use of a frequency multiplier, such as an active multiplier chain (AMC). A free induction decay (FID) elicited by the excitation or other time-domain information can be obtained from the sample, such as down-converted and digitized. A frequency domain representation of the digitized information, such as a Fourier transformed representation, can be used to provide a rotational spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Brooks Hart Pate, Amanda Steber, Brent Harris, Kevin K. Lehmann
  • Publication number: 20170138847
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques for broadband Fourier transform spectroscopy can include frequency hopping spread-spectrum spectroscopy approaches. For example, an excitation source power can be spread over a specified frequency bandwidth, such as by applying a sequence of short, transform-limited pulses to a sample. Each pulse can include a specified carrier frequency, and a corresponding bandwidth of the individual pulse can be determined by a frequency domain representation when Fourier transformed. A series of short excitation pulses can be used to create an excitation sequence, such as to deliver a specified or desired amount of power to the sample, such as by having the excitation source enabled for a time comparable to a free induction decay (FID) dephasing time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Brooks Hart Pate, Amanda Steber, Brent Harris
  • Publication number: 20160227908
    Abstract: A backpack for carrying an item by a user includes a backpack body constructed of a flexible material. A first zipper fastener is on the backpack body and is actuatable between an opened position and a closed position. The backpack includes an accessory body constructed of a flexible material and positioned within an inner main cavity of the backpack body and borders an exterior of the backpack. The backpack includes a second zipper fastener on a first portion of the accessory body that borders the exterior of the backpack. The second zipper fastener is actuatable between an opened position and a closed position. The backpack includes a third zipper fastener on the second portion of the accessory body that borders the inner main cavity of the backpack body. The third zipper fastener is actuatable between an opened position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: David M. Deioma, Brent Harris
  • Publication number: 20160131600
    Abstract: Examples herein include apparatus and techniques that can be used to perform rotational spectroscopy on gas-phase samples. Such techniques can include using a spectrometer providing frequency synthesis and pulse modulation to provide excitation (e.g., pump or probe pulses) of a gas-phase sample at mm-wave frequencies. Synthesis of such mm-wave frequencies can include use of a frequency multiplier, such as an active multiplier chain (AMC). A free induction decay (FID) elicited by the excitation or other time-domain information can be obtained from the sample, such as down-converted and digitized. A frequency domain representation of the digitized information, such as a Fourier transformed representation, can be used to provide a rotational spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Brooks Hart PATE, Amanda STEBER, Brent HARRIS, Kevin K. LEHMANN
  • Patent number: 8230987
    Abstract: A fluid diverter comprising: a fluid diverting structure having a top, fluid striking surface having side and rear walls and a forward mouth, the side and rear walls preventing fluid from spilling over edges of the surface as such fluid exits through the mouth; and a magnet assembly mounted to a bottom surface of the fluid diverting structure. The magnet assembly, comprises: a magnet, and a pivot structure affixed to the magnet and pivotally mounted to the bottom surface of the fluid diverting structure for pivoting the magnet assembly relative to the fluid diverting structure about an axis to pitch the fluid diverting structure to a desired pitch angle and then once at such desired pitch angle, locking the fluid diverting structure at such desired pitch angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: William Orville Vezzosi, Terrence Joseph Ceccarelli, Jamie Brent Harris, Warren Brian Stobbe
  • Publication number: 20100032025
    Abstract: A fluid diverter comprising: a fluid diverting structure having a top, fluid striking surface having side and rear walls and a forward mouth, the side and rear walls preventing fluid from spilling over edges of the surface as such fluid exits through the mouth; and a magnet assembly mounted to a bottom surface of the fluid diverting structure. The magnet assembly, comprises: a magnet, and a pivot structure affixed to the magnet and pivotally mounted to the bottom surface of the fluid diverting structure for pivoting the magnet assembly relative to the fluid diverting structure about an axis to pitch the fluid diverting structure to a desired pitch angle and then once at such desired pitch angle, locking the fluid diverting structure at such desired pitch angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventors: William Orville Vezzosi, Terrence Joseph Ceccarelli, Jamie Brent Harris, Warren Brian Stobbe
  • Patent number: 5378555
    Abstract: An electric vehicle battery pack including a plurality of batteries ganged together in an underlying tray. The tray preferably has a plurality of pockets therein each for receiving an individual battery. The batteries are interlocked one to the next and held in place in the tray by a housing which bears down on the batteries by means of a resilient spacer positioned between the tops of the batteries and the ceiling of the housing. The pack forms a structural part of the vehicle in which it is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1995
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Waters, Brent A. Harris, Ross A. Gresley, William E. Boys, Daniel R. Brouns
  • Patent number: D677817
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John T. Mayfield, III, Jerry Brent Harris
  • Patent number: D677819
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John T. Mayfield, III, Jerry Brent Harris