Patents by Inventor Brent K. Park

Brent K. Park 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: 11415097
    Abstract: A vertically arranged water tower system is operated using a long buoyant device that spans upper and lower chambers thru a watertight compressible bellows. Raising the buoyant device by controlling the water level in the water tower creates a void in the lower chamber, equal to the volume of the buoyant device no longer in the lower chamber. The void is created without displacing water in the lower chamber. Water or a buoyant object fills the void from slightly higher level than the lower chamber. After reconnecting the upper and lower chambers, water is extracted and released near the top of the upper chamber and the buoyant device is lowered. Released water is used for energy and power productions and recycled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Brent K Park
  • Patent number: 10841277
    Abstract: A system and method includes an operational network that communicates with an external network by opening a first transmission protocol socket. A data diode coupled to the operational network and a gateway enables the one-way transfer of all information received from the external network and transmitted by the operational network to the gateway such that no information travels from the gateway to the operational network or the external network. The gateway opens a second transmission protocol socket by mapping a sequence number to an acknowledgement number and increasing that mapped acknowledgement number by a value of one. A transmitter then transmits the acknowledgment to a remote network or a gateway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: UT-BATTELLE, LLC
    Inventors: Brent K. Park, Stacy J. Prowell, Richard A. Raines, Joseph P. Trien
  • Publication number: 20190052600
    Abstract: A system and method includes an operational network that communicates with an external network by opening a first transmission protocol socket. A data diode coupled to the operational network and a gateway enables the one-way transfer of all information received from the external network and transmitted by the operational network to the gateway such that no information travels from the gateway to the operational network or the external network. The gateway opens a second transmission protocol socket by mapping a sequence number to an acknowledgement number and increasing that mapped acknowledgement number by a value of one. A transmitter then transmits the acknowledgment to a remote network or a gateway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Brent K. Park, Stacy J. Prowell, Richard A. Raines, Joseph P. Trien
  • Publication number: 20170101976
    Abstract: A buoyancy lift, gravity powered system used to provide continuous input power to electrical or other power generators utilizes a circulating vessel, a lift tower, and a power generating assembly. The lift tower is filled with a volume of fluid having a fluid density greater than a vessel density of the circulating vessel. The circulating vessel is directed upwards along a buoyancy chamber of the lift tower by a rise guide, wherein the circulating vessel is loaded onto a gravity assisted track. The gravity assisted track is helically positioned around a rotary frame connected to a rotor shaft; the rotor shaft being connected to a generator. As the circulating vessel travels downwards around the gravity assisted track, the circulating vessel engages the rotary frame, in turn spinning the rotor shaft to drive the generator. The circulating vessel is then deposited into an inserting pool of the lift tower and recirculated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Brent K. Park