Patents by Inventor Brian A. SCHAEFER

Brian A. SCHAEFER 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: 11156390
    Abstract: A cryogenic cooler includes a housing, and first, second, and third actuators. The first actuator includes at least one first voice coil and at least one first magnetic circuit, the at least one first voice coil of the first actuator configured to drive a compressor piston, the first actuator causing vibrations to the housing when driving the compressor piston. The second actuator includes at least one second voice coil and at least one second magnetic circuit, the at least one second voice coil of the second actuator configured to reduce the vibrations to the housing caused by driving the compressor piston. The third actuator includes at least one third voice coil and at least one third magnetic circuit, the third actuator configured to drive a displacer piston. The compressor piston, balance mechanism, and displacer piston are concentrically formed within the cryogenic cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Theodore J. Conrad, Ryan Yates, Brian Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20190003745
    Abstract: A cryogenic cooler includes a housing, and first, second, and third actuators. The first actuator includes at least one first voice coil and at least one first magnetic circuit, the at least one first voice coil of the first actuator configured to drive a compressor piston, the first actuator causing vibrations to the housing when driving the compressor piston. The second actuator includes at least one second voice coil and at least one second magnetic circuit, the at least one second voice coil of the second actuator configured to reduce the vibrations to the housing caused by driving the compressor piston. The third actuator includes at least one third voice coil and at least one third magnetic circuit, the third actuator configured to drive a displacer piston. The compressor piston, balance mechanism, and displacer piston are concentrically formed within the cryogenic cooler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Theodore J. Conrad, Ryan Yates, Brian Schaefer
  • Patent number: 9944661
    Abstract: A process comprising contacting a) an alkene, b) a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, c) an ?-diimine metal salt complex comprising an ?-diimine iron salt complex or an ?-diimine cobalt salt complex, and d) a group 1 metal borohydride under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound. A process comprising contacting a) an alkene, b) a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, and c) an ?-diimine metal salt complex comprising an ?-diimine iron methylenetrihydrocarbylsilyl complex or an ?-diimine cobalt methylenetrihydrocarbylsilyl complex, to form an alkyl-boron compound under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound. A process comprising contacting an alkene, a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, and an ?-diimine metal salt complex to form an alkyl-boron compound under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
    Inventors: Brooke L. Small, Brian A. Schaefer, Paul J. Chirik
  • Publication number: 20180044354
    Abstract: A process comprising contacting a) an alkene, b) a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, c) an ?-diimine metal salt complex comprising an ?-diimine iron salt complex or an ?-diimine cobalt salt complex, and d) a group 1 metal borohydride under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound. A process comprising contacting a) an alkene, b) a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, and c) an ?-diimine metal salt complex comprising an ?-diimine iron methylenetrihydrocarbylsilyl complex or an ?-diimine cobalt methylenetrihydrocarbylsilyl complex, to form an alkyl-boron compound under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound. A process comprising contacting an alkene, a hydrogen-boron bond containing compound, and an ?-diimine metal salt complex to form an alkyl-boron compound under conditions suitable to form an alkylboron compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Brooke L. SMALL, Brian A. SCHAEFER, Paul J. CHIRIK
  • Patent number: 9643721
    Abstract: Airborne devices for generating power in a crosswind power generating phase, including a body and at least one non-planar wing. A control system directs the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path of increasing altitude during the crosswind power generating phase. Wind energy conversion systems and methods including an airborne device, a tether, a generator, and a control system that directs the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path including a crosswind power generating phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Inventor: David Brian Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20150251755
    Abstract: Airborne devices for generating power in a crosswind power generating phase, including a body and at least one non-planar wing. A control system directs the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path of increasing altitude during the crosswind power generating phase. Wind energy conversion systems and methods including an airborne device, a tether, a generator, and a control system that directs the airborne device to follow a predetermined flight path including a crosswind power generating phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventor: David Brian Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20150097086
    Abstract: Wind energy conversion systems including an airborne wing, a tether, a generator, and a control system arranged to communicate with the airborne wing so that the control system directs the airborne wing to follow a predetermined flight path including a power generating phase. The predetermined flight path, during the power generating phase, includes a crosswind flight path of increasing altitude and a plurality of airborne wing turns, at each turn the airborne wing turn around an axis of the airborne wing, so that a vertical airspace for the predetermined flight path during the power generating phase is minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: David Brian Schaefer
  • Publication number: 20060190461
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing objects in a database according to a dynamic predicate representation of an explicit relationship between objects. The apparatus includes a correlation module, a storage module, a query module, and a deletion module. The correlation module associates a set of predicate identifiers with a set of predicates. Each predicate is a description of a relationship between objects, or properties of objects. The predicate includes a predetermined number of arguments. The storage module stores a set of tuples in a database. Each tuple includes one of the predicate identifiers and the predetermined number of arguments as required by the predicate associated with the predicate identifier. The query module retrieves a subset of the tuples satisfying a query expression from the database. The deletion module deletes at least one of the tuples from the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2005
    Publication date: August 24, 2006
    Inventor: Brian Schaefer