Patents by Inventor Bruce Busby

Bruce Busby 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: 11976747
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor unit (200) for a refrigeration system using a refrigerant. The compressor (200) unit includes a centrifugal compressor (201) for compressing the refrigerant, wherein the compressor (201) has a discharge outlet (204) for discharging the compressed refrigerant, and a check valve (1; 100; 301a). An inlet (83) of the check valve (1; 100; 301a) is in fluid connection with the discharge outlet (204) of the compressor (201). In order to provide a more reliable and more quite compressor unit (200), the check valve (1; 100; 301a) is a nozzle check valve including a damping mechanism (41, 50; 50, 141), wherein a closing parameter of the check valve (1; 100; 301a) is between 50 s/m2 and 2000 s/m2, wherein the closing parameter is a closing time of the check valve (1; 100; 301a) divided by a port area of the check valve (1; 100; 301a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: DANFOSS A/S
    Inventors: Bruce Busby, Michael Birkelund, Johan Van Beek
  • Publication number: 20220154726
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressor unit (200) for a refrigeration system using a refrigerant. The compressor (200) unit includes a centrifugal compressor (201) for compressing the refrigerant, wherein the compressor (201) has a discharge outlet (204) for discharging the compressed refrigerant, and a check valve (1; 100; 301a). An inlet (83) of the check valve (1; 100; 301a) is in fluid connection with the discharge outlet (204) of the compressor (201). In order to provide a more reliable and more quite compressor unit (200), the check valve (1; 100; 301a) is a nozzle check valve including a damping mechanism (41, 50; 50, 141), wherein a closing parameter of the check valve (1; 100; 301a) is between 50 s/m2 and 2000 s/m2, wherein the closing parameter is a closing time of the check valve (1; 100; 301a) divided by a port area of the check valve (1; 100; 301a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Bruce Busby, Birkelund Michael, Van Beek Johan
  • Publication number: 20160263324
    Abstract: A medicine dispensing device can include a recess configured to receive a medicine cartridge having a plunger assembly and a medicine chamber, and a gear assembly configured to cause displacement of the plunger assembly to dispense medicine or draw medicine into the chamber. The gear assembly can be activated by both a motorized and manual activation mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Inventors: Gad Shaanan, Marc Goldman, Bruce Busby, Aleks Manulis
  • Patent number: 8286049
    Abstract: A configurable transmitter for a wireless communication system may include a flexible block coder, an IFFT block, an analog and RF block, and an antenna coupled in series. The flexible block coder may advantageously perform forward error correction and mapping of a data stream to generate a processed data vector. To perform these functions, the flexible block coder may include a data formatter and a multiplier. The data formatter may format the data stream into an output vector, whereas the multiplier may multiply the output vector by a configurable channel coding matrix to generate the processed data vector. The size of the output vector may be a reflection legacy compatibility and data rate. The size of the processed data vector is equal to a product of the output vector and an inverse of a coding rate. The channel coding matrix may be compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros, Inc.
    Inventors: William J. McFarland, Kai Shi, Bruce Busby
  • Patent number: 4460890
    Abstract: A direct digital-to-digital rate conversion apparatus and method for converting an input signal at a first sampling rate to an output signal at a second sampling rate, said apparatus has a rate multiplier means to increase the frequency of the input signal. The multiplied signals from the rate multiplied means are interpolated using a nth order n-polynomial interpolator to produce the output signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Bruce Busby