Patents by Inventor Carl A. Frank
Carl A. Frank 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).
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Patent number: 11978961Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Taoglas Group Holdings LimitedInventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
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Publication number: 20240096157Abstract: A device connectable to a reader of an access control system includes an antenna, an ultra-wide band (UWB) front end circuit, a controller, and a communication link. The (UWB) front end circuit is connected to the antenna to facilitate UWB communication with a credential device. The controller is connected to the UWB front end and configured to perform ranging for the credential device using the UWB communication. The communication link is configured to interface with the reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Hans-Juergen Pirch, Fredrik Carl Stefan Einberg, Tomas Lars Jonsson, Sylvain Jacques Prevost, Jan Steffl, Hans Gunnar Frank
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Patent number: 11928906Abstract: A reader system for an access control system includes first and second antennas and first and second controllers. The first controller is configured to communicate with a credential device using a first communication protocol via the first antenna to exchange a credential with the credential device. The second controller is configured to communicate with the credential device using a second communication protocol via the second antenna to perform ranging for the credential device and is configured to communicate with the first controller via a communication link.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ASSA ABLOY ABInventors: Hans-Juergen Pirch, Fredrik Carl Stefan Einberg, Tomas Lars Jonsson, Sylvain Jacques Prevost, Jan Steffl, Hans Gunnar Frank
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Publication number: 20230178900Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
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Publication number: 20230093671Abstract: Circular patch antenna with integrated arc slots. In one embodiment, the circular patch antenna includes a top dielectric patch and a bottom dielectric patch. The top dielectric patch includes a first plurality of apertures while the bottom dielectric patch includes a second plurality of apertures. At least a portion of the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures are aligned with one another when the top dielectric patch is positioned over the bottom dielectric patch. A flex printed circuit board (PCB) is positioned between the top dielectric patch and the bottom dielectric patch and includes a plurality of arc slots, each of the plurality of arc slots are positioned between the first and second plurality of apertures and an external periphery of the flex PCB. Methods of operating the circular patch antenna as well as systems that incorporate the circular patch antenna are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventor: Patrick Carl Frank
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Patent number: 11509065Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: TAOGLAS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDInventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
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Publication number: 20200395678Abstract: An antenna array may include a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) oriented in a stacked arrangement, parallel to and spaced apart from one another. Each of the PCBs may include a linear array of antenna elements, which cooperate with the linear arrays of antenna elements on other PCBs to form a two-dimensional array of antenna elements. The PCBs may be supported at one end by a common backplate in a cantilevered manner, with the linear arrays of antenna elements located near the free end of the PCBs. The PCBs may include a thicker portion and a thinner portion, and the thinner portion may include a heat sink or other thermal dissipation structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Jeffrey Keith Shamblin, Vladimir Furlan, Patrick Carl Frank
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Patent number: 10849786Abstract: Headwear (2) for removing heat from a person's scalp in order to prevent hair loss, comprising a body portion (4) for fitting over the scalp, an inlet (6) and an outlet (8), and fastener means (10) the headwear (2) being such that it opens to a flat condition when it is not in use on the person's head (12), and the body portion (4) comprises a plurality of internal walls (14) which define a passageway (18) through the body portion (4) from the inlet (6) to the outlet (8) whereby the cold fluid is able to circulate through the body portion (4), and the passageways (16) being such that they are expanded by the cold fluid and press against the person's scalp with a pressure which causes contact with the person's scalp and thereby to facilitate maximum cold transfer.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2012Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Inventors: Carl Frank Fronda, Darren Lee Fronda
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Publication number: 20180241135Abstract: The disclosed 20 dBi KSF300. A high gain 5th generation mobile network or wireless system (5G) technology fan beam antenna array offers a wide 3 dB beamwidth for wide angular coverage in azimuth with most of the energy focused within 44° of the main beam. Since propagation losses at Ka band are 20× more than at 6 GHz, the beamwidth of the antenna is reduced when the antenna gain increases. To alleviate this problem, the fan-beam type antenna can be useful to provide simultaneously high gain and wide azimuth coverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2018Publication date: August 23, 2018Inventors: Vladimir FURLAN, Patrick Carl Frank
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Patent number: 9453314Abstract: A novel design and construction method for the creation of a deployable flexible flood mitigation wall manufactured from textile and membrane materials. The flexible flood mitigation wall system comprises a textile/membrane wall and support posts configured to be movable between a stowed position and a deployed position and wherein, in the deployed position, the wall forms a leak-free barrier against flood water or other fluids. A series of posts that are manually deployed is used to support the fabric wall when hydrostatically challenged, and transfer loads to the ground. The wall is stored at the point of use in a surface box or trench box and keeps the loading from the flood water off the building, structure or equipment being protected.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: ILC DOVER LPInventors: David Phillip Cadogan, Jonathan Michael Hinkle, Charles Ralph Sandy, Carl Frank Knoll, Jr.
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Publication number: 20160250761Abstract: A two-sided razor for shaving includes a first shaving side for shaving shorter and/or finer hair and a second shaving side for shaving longer and/or coarser hair. The razor includes a gap on the second shaving side approximately between fifty percent (50%) and one hundred fifty percent (150%) larger than a gap on the first shaving side. The razor includes a double-edged razor blade between a top portion and a bottom portion including a first chute aligned with the first shaving side and a second chute aligned with the second shaving side and wherein the second chute is sized approximately between fifty percent (50%) and one hundred fifty percent (150%) larger than the first chute on the first shaving side of the razor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2016Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Carl Frank Zoller, Ryan Davis
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Publication number: 20160083918Abstract: A novel design and construction method for the creation of a deployable flexible flood mitigation wall manufactured from textile and membrane materials. The flexible flood mitigation wall system comprises a textile/membrane wall and support posts configured to be movable between a stowed position and a deployed position and wherein, in the deployed position, the wall forms a leak-free barrier against flood water or other fluids. A series of posts that are manually deployed is used to support the fabric wall when hydrostatically challenged, and transfer loads to the ground. The wall is stored at the point of use in a surface box or trench box and keeps the loading from the flood water off the building, structure or equipment being protected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Inventors: David Phillip Cadogan, Jonathan Michael Hinkle, Charles Ralph Sandy, Carl Frank Knoll, JR.
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Patent number: 9179531Abstract: A super capacitor (SC) and methods are disclosed, forming massive embedded capacitors connected in parallel over very wide radii varying from a few square feet to hundreds of square miles. The SC is enclosed within a water proof housing to keep out water by depositing a plurality of alternating layers of dielectric material between each conducting layer, whereby one or more electrodes are situated on each dielectric layer, and having at least one probe electrode exuding from said housing, and connected to the one or more electrodes, for receiving electric charge from a lightning source, for example. The dielectric layers separating each conducting layer may vary from a few layers to thousands, and possibly even millions or more layers, for example, to define a multilayer capacitive structure capable of providing electric power to supplement or replace other sources of electric power that harm the environment.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2010Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: MELITO INCInventor: Carl Frank Melito
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Patent number: 8781832Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for overcoming errors in speech recognition systems. For example, a technique for processing acoustic data in accordance with a speech recognition system comprises the following steps/operations. Acoustic data is obtained in association with the speech recognition system. The acoustic data is recorded using a combination of a first buffer area and a second buffer area, such that the recording of the acoustic data using the combination of the two buffer areas at least substantially minimizes one or more truncation errors associated with operation of the speech recognition system.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2008Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Liam D. Comerford, David Carl Frank, Burn L. Lewis, Leonid Rachevksy, Mahesh Viswanathan
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Patent number: 8636934Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: Lomont Molding, Inc.Inventors: Virgil Allen Watson, Jason Bender, Carl Frank
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Publication number: 20130047407Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Inventors: Virgil Allen Watson, Jason Bender, Carl Frank
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Publication number: 20120192471Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: August 2, 2012Inventors: Virgil Allen WATSON, Jason BENDER, Carl FRANK
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Publication number: 20110267011Abstract: A super conducting super capacitor and method forming massive embedded capacitors connected in parallel over a very wide radius that can vary from a few square feet to hundreds or thousands of square miles, and more, is disclosed. The super conducting super capacitor is formed within a water proof vacuum housing to keep out water and humidity by depositing a plurality of alternating layers of dielectric material between each layer of conducting material, whereby one or more electrodes are situated on each dielectric layer, thus forming a super conducting super capacitor having at least one probe electrode exuding from said housing, and connected to the one or more electrodes, for receiving electric charge from a lightning source for example.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventor: Carl Frank Melito
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Publication number: 20110258896Abstract: Signage is presented comprising an in-mold plastic plate portion having a slot. The signage has a flexible tongue having a neck portion that extends outwardly from the plate portion and has a locking tip extending from the neck portion and the locking tip is formed to be received by the slot. The plastic plate portion is made of a filler material and a detectable additive such that the signage is easily detected by a metal detecting machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2010Publication date: October 27, 2011Applicant: LOMONT MOLDING, INC.Inventors: Virgil Allen Watson, Jason Bender, Carl Frank
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Patent number: 7962340Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for overcoming errors in speech recognition systems. For example, a technique for processing acoustic data in accordance with a speech recognition system comprises the following steps/operations. Acoustic data is obtained in association with the speech recognition system. The acoustic data is recorded using a combination of a first buffer area and a second buffer area, such that the recording of the acoustic data using the combination of the two buffer areas at least substantially minimizes one or more truncation errors associated with operation of the speech recognition system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.Inventors: Liam D. Comerford, David Carl Frank, Burn L. Lewis, Leonid Rachevksy, Mahesh Viswanathan