Patents by Inventor Christopher Benson

Christopher Benson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240135059
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135058
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135061
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135071
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Danne Lauren Stayskal, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240135063
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Publication number: 20240129319
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products that provide for an improved, more efficient, and more stable system of networked computing devices. The embodiments disclose an apparatus and system that enable client devices to selectively grant to third party applications permissions to access group-based communication objects of a group-based communication system. The apparatus and system further enable client devices to selectively grant to third party applications permissions to take specific actions with regards to the group-based communication objects within the system. To accomplish the improvements, the disclosed systems, apparatuses, and computing devices maintain a record of the permissions granted to third party applications in a permissions table stored in a computer storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Meagan Gamache, Diogenes Brito, Buster Benson, Kefan Xie, Paul Matthew Jennings, Christopher Sullivan, Benjamin William Scholey Redman
  • Publication number: 20240108844
    Abstract: A humidification system can include a heater base, a humidification chamber, and a breathing circuit. A cartridge can be removably coupled to the heater base. The cartridge can include various sensors, probes, sensor wire connectors, heater wire connectors, and/or other features. The cartridge can include features configured to mate with corresponding features on the humidification chamber and the heater base. The cartridge includes a memory, such as an EEPROM, or other suitable storage device. When the cartridge is installed on the heater base, the memory is electrically connected to a processor and/or memory of the heater base. Various models of cartridges can be produced for use with different humidification chambers, breathing circuits, and/or therapies. A connector can be configured to couple an inspiratory conduit to an outlet port of the humidification chamber. The connector can provide a pneumatic connection to the outlet port and an electrical connection to the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Hamish Adrian OSBORNE, Gavin Walsh Millar, Stephen David Evans, Bruce Gordon Holyoake, James William Stanton, David Leon McCauley, Gareth Thomas McDermott, Nicholas James Michael McKenna, Myfanwy Jane Antica Norton, Adrian John Elsworth, Michael John Andresen, Jonathan Andrew George Lambert, Sandeep Singh Gurm, Tessa Hazel Paris, Joseph Nathaniel Griffiths, Ping Si, Christopher Gareth Sims, Elmo Benson Stoks, Dexter Chi Lun Cheung, Peter Alan Seekup, Po-Yen Liu, Richard Edward Lang, Paul James Tonkin, Ian Lee Wai Kwan
  • Publication number: 20240078915
    Abstract: A system for managing missions for unmanned vehicles includes a computing interface and a flight management system. The computing interface is configured to communicate with at least one unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a client device. The flight management system is in communication with the computing interface and includes one or more processors coupled to a memory. The flight management system is configured to receive mission parameters through the computing interface from the client device, the mission parameters being indicative of at least one action to be completed by the UAV during a flight of the UAV and one or more operational features of the UAV. The one or more operational features are a resource available to the UAV or a functional capability of the UAV for completing the at least one action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Paul A. DeBitetto, James Dion
  • Publication number: 20240076056
    Abstract: An unmanned vehicle includes at least one navigation sensor configured to measure navigation data indicative of an environment, at least one status sensor configured to measure status data indicative of operating parameters of a hardware system and a computing system. The computing system includes a navigation engine configured to receive the navigation data and status data and plan a path through the environment and a security engine. The security engine is configured to detect that an unauthorized user is attempting to access the navigation data or the status data, send an alert to an authorized user indicating that the unauthorized user is attempting to access navigation data or status data, and send, to the unauthorized user, simulated data including one or both of simulated navigation data and simulated status data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Thomas A. Campbell, Paul A. DeBitetto, Sanjay Emani Sarma
  • Publication number: 20240076069
    Abstract: An unmanned aerial vehicle comprises a central body; at least one rotor motor configured to drive at least one propeller to rotate, rotation of the at least one propeller generating thrust and causing the unmanned aerial vehicle to fly; and an integrated micro hybrid generator system configured to provide power to the at least one rotor motor. The integrated micro hybrid generator system includes an engine configured to generate mechanical energy, and a generator motor directly coupled to the engine and configured to generate AC power using the mechanical energy generated by the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: William Roper, JR., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Mohammad Imani Nejad, Trey Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11775707
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method includes receiving design and/or engineering data (D/E data) corresponding to a prototype representation of a product and transmitting one or more inputs derived from the D/E data to one or more digital engineering tools for processing. The method also includes receiving engineering-related data outputs from the one or more digital engineering tools and receiving data corresponding to one or more common validation and verification (V&V products). The method further includes identifying one or more requirements for the product based on the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products; determining whether or not the one or more requirements have been satisfied; and presenting information corresponding to the engineering-related data outputs and/or the data corresponding to the one or more common V&V products. The method also includes receiving instructions from the user device, and performing one or more manipulations of the D/E data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Istari, Inc.
    Inventors: William Roper, Jr., Christopher Benson, Long N. Phan, Alethea Duhon, Baha Abu Nojaim, Sriram Krishnan
  • Patent number: 11601097
    Abstract: A circuit system for providing thermal stability to a transistor may include: a comparing circuit in electrical communication with the transistor for receiving a present voltage from the transistor and comparing a present voltage to a predetermined bias voltage; a logic gate electronically coupled to an output of the comparing circuit, the logic gate, gate having a high, open position and a low, closed position; and a heating element thermally coupled to the transistor and electrically coupled to the output of the comparing circuit, wherein when the present voltage is lower than the predetermined bias voltage, the gate is in the high, open position providing current to the heating element, and wherein when the present voltage is higher than the predetermine bias voltage the gate is in the low, closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Benson Amps, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Benson
  • Publication number: 20220085768
    Abstract: A circuit system for providing thermal stability to a transistor may include: a comparing circuit in electrical communication with the transistor for receiving a present voltage from the transistor and comparing a present voltage to a predetermined bias voltage; a logic gate electronically coupled to an output of the comparing circuit, the logic gate, gate having a high, open position and a low, closed position; and a heating element thermally coupled to the transistor and electrically coupled to the output of the comparing circuit, wherein when the present voltage is lower than the predetermined bias voltage, the gate is in the high, open position providing current to the heating element, and wherein when the present voltage is higher than the predetermine bias voltage the gate is in the low, closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventor: Christopher Benson
  • Patent number: 11268386
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises carbon fibre fan blades. At cruise conditions, the fan tip air angle ? in the range: 64 degrees???67 degrees. Additionally or alternatively, the fan blade tip angle ? is in the range of from 62 to 69 degrees. Arrangements in accordance with the present disclosure provide advantages which may include improved bird-strike performance. This may allow advantages associated with carbon fibre fan blades to be better exploited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Christopher Benson, Stephane M M Baralon
  • Patent number: 11181042
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a cycle operability parameter ? in a defined range to achieve improved overall performance, taking into account fan operability and/or bird strike requirements as well as engine efficiency. The defined range of cycle operability parameter ? may be particularly beneficial for gas turbine engines in which the fan is driven by a turbine through a gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Michael O Hales, Craig W Bemment, Stephane M M Baralon, Benjamin J Sellers, Christopher Benson, Benedict R Phelps, Mark J Wilson
  • Publication number: 20200072058
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises carbon fibre fan blades. At cruise conditions, the fan tip air angle ? in the range: 64 degrees???67 degrees. Additionally or alternatively, the fan blade tip angle ? is in the range of from 62 to 69 degrees. Arrangements in accordance with the present disclosure provide advantages which may include improved bird-strike performance. This may allow advantages associated with carbon fibre fan blades to be better exploited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher BENSON, Stephane M M BARALON
  • Publication number: 20200018169
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a quasi-non-dimensional mass flow rate in a defined range and a specific thrust in a defined range to achieve improved overall performance, taking into account fan operability and/or bird strike requirements as well as engine efficiency. The defined ranges of quasi-non-dimensional mass flow rate and specific thrust may be particularly beneficial for gas turbine engines in which the fan is driven by a turbine through a gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Stephane M M BARALON, Christopher BENSON, Benedict R. PHELPS
  • Publication number: 20200011238
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a cycle operability parameter ? in a defined range to achieve improved overall performance, taking into account fan operability and/or bird strike requirements as well as engine efficiency. The defined range of cycle operability parameter ? may be particularly beneficial for gas turbine engines in which the fan is driven by a turbine through a gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Michael O. HALES, Craig W. BEMMENT, Stephane M. M. BARALON, Benjamin J. SELLERS, Christopher BENSON, Benedict R. PHELPS, Mark J. WILSON
  • Publication number: 20200011274
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a quasi-non-dimensional mass flow rate in a defined range and a specific thrust in a defined range to achieve improved over all performance, taking into account fan operability and/or bird strike requirements as well as engine efficiency. The defined ranges of quasi-non-dimensional mass flow rate and specific thrust may be particularly beneficial for gas turbine engines in which the fan is driven by a turbine through a gearbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Benjamin J. SELLERS, Craig W. BEMMENT, Michael O. HALES, Stephane M. M. BARALON, Benedict R. PHELPS, Christopher BENSON, Mark J. WILSON
  • Patent number: 10436035
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a fan tip air angle and/or a fan blade tip air angle in a defined range to achieve improved over all performance, taking into account fan operability and/or bird strike requirements as well as engine efficiency. The defined ranges of fan tip air angle and/or a fan blade tip air angle may be particularly beneficial for gas turbine engines in which the fan is driven by a turbine through a gearbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Stephane M M Baralon, Christopher Benson, Benedict R Phelps