Patents by Inventor Christopher C. Fuller

Christopher C. Fuller 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: 20230187974
    Abstract: A system for providing wireless power transfer includes a primary antenna having a primary lens surrounding the primary antenna and a secondary antenna having a secondary lens surrounding the secondary antenna. The secondary antenna is operatively connected to power at least one sensor. A mains power source is operatively connected to power the primary antenna. The primary and secondary antennas are separated a distance apart to wirelessly transfer power from the primary antenna to the secondary antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: UTC Fire & Security Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Goff
  • Patent number: 11411439
    Abstract: A system for providing wireless power transfer includes a primary antenna having a primary lens surrounding the primary antenna and a secondary antenna having a secondary lens surrounding the secondary antenna. The secondary antenna is operatively connected to power at least one sensor. A mains power source is operatively connected to power the primary antenna. The primary and secondary antennas are separated a distance apart to wirelessly transfer power from the primary antenna to the secondary antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Goff
  • Patent number: 10564258
    Abstract: A system for characterizing the environment and objects in the environment created by fusing a plurality of sensor data, comprising a plurality of radar sensors each radar sensor integrated into a wireless module. A processor is operatively connected to the plurality of radar sensors and to a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions recorded thereon that, when read by the processor, cause the processor to combine the sensor data to identify, monitor and characterize the environment and objects within the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: UTC Fire & Security Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Kimmo Kyllonen, Edward Goff, Corey Running, William L. Schultz, Umer Qureshi, Rene Christian
  • Publication number: 20170310165
    Abstract: A system for providing wireless power transfer includes a primary antenna having a primary lens surrounding the primary antenna and a secondary antenna having a secondary lens surrounding the secondary antenna. The secondary antenna is operatively connected to power at least one sensor. A mains power source is operatively connected to power the primary antenna. The primary and secondary antennas are separated a distance apart to wirelessly transfer power from the primary antenna to the secondary antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Goff
  • Publication number: 20170299696
    Abstract: A system for characterizing the environment and objects in the environment created by fusing a plurality of sensor data, comprising a plurality of radar sensors each radar sensor integrated into a wireless module. A processor is operatively connected to the plurality of radar sensors and to a memory, wherein the memory includes instructions recorded thereon that, when read by the processor, cause the processor to combine the sensor data to identify, monitor and characterize the environment and objects within the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Kimmo Kyllonen, Edward Goff, Corey Running, Willaim L. Schultz, Umer Qureshi, Rene Christian
  • Patent number: 9263804
    Abstract: Composite material, devices incorporating the composite material and methods of forming the composite material are provided. The composite material includes interstitial material that has at least one of a select relative permittivity property value and a select relative permeability property value. The composite material further includes inclusion material within the interstitial material. The inclusion material has at least one of a select relative permeability property value and a select relative permittivity property value. The select relative permeability and permittivity property values of the interstitial and the inclusion materials are selected so that the effective intrinsic impedance of the interstitial material and the inclusion material match the intrinsic impedance of air. Devices made from the composite include metamaterial and/or metamaterial-inspired (e.g., near-field LC-type parasitic) substrates and/or lenses, front-end protection, stealth absorbers, filters and mixers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Orbital ATK, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Michael J. Gawronski
  • Publication number: 20140253409
    Abstract: Composite material, devices incorporating the composite material and methods of forming the composite material are provided. The composite material includes interstitial material that has at least one of a select relative permittivity property value and a select relative permeability property value. The composite material further includes inclusion material within the interstitial material. The inclusion material has at least one of a select relative permeability property value and a select relative permittivity property value. The select relative permeability and permittivity property values of the interstitial and the inclusion materials are selected so that the effective intrinsic impedance of the interstitial and the inclusion material match the intrinsic impedance of air. Devices made from the composite include metamaterial and/or metamaterial-inspired (e.g. near-field LC-type parasitic) substrates and/or lenses, front-end protection, stealth absorbers, filters and mixers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Michael J. Gawronski
  • Patent number: 8723722
    Abstract: Composite material, devices incorporating the composite material and methods of forming the composite material are provided. The composite material includes interstitial material that has at least one of a select relative permittivity property value and a select relative permeability property value. The composite material further includes inclusion material within the interstitial material. The inclusion material has at least one of a select relative permeability property value and a select relative permittivity property value. The select relative permeability and permittivity property values of the interstitial and the inclusion materials are selected so that the effective intrinsic impedance of the interstitial and the inclusion material match the intrinsic impedance of air. Devices made from the composite include metamaterial and/or metamaterial-inspired (e.g. near-field LC-type parasitic) substrates and/or lenses, front-end protection, stealth absorbers, filters and mixers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Michael J. Gawronski
  • Publication number: 20120228563
    Abstract: Composite material, devices incorporating the composite material and methods of forming the composite material are provided. The composite material includes interstitial material that has at least one of a select relative permittivity property value and a select relative permeability property value. The composite material further includes inclusion material within the interstitial material. The inclusion material has at least one of a select relative permeability property value and a select relative permittivity property value. The select relative permeability and permittivity property values of the interstitial and the inclusion materials are selected so that the effective intrinsic impedance of the interstitial and the inclusion material match the intrinsic impedance of air. Devices made from the composite include metamaterial and/or metamaterial-inspired (e.g. near-field LC-type parasitic) substrates and/or lenses, front-end protection, stealth absorbers, filters and mixers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Mike Gawronski
  • Patent number: 7742816
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (“IMD”) as described herein is configured to support concurrent multichannel data communication with one or more other devices within a body area network corresponding to a patient. The IMD, and possibly other devices within the body area network, can support the multichannel communication with any number of additional IMDs implanted within the body of the same patient. Moreover, one or more of the concurrent data communication channels may be a full-duplex channel. Example embodiments can be flexibly configured to support different data communication protocols and/or different modulation schemes as needed to suit the particular application or operating environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Javaid Masoud, Christopher C. Fuller
  • Patent number: 7467014
    Abstract: An implantable medical device (“IMD”) configured in accordance with an example embodiment of the invention generally includes a housing, a connector header block coupled to the housing, a dielectric sheath located around at least a portion of the housing and/or around at least a portion of the header block, and a telemetry antenna located within the dielectric sheath. The antenna is configured to support far field telemetry with an external device such as a programmer. In one example embodiment, the antenna is configured as a balanced antenna having two separate antenna elements driven 180 degrees out of phase. Each of the antenna elements has a feed point on a perimeter edge of the IMD housing and a floating endpoint. A number of alternate embodiments are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, William D. Verhoef, Gregory J. Haubrich, Javaid Masoud, George C. Rosar, Garry L. Dublin, Piotr Przybyszewski