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).
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Publication number: 20230187974Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: UTC Fire & Security CorporationInventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Goff
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Patent number: 11411439Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: UTC Fire & Security CorporationInventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Goff
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Patent number: 10564258Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 26, 2015Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: UTC Fire & Security CorporationInventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Kimmo Kyllonen, Edward Goff, Corey Running, William L. Schultz, Umer Qureshi, Rene Christian
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Publication number: 20170310165Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2015Publication date: October 26, 2017Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Edward Goff
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Publication number: 20170299696Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2015Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, Kimmo Kyllonen, Edward Goff, Corey Running, Willaim L. Schultz, Umer Qureshi, Rene Christian
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Patent number: 9263804Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 28, 2014Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: Orbital ATK, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Michael J. Gawronski
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Publication number: 20140253409Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Michael J. Gawronski
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Patent number: 8723722Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 27, 2009Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Alliant Techsystems Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Michael J. Gawronski
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Publication number: 20120228563Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, John R. Lamberg, Mike Gawronski
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Patent number: 7742816Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Javaid Masoud, Christopher C. Fuller
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Patent number: 7467014Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 28, 2005Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.Inventors: Christopher C. Fuller, William D. Verhoef, Gregory J. Haubrich, Javaid Masoud, George C. Rosar, Garry L. Dublin, Piotr Przybyszewski