Patents by Inventor Christopher John A. Purcell

Christopher John A. Purcell 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: 7506319
    Abstract: A model of a software system under execution including: a representation of a first node corresponding to a first function executing in the software system which obtains access to a resource, with an indicator of a number of times the first function has been called in the software system; a representation of a second node corresponding to a second function executing in the software system while the resource is accessed, with an indicator of a number of times the second function has been called; a representation of a place holder node with an indicator that the place holder node has never been called in the software system; a representation of a first call from the first node to the place holder node; and a representation of a second call from the place holder node to the second node. The first and second calls correspond to the first function calling the second function in the software system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher John Purcell, Robert Francis Berry
  • Patent number: 7457199
    Abstract: An acoustic projector with a thin walled shell extending between flanges having helicoidal corrugations extending between the flanges. A shear mode motor is coupled to the thin walled shell to provide a torque to the thin walled shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen as represented by the Minister of National Defence of her Majesty's Canadian Government
    Inventors: Christopher John A. Purcell, Richard A. Fleming
  • Publication number: 20060198247
    Abstract: An acoustic projector with a thin walled shell extending between flanges having helicoidal corrugations extending between the flanges. A shear mode motor is coupled to the thin walled shell to provide a torque to the thin walled shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2006
    Publication date: September 7, 2006
    Inventors: Christopher John Purcell, Richard Fleming
  • Publication number: 20040268297
    Abstract: A model of a software system under execution including: a representation of a first node corresponding to a first function executing in the software system which obtains access to a resource, with an indicator of a number of times the first function has been called in the software system; a representation of a second node corresponding to a second function executing in the software system while the resource is accessed, with an indicator of a number of times the second function has been called; a representation of a place holder node with an indicator that the place holder node has never been called in the software system; a representation of a first call from the first node to the place holder node; and a representation of a second call from the place holder node to the second node. The first and second calls correspond to the first function calling the second function in the software system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher John Purcell, Robert Francis Berry
  • Patent number: 6584039
    Abstract: An underwater acoustic projector comprising a pair of spaced apart end plates with an acoustic driver positioned between the end plates, the driver having smaller cross-sectional dimensions than the end plates. Each end plate close one end of an open ended tubular pipe waveguide and that plate is mechanically connected to one end of a piezoelectric drive unit with a tubular waveguide extending inwards and surrounding the end portion of the acoustic driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2003
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventors: Christopher John A. Purcell, Richard A. Fleming
  • Patent number: 6567343
    Abstract: An underwater acoustic projector comprising a pair of spaced apart end walls with an acoustic driver positioned between the end walls, the driver having smaller cross-sectional dimensions than the end walls. The projector has a one piece thin wall inwardly concavely shaped shell with corrugations running in the axial direction surrounding the driver and mechanically coupled to the end walls. An open ended tubular waveguide (pipe) is connected to each end wall of the projector and extend outward forming a flextensional resonant pipe projector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventors: Christopher John A. Purcell, Richard A. Fleming
  • Patent number: 6567342
    Abstract: An underwater acoustic projector comprising a pair of spaced apart end walls with an acoustic driver positioned between the end walls, the driver having smaller cross-sectional dimensions than the end walls. Each end wall close one end of flared open ended pipe waveguides and is mechanically coupled to one end of a piezoelectric acoustic driver. The flared pipe waveguides extend outward from the driver and have a larger diameter at their open ends than at the end walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventors: Christopher John A. Purcell, Richard Alfred G. Fleming
  • Patent number: 5805529
    Abstract: An underwater acoustic projector comprising a pair of spaced apart end plates with an acoustic driver positioned between the end plates, the driver having smaller cross-sectional dimensions than the end plates. The end plate's edges are secured to an outer one-piece thin walled shell that provides a waterproof enclosure for the driver. That thin walled shell has a concavely inwardly bent surface between the end plates and a plurality of axially extending corrugations to provide a predetermined axial compliance and radial-to-axial transformation ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence of Her Majesty's Canadian Government
    Inventor: Christopher John A. Purcell