Patents by Inventor CLINTON BLANKENSHIP

CLINTON BLANKENSHIP 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: 11459231
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microelectronic isolation system comprising a base, vibration isolator, primary sensor, and microprocessor. The base supports the vibration isolator, the primary sensor, and the microprocessor. The vibration isolator has a platform, isolation material, and at least one isolation sensor. The isolation material dampens an overall vibrational frequency experienced by the microelectronic isolation system. The isolation sensor measures a displacement. The displacement is a measurement of a displacement of the platform with respect to the base. The primary sensor measures a primary sensor response, which is received by the microprocessor to calculate a plurality of responses. The plurality of responses of the microprocessor being one or a combination of a measured compensation response, an inertial response, and a restored primary sensor response.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Clinton Blankenship
  • Publication number: 20220162057
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microelectronic isolation system comprising a base, vibration isolator, primary sensor, and microprocessor. The base supports the vibration isolator, the primary sensor, and the microprocessor. The vibration isolator has a platform, isolation material, and at least one isolation sensor. The isolation material dampens an overall vibrational frequency experienced by the microelectronic isolation system. The isolation sensor measures a displacement. The displacement is a measurement of a displacement of the platform with respect to the base. The primary sensor measures a primary sensor response, which is received by the microprocessor to calculate a plurality of responses. The plurality of responses of the microprocessor being one or a combination of a measured compensation response, an inertial response, and a restored primary sensor response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventor: CLINTON BLANKENSHIP
  • Patent number: 11112246
    Abstract: A resonant mechanical structure, such as one for use in a torsional oscillator MEMS accelerometer that includes a mounting substrate and a reference mass configured to move within a reference mass plane, the resonant mechanical structure being connected to the mounting structure and the reference mass, and the resonant mechanical structure including a body, a center of mass, and an aperture, wherein the aperture is surrounded and defined by the body, and wherein the body includes a first mass portion and a second mass portion that are configured to oscillate about an oscillation axis located within the reference mass plane, wherein the center of mass is located on the oscillation axis, and wherein a movement of the reference mass within the reference mass plane varies a moment of inertia of the body while the center of mass of the body remains located on the oscillation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: United States Government as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Clinton Blankenship
  • Publication number: 20200393247
    Abstract: A resonant mechanical structure, such as one for use in a torsional oscillator MEMS accelerometer that includes a mounting substrate and a reference mass configured to move within a reference mass plane, the resonant mechanical structure being connected to the mounting structure and the reference mass, and the resonant mechanical structure including a body, a center of mass, and an aperture, wherein the aperture is surrounded and defined by the body, and wherein the body includes a first mass portion and a second mass portion that are configured to oscillate about an oscillation axis located within the reference mass plane, wherein the center of mass is located on the oscillation axis, and wherein a movement of the reference mass within the reference mass plane varies a moment of inertia of the body while the center of mass of the body remains located on the oscillation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventor: CLINTON BLANKENSHIP