Patents by Inventor David Gate

David Gate 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: 20240153651
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stellarator comprising two sets of coils, namely a set of encircling coils which encircle the plasma axis, and a set of shaping coils which do not encircle any other coil or the plasma. In some embodiments, the encircling coils include a structural element to maintain their shape under magnetic forces. In some embodiments, the shaping coils are mounted onto one or more structural elements which, together with the shaping coils, constitute a field shaping unit. Also disclosed is a controller which may modify the electrical current flowing in one or more subsets of the coils in order to achieve target plasma parameters. Also disclosed is a method of designing a set of shaping coils by discretizing a surface dipole or current potential distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: David Gates
  • Publication number: 20230317304
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems for generating neutrons, the systems including a stellarator optimized for fast particle finement. In some embodiments, the stellarator optimized for fast particle confinement is selected from a quasi-axisymmetric stellarator, a quasi-symmetric stellarator, a quasi-isodynamic stellarator, or a quasi-omnigenous stellarator. The present disclosure is also directed to methods of generating neutrons using the systems of the present disclosure and, in particular, systems incorporating a stellarator optimized for fast particle confinement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: DAVID GATES
  • Publication number: 20230290525
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a stellarator comprising two sets of coils, namely a set of encircling coils which encircle the plasma axis, and a set of shaping coils which do not encircle any other coil or the plasma. In some embodiments, the encircling coils include a structural element to maintain their shape under magnetic forces. In some embodiments, the shaping coils are mounted onto one or more structural elements which, together with the shaping coils, constitute a field shaping unit. Also disclosed is a controller which may modify the electrical current flowing in one or more subsets of the coils in order to achieve target plasma parameters. Also disclosed is a method of designing a set of shaping coils by discretizing a surface dipole or current potential distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: DAVID GATES, CAOXIANG ZHU, KENNETH HAMMOND
  • Publication number: 20220170908
    Abstract: Provided herein am compositions and methods for characterizing and treating neurodegenerative disease. In particular, provided herein are compositions and methods for measuring T cell markers associated with Alzheimer's disease.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Anton Wyss-Coray, David Gate, Mark Davis, Naresha Saligrama
  • Publication number: 20150100874
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for revealing extra margin area for paginated digital content, referred to herein as an extra margins mode. For example, the extra margins mode may be used to reveal/expose extra margin area (galley area) at the perimeter of one or more pages of an eBook or a photo of a photo album. Once galley area is exposed, a user can add content to the galley area, such as annotations using a stylus. In some cases, the extra margins mode may be configured to expose galley area for one or more pages in response to a reveal command input, such as a pinch gesture, a drag gesture, or an inward flick gesture from near the edge of a page using a stylus. The extra margins mode may also be configured to hide exposed galley areas in response to a hide command input, such as spread gesture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: barnesandnoble.com llc
    Inventors: Matthew Pallakoff, Charles Neugebauer, Lutz Gerhard, Luis D. Mosquera, David Gates
  • Publication number: 20070025110
    Abstract: A mounting assembly (100) for a lamp socket (105) that is adjustable, comprises a bracket (101) configured to be mechanically coupled to a luminaire assembly and a mounting plate (103) configured to attach to the lamp socket and be mechanically coupled to the bracket and selectively engage the bracket at one of a multiplicity of angular rotations. A corresponding method of aligning a lamp to a desired rotational position with respect to a luminaire, includes disengaging a mounting plate from a bracket, where the mounting plate and the bracket are coupled about a common axis of rotation, rotating the mounting plate about the axis to a rotational position corresponding to the desired rotational position of the lamp and re-engaging the mounting plate and the bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Damon Langlois, James Anderson, Donald Cleland, David Gates
  • Publication number: 20050056763
    Abstract: A bracket adapted to fit through a wheel of a spare tire for a vehicle is provided. The bracket includes a first plate portion, a first member, a second plate portion, and a second member. The first plate portion has at least two stud holes formed therethrough and arranged in a pattern corresponding to a wheel-stud pattern for at least one vehicle. The first member extends from the first plate portion. At least part of an exterior surface of the first member has a cylindrical shape. The first member has a first threaded portion. The second member extends from the second plate portion. The second member has a second threaded portion. The first threaded portion is adapted to mate with the second threaded portion. The bracket may be included in a kit, wherein the kit includes a container holding bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: David Gates, Monte Morrish