Patents by Inventor David Vickers

David Vickers 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: 11487871
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the time resilient system and methods disclosed herein can be configured to detect and defend against invalid time signals. According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, the time resilient system include a receiver for collecting time signals sourced from an external clock. By way of example only, the external clock may be a high precision clock housed within a Global Positioning System. Other embodiments may include an internal clock calibrated to a time reflected on the external clock so that the internal clock and the external clock are synchronized. Additionally, a controller may monitor changes in time signals of the external over a period of time against the internal clock, where the system is alerted of a timing attack when the time signals collected from the receiver deviate a pre-determined time range with the time of the internal clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: San Diego Gas & Electric Company
    Inventors: Ben A. Abbott, Brian Proctor, Gerardo Trevino, Paul Wood, David Vickers
  • Publication number: 20170060101
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the time resilient system and methods disclosed herein can be configured to detect and defend against invalid time signals. According to various embodiments of the disclosed technology, the time resilient system include a receiver for collecting time signals sourced from an external clock. By way of example only, the external clock may be a high precision clock housed within a Global Positioning System. Other embodiments may include an internal clock calibrated to a time reflected on the external clock so that the internal clock and the external clock are synchronized. Additionally, a controller may monitor changes in time signals of the external over a period of time against the internal clock, where the system is alerted of a timing attack when the time signals collected from the receiver deviate a pre-determined time range with the time of the internal clock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: San Diego Gas & Electric Company
    Inventors: BEN A. ABBOTT, BRIAN PROCTOR, GERARDO TREVINO, PAUL WOOD, DAVID VICKERS
  • Patent number: 6082266
    Abstract: An apparatus for and method of laying a minefield in open water uses a high speed air-cushion vehicle that transports substantial quantities of mines to a target area. It then deploys the mines while it is rapidly moving, d marks and records the location of each deployed mine with GPS equipment. Mines can be emplaced at speeds and rates much greater than conventional surface ships. The speed of high speed aircushion vehicle makes it less vulnerable to attack during operations, and it is less vulnerable to other mines it may encounter during a mission. The GPS on high speed air-cushion vehicle ensures an accurate and detailed record of location of the minefield. The high speed air-cushion vehicle has much greater lift capability than aircraft used in mining missions, and, therefore, can deliver a much larger payload per sortie (under all weather conditions) while creating the minefield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2000
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John Auzins, John Horton, David Vickers, William Jones
  • Patent number: 4727979
    Abstract: A hanger for use with a conveyor in a garment making plant or the like for holding limp sheet material includes a hanger rod for attachment to a conveyor trolley and a hanger body carrying, and forming in part, a plurality of grippers, each capable of holding a workpiece unit to the body. Each gripper is made up of a stationary gripping face on part of the hanger body and a grip elememnt supported for movement along a path giving it a wedging action on a work unit inserted in the gripper when the grip element is urged downwardly by the weight of the work unit and its engagement therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1988
    Assignee: Gerber Garment Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Wolfson, David R. Pearl, Richard P. Ray, Roald P. Nymark, Harold Osthus, David Vickers
  • Patent number: 4580705
    Abstract: A hanger for holding limp sheet material from a conveyor trolley in a conveyorized garment making plant or the like is fabricated almost entirely of bent wire parts and may be used to hold only one or a group or stack of workpieces. When the hanger arrives at a work station the workpieces may be removed from it, or they can remain on the hanger while they are worked. For the latter case the hanger includes a folding bar useful in separating the already worked pieces from those yet to be worked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 8, 1986
    Assignee: Gerber Garment Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence S. Wolfson, David Vickers