Patents by Inventor Doug Wong
Doug Wong 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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Patent number: 9568389Abstract: A blast pressure recording device and method includes at least one first sensor for measuring a parameter indicative of a blast event, at least one comparator in communication with the at least one first sensor for determining whether said parameter indicative of a blast event exceeds a predetermined threshold, at least one second sensor for measuring blast pressure, a power control means providing power to the at least one second sensor only when the predetermined threshold is exceeded, and a controller for receiving and recording blast pressure.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2012Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: Med-Eng, LLCInventors: Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris, Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski
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Publication number: 20150143875Abstract: A blast pressure recording device and method includes at least one first sensor for measuring a parameter indicative of a blast event, at least one comparator in communication with the at least one first sensor for determining whether said parameter indicative of a blast event exceeds a predetermined threshold, at least one second sensor for measuring blast pressure, a power control means providing power to the at least one second sensor only when the predetermined threshold is exceeded, and a controller for receiving and recording blast pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2012Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris, Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski
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Patent number: 8930144Abstract: An apparatus as provided for measuring acceleration of a person's head or other object. The apparatus comprises a sensor for sensing acceleration and a controller for controlling recording of data resulting from the sensed acceleration due to an explosive force. The controller is adapted to determine whether or not to enable recording of the data based on the sensed acceleration. A data receiver is provided to receive the sensed acceleration data from the sensing means, and requires electrical power to enable data to be received thereby. The controller controls electrical power to the receiver so that if the sensed acceleration reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, electrical power to the data receiver is enabled. The recorded acceleration data may be used for injury analysis.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Med-Eng, LLCInventors: Graham Hubler, Jeffrey Byers, Brian Houston, Robert Corsaro, Phil Frank, Jason Kost, Kenny Opachko, Alain Berdoz, Peter Herdic, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Daniel Crossman
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Patent number: 8539815Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recording information about an event resulting in application of a force to a body. The apparatus comprises data recording means for recording the information, sensor means for sensing a parameter which enables a predetermined source of force to be distinguished from another, predetermined source of force, and control means responsive to the sensed parameter for controlling the data recording means. The sensor means may comprise a pressure sensor for sensing shockwaves resulting from an explosive force and the resulting signal used to distinguish from other events, such as blunt impacts. The pressure signal may be used to control the storage of acceleration data for injury analysis.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Allen-Vanguard CorporationInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris
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Publication number: 20130007936Abstract: An apparatus for recording data indicative of acceleration of a part of a person's body or other object, including first memory means for receiving acceleration data from an acceleration sensor, second memory means operatively coupled to the first memory means for receiving data from the first memory means, and a data transfer controller for controlling the transfer of data from the first memory means to the second memory means based on the acceleration data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: Allen-Vanguard Corporation, The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey LEVINE, Doug WONG, Lock-Sui CHIN, Jean-Philippe DIONNE, Daniel CROSSMAN, Peter HERDIC, Brian HOUSTON, Robert CORSARO, Graham HUBLER, Jeffrey BYERS, Kenny OPACHKO, Alain BERDOZ, Phil FRANK, Jason KOST
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Publication number: 20130013243Abstract: A method of calibrating a data recording unit for measuring head acceleration, including the steps of providing a data recording unit mounted to a head protector, mounting the head protector on a support, subjecting the head protector and support to a force or pressure, measuring acceleration of the head protector resulting from the force or pressure, measuring acceleration of the support resulting from the force or pressure, and determining a relationship between the measured acceleration of the head protector and of the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicants: Allen-Vanguard Corporation, The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Jeffrey LEVINE, Doug WONG, Lock-Sui CHIN, Jean-Philippe DIONNE, Daniel CROSSMAN, Peter HERDIC, Brian HOUSTON, Robert CORSARO, Graham HUBLER, Jeffrey BYERS, Kenny OPACHKO, Alain BERDOZ, Phil FRANK, Jason KOST
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Patent number: 8322188Abstract: An apparatus adapted for mounting on a head protector including sensor means for sensing the presence of a head in the head protector. The sensor means includes first and second spaced apart electrode elements adapted to sense the dielectric of a head and the one or more electrode elements include a fastener for fastening an object to the head protector.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: Allen-Vanguard CorporationInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris
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Patent number: 8316691Abstract: An apparatus for mounting to a head protector including a housing having a plurality of parts each defining a portion of the housing, one or more components to be accommodated in the housing, and one or more apertures in the housing for introducing a compound for securing the one or more components in the housing, a protrusion on the exterior surface of the housing for abutting against the exterior surface of the head protector, and a sensor and a coupling for mechanically coupling the sensor to the protrusion to minimize relative movement between the head protector and the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Assignee: Allen-Vanguard CorporationInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris
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Publication number: 20120155039Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recording information about an event resulting in application of a force to a body. The apparatus comprises data recording means for recording the information, sensor means for sensing a parameter which enables a predetermined source of force to be distinguished from another, predetermined source of force, and control means responsive to the sensed parameter for controlling the data recording means. The sensor means may comprise a pressure sensor for sensing shockwaves resulting from an explosive force and the resulting signal used to distinguish from other events, such as blunt impacts. The pressure signal may be used to control the storage of acceleration data for injury analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD CORPORATIONInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Makris Aristidis
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Publication number: 20110290018Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recording information about an event resulting in application of a force to a body. The apparatus comprises data recording means for recording the information, sensor means for sensing a parameter which enables a predetermined source of force to be distinguished from another, predetermined source of force, and control means responsive to the sensed parameter for controlling the data recording means. The sensor means may comprise a pressure sensor for sensing shockwaves resulting from an explosive force and the resulting signal used to distinguish from other events, such as blunt impacts. The pressure signal may be used to control the storage of acceleration data for injury analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD CORPORATIONInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris
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Publication number: 20110283791Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recording information about an event resulting in application of a force to a body. The apparatus comprises data recording means for recording the information, sensor means for sensing a parameter which enables a predetermined source of force to be distinguished from another, predetermined source of force, and control means responsive to the sensed parameter for controlling the data recording means. The sensor means may comprise a pressure sensor for sensing shockwaves resulting from an explosive force and the resulting signal used to distinguish from other events, such as blunt impacts. The pressure signal may be used to control the storage of acceleration data for injury analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2011Publication date: November 24, 2011Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD CORPORATIONInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris
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Patent number: 7992421Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recording information about an event resulting in application of a force to a body. The apparatus comprises data recording means for recording the information, sensor means for sensing a parameter which enables a predetermined source of force to be distinguished from another, different source of force, and control means responsive to the sensed parameter for controlling the data recording means. The sensor means may comprise a pressure sensor for sensing shockwaves resulting from an explosive force and the resulting signal used to distinguish from other events, such as blunt impacts. The pressure signal may be used to control the storage of acceleration data for injury analysis.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Allen-Vanguard CorporationInventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Aristidis Makris
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Publication number: 20110098934Abstract: An apparatus as provided for measuring acceleration of a person's head or other object. The apparatus comprises a sensor for sensing acceleration and a controller for controlling recording of data resulting from the sensed acceleration due to an explosive force. The controller is adapted to determine whether or not to enable recording of the data based on the sensed acceleration. A data receiver is provided to receive the sensed acceleration data from the sensing means, and requires electrical power to enable data to be received thereby. The controller controls electrical power to the receiver so that if the sensed acceleration reaches or exceeds a predetermined value, electrical power to the data receiver is enabled. The recorded acceleration data may be used for injury analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: April 28, 2011Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Graham Hubler, Jeffrey Byers, Brian Houston, Robert Corsaro, Phil Frank, Jason Kost, Kenny Opachko, Alain Berdoz, Peter Herdic, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Daniel Crossman
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Publication number: 20100307223Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recording information about an event resulting in application of a force to a body. The apparatus comprises data recording means for recording the information, sensor means for sensing a parameter which enables a predetermined source of force to be distinguished from another, different source of force, and control means responsive to the sensed parameter for controlling the data recording means. The sensor means may comprise a pressure sensor for sensing shockwaves resulting from an explosive force and the resulting signal used to distinguish from other events, such as blunt impacts. The pressure signal may be used to control the storage of acceleration data for injury analysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2008Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: ALLEN-VANGUARD TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Gordana Jeftic-Stojanovski, Lock-Sui Chin, Jeffrey Levine, Jean-Philippe Dionne, Doug Wong, Makris Aristidis
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Patent number: 7518883Abstract: A multi-service network element is configurable for use in various types of communications networks. The network element has a service interface card, a service interface electrical connector for receiving the service interface card, an I/O electrical connector for receiving an I/O module, and a backplane. The backplane has a first side, an opposite side, a first means for electrically connecting the service interface electrical connector to the first side, and a second means for electrically connecting the I/O electrical connector to either side of the backplane. The backplane is partitioned into columns and rows of electrical connectors. Each column corresponds to a card slot for receiving a circuit pack and each row corresponds to a section of the backplane having traces for carrying a particular type of electrical signals between circuit packs.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2004Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Craig Suitor, Balwantrai Mistry, Doug Wong, Christopher Brown
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Patent number: 7518982Abstract: Described are a system and method of communicating status and protection information between cards in a communications system. The system has a plurality of cards connected to a backplane. The plurality of cards includes a tributary card and a cross-connect card for forwarding data traffic between cards in the network element. The backplane has a link that is dedicated to carrying out-of-band signals between the tributary card and the cross-connect card. The tributary card transmits information to the cross-connect card in a first out-of-band signal over the link and the cross-connect card broadcasts the information to the plurality of cards in the network element in a second out-of-band signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: April 14, 2009Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Christopher Brown, Mark Brian Carson, Doug Wong, Claire Greenwood
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Patent number: 7450493Abstract: Described are a system and method for forwarding K-bytes between optical cards in a communication system. The system includes a first card and second card each connected to a backplane. The second card obtains protection-signaling information from an incoming signal arriving at the second card from over a network. The second card generates an out-of-band signal having the protection-signaling information, and transmits the out-of-band signal having the protection-signaling information to the first card in the network element. In one embodiment, the first card is a cross-connect card, and the cross-connect card simultaneously transmits the out-of-band signal with the protection-signaling information to a plurality of cards in the system.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2003Date of Patent: November 11, 2008Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Christopher Brown, Doug Wong, John Paul McGrotty, Armin Lackermeier, Declan McCartan
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Patent number: 7376229Abstract: A system identification module for storing system specific information is described. The system includes a housing, a module connector and a persistent memory for storing system specific data associated with a communications system having a backplane. The housing and the module connector define an enclosure surrounding the persistent memory. The module connector can be electrically coupled to and removed from the backplane connector. The persistent memory can be a programmable read-only memory device. System specific information such as the system serial number, the date of manufacture, the system vintage and the common language equipment identifier (CLEI) code can be remotely accessed using the system identification module.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2003Date of Patent: May 20, 2008Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Doug Wong, Christopher Brown, Balwantrai Mistry, Craig Suitor
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Patent number: 7315940Abstract: Described are a system and method for initializing a traffic card in a network element after a restart. The traffic card receives status information regarding a shelf processor card over a low-level link. If the status information indicates that the shelf processor card is unavailable, the traffic card supports traffic using provisioning data stored at the traffic card. Otherwise, if the status information indicates that the shelf processor card is un-initialized or initializing, the traffic card waits for the shelf processor card to be available. If the shelf processor is operational, the traffic card communicates with the shelf processor card to determine which provisioning data to use. When restarting the card, boot code stored in a first memory bank is executed. If this boot code is determined to be invalid, execution is redirected to boot code stored in a second memory bank to continue the restart process of the card.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2004Date of Patent: January 1, 2008Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Jocelyn Audette, Craig Parker, Christopher Brown, Doug Wong, Sandra Fougere
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Patent number: D523438Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2004Date of Patent: June 20, 2006Assignee: Nortel Networks LimitedInventors: Craig Suitor, Balwantrai Mistry, Doug Wong, Christopher Brown