Patents by Inventor Eugene Ellis
Eugene Ellis 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: 11831136Abstract: Disclosed is a poke-through floor box assembly with increased accessibility and fluid drainage. An assembly may include a main housing including a central cavity, wherein the central cavity is operable to house an electrical wiring device, and a cover assembly coupled to the main housing. The cover assembly may include a frame having a sidewall and a fluid channel extending through the sidewall, and a set of main doors rotatably coupled to the frame, wherein a first main door of the set of main doors includes a cable access door.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Wayne Hamilton, Eugene Ellis, Paulo da Moura, Stephen Lundgren, Jessica Poratti
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Publication number: 20230208121Abstract: Disclosed is a poke-through floor box assembly with increased accessibility and fluid drainage. An assembly may include a main housing including a central cavity, wherein the central cavity is operable to house an electrical wiring device, and a cover assembly coupled to the main housing. The cover assembly may include a frame having a sidewall and a fluid channel extending through the sidewall, and a set of main doors rotatably coupled to the frame, wherein a first main door of the set of main doors includes a cable access door.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Wayne Hamilton, Eugene Ellis, Paulo da Moura, Stephen Lundgren, Jessica Poratti
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Patent number: 11539128Abstract: A 2.2M offset antenna includes a reflector hub; a positioner for supporting the reflector hub; a plurality of reflector panels including a first plurality of side panels and a second plurality of side panels, the first plurality of side panels and the second plurality of side panels each being selectively securable to the reflector hub; each side panel of the first plurality of side panels being uniquely sized relative to the other side panels of the first plurality of side panels such that the first plurality of side panels may be nested together in a stacked configuration when separated from reflector hub; and each side panel of the second plurality of side panels being uniquely sized relative to the other side panels of the second plurality of side panels such that the second plurality of side panels may be nested together in a stacked configuration when separated from reflector hub.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: AvL Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mike Wilde, Alan Eugene Ellis
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Publication number: 20210028541Abstract: A 2.2M offset antenna includes a reflector hub; a positioner for supporting the reflector hub; a plurality of reflector panels including a first plurality of side panels and a second plurality of side panels, the first plurality of side panels and the second plurality of side panels each being selectively securable to the reflector hub; each side panel of the first plurality of side panels being uniquely sized relative to the other side panels of the first plurality of side panels such that the first plurality of side panels may be nested together in a stacked configuration when separated from reflector hub; and each side panel of the second plurality of side panels being uniquely sized relative to the other side panels of the second plurality of side panels such that the second plurality of side panels may be nested together in a stacked configuration when separated from reflector hub.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: AvL Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mike Wilde, Alan Eugene Ellis
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Publication number: 20200365999Abstract: A flat panel antenna for satellite communications, the flat panel antenna including a printed circuit board (PCB) including a plurality of patches and a feed network; a waveguide manifold including a transmit feed network on one side and a receive feed network on the opposite side; a transition region on the transmit feed network wherein a waveguide input port transitions to a ridged waveguide for compact dimension; a transition region on the transmit feed network wherein the waveguide input port transitions to the ridged waveguide for compact dimension; an integrated transmit reject filter on the receive feed network; and wherein the flat panel antenna is operable to provide right hand circular polarization TX and left-hand circular polarization RX.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2020Publication date: November 19, 2020Applicant: AvL Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Keith Edenfield, Ian J. Timmins, Bruce Barratt, Alan Eugene Ellis, Erik Leonard, Peter McMehamin
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Patent number: 10804614Abstract: A lightweight and portable space frame antenna includes a first plurality of reflector panels and a second plurality of reflector panels each being sized and configured such that each one of said first plurality of reflector panels can be nested inside a corresponding one of said second plurality of reflector panels, thereby defining a nested pairing; a plurality of helical cam latching devices for joining together each of the first and second pluralities of reflector panels; a reflector hub consisting of two pieces, wherein the first and second pluralities of reflector panels are mounted on the reflector hub to form a parabolic reflector; a foldable positioner for supporting the parabolic reflector; a telescoping actuator that is structured and disposed for providing elevation adjustment and may be selectively disconnected from the parabolic reflector; and an elevation-azimuth bar that is structured and disposed for providing azimuth adjustment through a bearing-free azimuth rotation.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: AvL Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mike Wilde, Alan Eugene Ellis
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Publication number: 20190280392Abstract: A lightweight and portable space frame antenna includes a first plurality of reflector panels and a second plurality of reflector panels each being sized and configured such that each one of said first plurality of reflector panels can be nested inside a corresponding one of said second plurality of reflector panels, thereby defining a nested pairing; a plurality of helical cam latching devices for joining together each of the first and second pluralities of reflector panels; a reflector hub consisting of two pieces, wherein the first and second pluralities of reflector panels are mounted on the reflector hub to form a parabolic reflector; a foldable positioner for supporting the parabolic reflector; a telescoping actuator that is structured and disposed for providing elevation adjustment and may be selectively disconnected from the parabolic reflector; and an elevation-azimuth bar that is structured and disposed for providing azimuth adjustment through a bearing-free azimuth rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Applicant: AvL Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Mike Wilde, Alan Eugene Ellis
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Embedded universal serial bus (USB) debug (EUD) for multi-interfaced debugging in electronic systems
Patent number: 9684578Abstract: Embedded Universal Serial Bus (USB) debug (EUD) for multi-interfaced debugging in electronic systems are disclosed. Electronic systems contain complex integrated circuits (ICs) that require extensive testing and debugging to ensure good quality and performance. In exemplary aspects, an EUD is provided in an electronic system. The EUD is configured to send control information to and/or collect debugging information from multiple internal debugging interfaces in the electronic system. The EUD is also configured to convert the debugging information into a USB format so that the debugging information can be externally accessed through a USB interface provided by the electronic system. The EUD can provide non-invasive monitoring of the electronic system. The electronic system is able to use a USB port for communications in a mission mode while EUD is enabled. Additionally, the electronic system can turn on or off all system clocks during power-saving mode while the EUD continues to function.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Terrence Brian Remple, Duane Eugene Ellis, Sassan Shahrokhinia, Victor Kam Kin Wong -
Patent number: 9534863Abstract: A device and method to accelerate solid metal slugs to high speeds. In one embodiment, a large electric current is passed through an outer cylindrical metal tube enclosing in part a metal slug, a central electrode, and a conducting tail coupled at opposite ends to the. metal slug and the central electrode. Electromagnetic forces accelerate the metal slug to a point high enough to mechanically separate the conducting tail. On separation, a plasma is generated by the passage of electric current though a gas produced by vaporization of the conducting tail and nearby materials. An insulator enclosed within the tube prevents the plasma from shorting to the outer tube until the current flow has produced a sufficient magnetic field to contain the plasma. The metal slug is then accelerated to high speed by a combination of electromagnetic forces and mechanical pressure from the hot gas through which the electric current is passing.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: William Bryan Maier, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Gene Morris, Donald D. Snyder, George Ralph Caramico
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EMBEDDED UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS (USB) DEBUG (EUD) FOR MULTI-INTERFACED DEBUGGING IN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Publication number: 20160124822Abstract: Embedded Universal Serial Bus (USB) debug (EUD) for multi-interfaced debugging in electronic systems are disclosed. Electronic systems contain complex integrated circuits (ICs) that require extensive testing and debugging to ensure good quality and performance. In exemplary aspects, an EUD is provided in an electronic system. The EUD is configured to send control information to and/or collect debugging information from multiple internal debugging interfaces in the electronic system. The EUD is also configured to convert the debugging information into a USB format so that the debugging information can be externally accessed through a USB interface provided by the electronic system. The EUD can provide non-invasive monitoring of the electronic system. The electronic system is able to use a USB port for communications in a mission mode while EUD is enabled. Additionally, the electronic system can turn on or off all system clocks during power-saving mode while the EUD continues to function.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Terrence Brian Remple, Duane Eugene Ellis, Sassan Shahrokhinia, Victor Kam Kin Wong -
Publication number: 20160054093Abstract: A device and method to accelerate solid metal slugs to high speeds. In one embodiment, a large electric current is passed through an outer cylindrical metal tube enclosing in part a metal slug, a central electrode, and a conducting tail coupled at opposite ends to the. metal slug and the central electrode. Electromagnetic forces accelerate the metal slug to a point high enough to mechanically separate the conducting tail. On separation, a plasma is generated by the passage of electric current though a gas produced by vaporization of the conducting tail and nearby materials. An insulator enclosed within the tube prevents the plasma from shorting to the outer tube until the current flow has produced a sufficient magnetic field to contain the plasma. The metal slug is then accelerated to high speed by a combination of electromagnetic forces and mechanical pressure from the hot gas through which the electric current is passing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2012Publication date: February 25, 2016Inventors: William Bryan MAIER, II, Eugene Ellis NOLTING, Gene MORRIS, Donald D. SNYDER, George Ralph CARAMICO
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Publication number: 20140311587Abstract: Embodiments of the Water Supply Conduit Heating are comprised of a control apparatus and a delivery apparatus. The control apparatus is comprised of two electrically actuated solenoid valves, a pump, a hot water connection, a cold water connection, an electronic control, a temperature sensor, and a double-pipe source connection. The two electrically actuated solenoid valves are controlled by the electronic control. As the temperature of the fluid inbound from the source varies, the electronic control adjusts the mix of hot water and cold water from the hot water connection and the cold water connection to provide an appropriate temperature fluid to the outbound fluid to the source connection. The electronic control is used to measure the temperature of the fluid in the conduit and to direct fluid into the conduit as required to control fluid temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: PLAN 9, INC.Inventor: Mark Eugene Ellis
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Patent number: 8810121Abstract: A device and method to produce a hot, dense, long-lived plasma. In one embodiment, a large electric current is passed through an outer tube enclosing in part a piston, a notched conducting rod and central electrode. Electromagnetic forces accelerate the piston to a point high enough to mechanically separate the conducting rod at the location of the notch before the conducting rod is melted. On separation, a plasma is generated by the passage of electric current though a gas produced by vaporization of the conducting rod and nearby materials. An insulator enclosed within the tube prevents the plasma from shorting to the outer tube until the current flow has produced a sufficient magnetic field to contain the plasma. The piston is then accelerated by a combination of electromagnetic forces and mechanical pressure from the hot gas through which the electric current is passing.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: William Bryan Maier, II, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Donald D. Snyder
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Patent number: 8746120Abstract: A device and method which combine electromagnetic acceleration with acceleration by high-pressure gases derived from chemical energy to achieve high slug speeds.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2012Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Eugene Ellis Nolting, William Bryan Maier, II, Gene Morris
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Publication number: 20090288584Abstract: Solid combustible waste materials are converted into highly efficient fuel by subjecting such materials to size reduction in suitable size-reducing equipment. The last piece of the equipment is a mill which pulverizes the waste materials into fine particles having a high surface to mass ratio and forming a highly efficient fuel when these particles are directly injected into a combustion reactor operating at high temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventors: Theodora Alexakis, Jon William Cofield, Platon Manoliadis, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Peter George Tsantrizos
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Publication number: 20090031589Abstract: An outsole for a shoe has a backing member of thermoplastic rubber and on an area of the exterior surface of that backing member an intermediate layer of thermoplastic polyurethane and an outermost layer of fabric, the area comprising at least 51 percent of the contact surface of the outsole. In producing the outsole, a sheet of fabric is overlain with a sheet of thermo plastic urethane, the sheet is heated to about the melting point of the TPU to permit the TPU to adhere to the fabric, and the fabric is cooled. The TPU-covered fabric is cut to the size and shape required to fit a backing member, and position in a mold on a bottom surface of a mold, and a quantity of TPR is injected at a temperature lower than the melting point of the TPU but high enough to render the TPU tacky, to insure the inherence of the TPU-covered fabric to the backing, including the resultant outsole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2008Publication date: February 5, 2009Applicant: BROWN SHOE COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Eugene Ellis, Phillip W. Pugh
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Publication number: 20080319720Abstract: A method for characterizing a threaded coupling such as between two tubular members is disclosed. In one embodiment, a threaded connection between a first tubular and a second tubular is considered, where the first tubular has a internally-threaded box structure and the second tubular has outer threads defining a pin structure. A mathematical model of the connection between the two tubulars is generated, and the mathematical model is permuted to reflect application of at least one flexing force to the joint. From the permuted model, a stress/strain distribution of the box and pin structures is derived. A connection fatigue index value is calculated based on the stress/strain distribution. In one embodiment, connection fatigue indices are computed for a variety of connection combinations, such that a user can compare the relative suitability of multiple box/pin combinations to select one that is deemed desirable for a particular use.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2007Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Sean Eugene Ellis, Kang Lee
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Patent number: 7451511Abstract: An outsole (1) for a shoe has a backing member (4) of thermoplastic rubber and on an area of the exterior surface of that backing member an intermediate layer (12) of thermoplastic polyurethane and an outermost layer of fabric (10), the area comprising at least 51 percent of the contact surface of the outsole. In producing the outsole, a sheet of fabric is overlain with a sheet of thermoplastic urethane, the sheet is heated to about the melting point of the TPU to permit the TPU to adhere to the fabric, and the fabric is cooled. The TPU-covered fabric is cut to the size and shape required to fit a backing member, and position in a mold on a bottom surface of a mold, and a quantity of TPR is injected at a temperature lower than the melting point of the TPU but high enough to render the TPU tacky, to insure the inherence of the TPU-covered fabric to the backing, including the resultant outsole.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2004Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Brown Shoe Company, Inc.Inventors: Eugene Ellis, Phillip W. Pugh
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Publication number: 20060143947Abstract: An outsole (1) for a shoe has a backing member (4) of thermoplastic rubber and on an area of the exterior surface of that backing member an intermediate layer (12) of thermoplastic polyurethane and an outermost layer of fabric (10), the area comprising at least 51 percent of the contact surface of the outsole. In producing the outsole, a sheet of fabric is overlain with a sheet of thermoplastic urethane, the sheet is heated to about the melting point of the TPU to permit the TPU to adhere to the fabric, and the fabric is cooled. The TPU-covered fabric is cut to the size and shape required to fit a backing member, and position in a mold on a bottom surface of a mold, and a quantity of TPR is injected at a temperature lower than the melting point of the TPU but high enough to render the TPU tacky, to insure the inherence of the TPU-covered fabric to the backing, including the resultant outsole.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2004Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Eugene Ellis, Phillip Pugh
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Patent number: 6871604Abstract: Solid combustible waste materials are converted into highly efficient fuel by subjecting such materials to size reduction in suitable size-reducing equipment. The last piece of the equipment is a mill which pulverizes the waste materials into fine particles having a high surface to mass ratio and forming a highly efficient fuel when these particles are directly injected into a combustion reactor operating at high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignees: Pyrogenesis, Inc., The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Theodora Alexakis, Jon Williams Cofield, Platon Manoliadis, Eugene Ellis Nolting, Peter George Tsantrizos, Roy V. Richard