Patents by Inventor Forrest F. Fulton
Forrest F. Fulton 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: 9592424Abstract: Golf balls for use with a system for finding golf balls and methods for making such golf balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell, a core material and a tag having a diode which is coupled to an antenna which has at least a portion formed from an elastic conductive material, such as an elastic conductive ink. The core material may include a void for receiving at least part of the diode. Other golf balls are described and methods for making balls are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Topgolf International, Inc.Inventors: Chris Savarese, Noel H. C. Marshall, Forrest F. Fulton, Mark A. Shea, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Susan McGill, Gerald Latus
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Publication number: 20150020377Abstract: Golf balls for use with a system for finding golf balls and methods for making such golf balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell, a core material and a tag having a diode which is coupled to an antenna which has at least a portion formed from an elastic conductive material, such as an elastic conductive ink. The core material may include a void for receiving at least part of the diode. Other golf balls are described and methods for making balls are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Applicant: RF CorporationInventors: Chris Savarese, Noel H.C. Marshall, Forrest F. Fulton, Mark A. Shea, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Susan McGill, Gerald Latus
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Patent number: 8758166Abstract: Golf balls for use with a system for finding golf balls and methods for making such golf balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell, a core material and a tag having a diode which is coupled to an antenna which has at least a portion formed from an elastic conductive material, such as an elastic conductive ink. The core material may include a void for receiving at least part of the diode. Other golf balls are described and methods for making balls are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: RF CorporationInventors: Chris Savarese, Noel H. C. Marshall, Forrest F. Fulton, Mark A. Shea, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Susan McGill, Gerald Latus
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Patent number: 8425350Abstract: Golf balls and a system for finding golf balls and methods for making golf balls and methods for using such balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell and a core material which is encased in the shell and a tag which is disposed within the core material and which has at least one perforation. The tag includes a diode and an antenna which are coupled together. Another exemplary golf ball includes a shell and a core material which is encased within the shell and a tag which is within the core material and which includes an electrical element which is coupled to an antenna; the tag is detectable over a range of at least 20 feet from a handheld device, and the golf ball has high durability and substantially complies with the golf ball specifications of the United States Golf Association.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2011Date of Patent: April 23, 2013Assignee: RF CorporationInventors: Chris Savarese, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Forrest F. Fulton, Noel H. C. Marshall, John Glissman, Kenneth P. Gilliland, Marvin L. Vickers, Gerald Latus
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Publication number: 20110316192Abstract: Golf balls and a system for finding golf balls and methods for making golf balls and methods for using such balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell and a core material which is encased in the shell and a tag which is disposed within the core material and which has at least one perforation. The tag includes a diode and an antenna which are coupled together. Another exemplary golf ball includes a shell and a core material which is encased within the shell and a tag which is within the core material and which includes an electrical element which is coupled to an antenna; the tag is detectable over a range of at least 20 feet from a handheld device, and the golf ball has high durability and substantially complies with the golf ball specifications of the United States Golf Association.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Inventors: Chris Savarese, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Forrest F. Fulton, Noel H.C. Marshall, John Glissman, Kenneth P. Gilliland, Marvin L. Vickers, Gerald Latus
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Patent number: 8002645Abstract: Golf ball locators and components of such locators and methods of operating such locators and processing signals within such locators. In one aspect of the inventions described herein, an exemplary method of initializing a golf ball locator includes receiving received RF signals while also transmitting signals used to locate balls and determining a parameter representative of received signal strength of the received RF signals and setting a threshold to determine when subsequent received signals are to cause an indication of golf ball detection. In another aspect of this disclosure, the golf ball locator is a handheld unit having a volume of less than about 150 inches cubed and includes a transmitter, a transmit antenna, a receiver, a receive antenna and a processor coupled to the transmitter and to the receiver, and the handheld unit achieves a signal isolation, between a second harmonic of a transmitted signal from the transmitter and the receiver's received signal, of greater than about 130 to 160 dB.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2005Date of Patent: August 23, 2011Assignee: Radar CorporationInventors: Chris Savarese, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Forrest F. Fulton, Noel H. C. Marshall, John Glissman, Kenneth P. Gilliland, Marvin L. Vickers, Susan McGill, Mark A. Shea, James C. Scheller, Jr.
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Patent number: 7691009Abstract: Golf balls for use with a system for finding golf balls and methods for making such golf balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell, a core material and a tag having a diode which is coupled to an antenna which has at least a portion formed from an elastic conductive material, such as an elastic conductive ink. The core material may include a void for receiving at least part of the diode. Other golf balls are described and methods for making balls are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Radar Golf, Inc.Inventors: Chris Savarese, Noel H. C. Marshall, Forrest F. Fulton, Mark A. Shea, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Susan McGill, Gerald Latus, Molly Latus, legal representative
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Publication number: 20090314423Abstract: Golf balls for use with a system for finding golf balls and methods for making such golf balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell, a core material and a tag having a diode which is coupled to an antenna which has at least a portion formed from an elastic conductive material, such as an elastic conductive ink. The core material may include a void for receiving at least part of the diode. Other golf balls are described and methods for making balls are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Inventors: Chris Savarese, Noel H.C. Marshall, Forrest F. Fulton, Mark A. Shea, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Susan McGill, Gerald Latus, Molly Latus
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Publication number: 20040258140Abstract: A digitally sampled spread spectrum signal is received, despread, and accumulated at a center frequency lower than the sampling rate and higher than zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2004Publication date: December 23, 2004Inventors: Erik A. Ramberg, Robert K. Froelich, Forrest F. Fulton
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Publication number: 20040142766Abstract: Golf balls and a system for finding golf balls and methods for making golf balls and methods for using such balls. In the case of one exemplary golf ball, the ball includes a shell and a core material which is encased in the shell and a tag which is disposed within the core material and which has at least one perforation. The tag includes a diode and an antenna which are coupled together. Another exemplary golf ball includes a shell and a core material which is encased within the shell and a tag which is within the core material and which includes an electrical element which is coupled to an antenna; the tag is detectable over a range of at least 20 feet from a handheld device, and the golf ball has high durability and substantially complies with the golf ball specifications of the United States Golf Association.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2003Publication date: July 22, 2004Inventors: Chris Savarese, Lauro C. Cadorniga, Forrest F. Fulton, Noel H.C. Marshall, John Glissman, Kenneth P. Gilliland, Marvin L. Vickers, Gerald Latus
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Patent number: 6741638Abstract: A digitally sampled spread spectrum signal is received, despread, and accumulated at a center frequency lower than the sampling rate and higher than zero.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1997Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: SchlumbergerSema Inc.Inventors: Erik A. Ramberg, Robert K. Froelich, Forrest F. Fulton
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Patent number: 6628699Abstract: A receiver for use in a spread spectrum communication system includes the following components: an acquisition system configured to detect a transmitted spread spectrum signal by simultaneously correlating multiple search phases of a reference spreading signal against an output from a receiver channel; a demodulation system configured to recover data embedded in the spread spectrum signal by simultaneously correlating the spread spectrum signal with multiple possible data phases of the reference spreading signal over consecutive data periods; and a bank of correlating devices configured for use both in the acquisition system and in the demodulation system.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1997Date of Patent: September 30, 2003Assignee: Schlumberger Resource Management Systems, Inc.Inventors: Erik A. Ramberg, Robert K. Froelich, Forrest F. Fulton
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Patent number: 6456644Abstract: A spread spectrum signal is processed after it is sampled at a selected sampling rate and tuned to a center frequency lower than the sampling rate and greater than zero. The signal is multiplied against a reference signal to produce a corresponding product output, and an accumulation output is formed by combining the product output with a phase-shifted version of the accumulation output.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1997Date of Patent: September 24, 2002Assignee: Cellnet Data Systems, Inc.Inventors: Erik A. Ramberg, Robert K. Froelich, Forrest F. Fulton
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Publication number: 20010050948Abstract: A receiver for use in a spread spectrum communication system includes the following components: an acquisition system configured to detect a transmitted spread spectrum signal by simultaneously correlating multiple search phases of a reference spreading signal against an output from a receiver channel; a demodulation system configured to recover data embedded in the spread spectrum signal by simultaneously correlating the spread spectrum signal with multiple possible data phases of the reference spreading signal over consecutive data periods; and a bank of correlating devices configured for use both in the acquisition system and in the demodulation system.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 1997Publication date: December 13, 2001Inventors: ERIK A. RAMBERG, ROBERT K. FROELICH, FORREST F. FULTON
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Publication number: 20010038662Abstract: A digitally sampled spread spectrum signal is received, despread, and accumulated at a center frequency lower than the sampling rate and higher than zero.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 1997Publication date: November 8, 2001Inventors: ERIK A. RAMBERG, ROBERT K. FROELICH, FORREST F. FULTON
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Patent number: 6263009Abstract: A spread spectrum signal is detected at an unknown spreading signal phase by sampling the signal at a selected sampling rate and performing a despreading function on the sampled signal using multiple reference signals, each of which represents one of multiple search phases of the spreading signal. Accumulation outputs then are produced by combining each despreading output with a phase-shifted version of the corresponding accumulation output.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1997Date of Patent: July 17, 2001Assignee: CellNet Data Systems, Inc.Inventors: Erik A. Ramberg, Robert K. Froelich, Forrest F. Fulton
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Patent number: 6047016Abstract: A spread spectrum signal sampled at a selected sampling rate is despread and accumulated in an accumulation element at a center frequency lower than the sampling rate and higher than zero. A frequency adjustment element may be used to adjust the accumulation element to have a resonant frequency approximately equal to the center frequency.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1997Date of Patent: April 4, 2000Assignee: CellNet Data Systems, Inc.Inventors: Erik A. Ramberg, Robert K. Froelich, Forrest F. Fulton
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Patent number: 5661750Abstract: A direct-sequence spread spectrum communication system using a high power transmitter and a short spreading sequence which still satisfies FCC Rule 15.247 regarding power density. In addition to the spreading sequence, the carrier signal is modulated with a phase reversal sequence. Typically, each period of the phase reversal sequence has a duration equal to the total duration of the spreading sequence. The phase reversal sequence reduces the maximum power density of the signal, but is transparent to a receiver.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 1995Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Assignee: CellNet Data Systems, Inc.Inventor: Forrest F. Fulton
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Patent number: 5604768Abstract: A bidirectional radio system for low-cost high-throughput accumulation of data from a large number of site units. Frequency synchronization is achieved at low cost by transmitting a high accuracy carrier and clock signal at a base station, and using receiving circuitry at remote stations to extract the base clock signal and base carrier frequency and a phase-lock loop to stabilize the remote station carriers. A burst demodulator at a base station receiver can decode a short remote station response by scaling the response with the phase and amplitude of an initial segment of the response. The burst demodulator may continuously update the decoding threshold based on a comparison of the signal amplitude and the current value of the decoding threshold. In an alternate embodiment, the carrier synthesizer is not part of a phase-lock loop, but the transmitted signal is rotated by a phase proportional to a frequency error to provide an accurate carrier frequency.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1994Date of Patent: February 18, 1997Assignee: CellNet Data Systems, Inc.Inventor: Forrest F. Fulton
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Patent number: 5377232Abstract: A bidirectional radio system for low cost, high through-put accumulation of data from a large number of site units. The site units are connected to remote radio transceivers in radio communication with a plurality of base stations. Accurate frequency synchronization allows multiple carriers within a 12.5 kHz FCC bandwidth. Frequency synchronization is achieved at low cost by transmitting a high accuracy carrier and clock signal at a base station, and using receiving circuitry a remote stations to extract the base clock signal and base carrier frequency and a phase-lock loop to stabilize the remote station carriers. The reception circuitry at a remote station provides independent carrier frequency and clock rate recovery, a phase-lock loop at baseband, and a coarse clock rate recovery circuit coupled to a fine clock rate recovery circuit. Remote station responses are time domain multiplexed.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 1992Date of Patent: December 27, 1994Assignee: CellNet Data Systems, Inc.Inventors: Mircho A. Davidov, Forrest F. Fulton