Patents by Inventor Fredrick A. Powers

Fredrick A. Powers 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: 8861517
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for performing operations on at least one input data vector in order to produce at least one output vector to permit easy, scalable and fast programming of a petascale equivalent supercomputer. A PetaFlops Router may comprise one or more PetaFlops Nodes, which may be connected to each other and/or external data provider/consumers via a programmable crossbar switch external to the PetaFlops Node. Each PetaFlops Node has a FPGA and a programmable intra-FPGA crossbar switch that permits input and output variables to be configurably connected to various physical operators contained in the FPGA as desired by a user. This allows a user to specify the instruction set of the system on a per-application basis. Further, the intra-FPGA crossbar switch permits the output of one operation to be delivered as an input to a second operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Kent Baker, John Fredrick Power, Justin Leonard Tripp, Mark Edward Dunham, Matthew W. Stettler, John Alexander Jones
  • Publication number: 20110258361
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and system for performing operations on at least one input data vector in order to produce at least one output vector to permit easy, scalable and fast programming of a petascale equivalent supercomputer. A PetaFlops Router may comprise one or more PetaFlops Nodes, which may be connected to each other and/or external data provider/consumers via a programmable crossbar switch external to the PetaFlops Node. Each PetaFlops Node has a FPGA and a programmable intra-FPGA crossbar switch that permits input and output variables to be configurably connected to various physical operators contained in the FPGA as desired by a user. This allows a user to specify the instruction set of the system on a per-application basis. Further, the intra-FPGA crossbar switch permits the output of one operation to be delivered as an input to a second operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Applicant: Los Alamos National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Zachary Kent Baker, John Fredrick Power, Justin Leonard Tripp, Mark Edward Dunham, Matthew W. Stettler, John Alexander Jones
  • Patent number: 4653532
    Abstract: A circulating system for dispensing fluid, such as paint, is provided with a circulating loop having a first pump. There is no substantial restriction in the circulating loop and a second pump injects additional fluid into the loop as needed to maintain pressure and make up for fluid which is dispensed by drops off of the circulating loop. Valving may be provided such that, either of the two pumps may function by itself in the event of a failure of one of the pumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Graco Inc.
    Inventor: Fredrick A. Powers