Patents by Inventor Gary Croke

Gary Croke 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).

  • Publication number: 20250290782
    Abstract: A gas flow meter for all pressures, including fractions of an atmosphere, and for cryogenic temperature systems such as cryomodules for cooling superconducting radio frequency cavities in a particle accelerator. An accurate measurement is critical to determine the quality factor (Q0) of the superconducting cavities. The instrument head, including a superconducting material adjacent to an electric resistance heater, measures gas flow. The power in the heater is increased until the superconductor exhibits ‘normal’ conducting voltage (quench) while an electric current passes through it. The heater power required to drive the superconductor to quench is a function of the gas flow passing the instrument head. Digital control and readout of all critical elements are supplied by a digital control system interfacing to an analogue to digital, digital to analogue (AtoD DtoA) module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2024
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: KEVIN JORDAN, GEORGE BIALLAS, MICHAEL TIEFENBACH, CHRISTIANA WILSON, JOSEPH GUBELI, GARY CROKE, DAKOTA CHRISTIAN
  • Publication number: 20250080255
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Patent number: 12034494
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: AVIAT U.S., INC.
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Publication number: 20230275677
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Patent number: 11581963
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Publication number: 20220255648
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Patent number: 11309978
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Publication number: 20210320732
    Abstract: An interference detection system comprises memory storing computer instructions to cause a processor to perform gathering a temporal snapshot of radio parameter values associated with a first site of a point-to-point radio system, the radio parameter values including at least a receive signal level (RSL) value and at least one other radio parameter value correlated with signal degradation; determining whether the RSL value is greater than an RSL threshold; determining whether the other radio parameter value indicates a threshold level of signal degradation; when the RSL is greater than the RSL threshold and the other parameter indicates a threshold level of signal degradation during the temporal snapshot, determining that external interference is present during the temporal snapshot; when the RSL is not greater than the RSL threshold, determining that the external interference is not present; and performing a responsive action to a determination of the external interference being likely present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Aviat U.S., Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Croke, Sergio Licardie, Robert Vilhar, Sreco Plevel, Marius Koegelenberg
  • Patent number: 7630358
    Abstract: A mechanism is disclosed for enabling a plurality of logical routers to be implemented within a single physical router. The logical routers emulate the behavior of interconnected, standalone routers. For example, the logical routers may be made aware of the presence of other logical routers within the same physical router. The logical routers may also have internal “links” to each other. In addition, the logical routers may send routing information to each other. Thus, to each other and to routers external to the single physical router, the logical routers appear as if they are interconnected standalone routers. The logical routers may be further endowed with an ability to determine whether the next hop for a set of information (e.g. a packet) is to a logical router within the same physical router or to an external router. The logical routers take advantage of this distinction to perform routing between logical routers more efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Sable Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Faizel Lakhani, Gary Croke, Riad Hartani, Bert Tanaka, Phillip Laverdiere