Patents by Inventor Georges Henry
Georges Henry 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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Publication number: 20160315152Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a single channel device having a first portion of a single shared heterostructure overlying a substrate structure in a single channel device area, and a gate contact that is in contact with the first portion of the single shared heterostructure. The integrated circuit also includes a multichannel device comprising a second portion of the single shared heterostructure overlying the substrate structure in a multichannel device area, a barrier layer overlying the second portion of the single shared heterorstructure, and a superlattice structure overlying the barrier layer, the superlattice structure comprising a plurality of heterostructures. An isolation region in the single shared heterostructure electrical isolates the single channel device from the multichannel device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: KAREN M. RENALDO, ERIC J. STEWART, ROBERT S. HOWELL, HOWELL GEORGE HENRY, HARLAN CARL CRAMER, JUSTIN ANDREW PARKE, MATTHEW RUSSELL KING
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Patent number: 9472634Abstract: A device is provided that comprises a first pillar disposed in a first region and overlying a base structure, and a second pillar disposed in a second region and overlying the base structure and being spaced apart from the first pillar by a device region. A bridge is disposed in the device region with a first end connected to the first pillar and a second end connected to the second pillar. The bridge includes a top, sides, and a bottom. The bridge is formed from one or more heterostructures with an undercut opening extending from the bottom to an underlying structure. A four-sided conductive contact wraps around and substantially surrounds the bridge around its top, its sides, and its bottom along at least a portion of its length between the first and second end.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: October 18, 2016Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Eric J Stewart, Howell George Henry, Robert S. Howell, Matthew Russell King, Justin Andrew Parke, Bettina Nechay, Harlan Carl Cramer, Ronald G Freitag, Karen Marie Renaldo
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Patent number: 9466679Abstract: A device is provided that comprises a first pillar disposed in a first region and overlying a base structure, and a second pillar disposed in a second region and overlying the base structure and being spaced apart from the first pillar by a device region. A bridge is disposed in the device region with a first end connected to the first pillar and a second end connected to the second pillar. The bridge includes a top, sides, and a bottom. The bridge is formed from one or more heterostructures with an undercut opening extending from the bottom to an underlying structure. A four-sided conductive contact wraps around and substantially surrounds the bridge around its top, its sides, and its bottom along at least a portion of its length between the first and second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Eric J. Stewart, Howell George Henry, Robert S. Howell, Matthew Russell King, Justin Andrew Parke, Bettina Nechay, Harlan Carl Cramer, Karen Marie Renaldo, Ronald G. Freitag
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Publication number: 20160293713Abstract: A transistor device is provided that includes a base structure and a superlattice structure that overlies the base structure. The superlattice structure comprises a multichannel ridge having sides that extend to the base structure. The multichannel ridge comprises a plurality of heterostructures that each form a channel of the multichannel ridge. A three-sided gate configuration is provided that wraps around and substantially surrounds the top and sides of the multichannel ridge along at least a portion of its depth. The three-sided gate configuration is configured to re-distribute peak electric fields along the three-sided gate configuration to facilitate the increase in breakdown voltage of the transistor device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2015Publication date: October 6, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: BETTINA A. NECHAY, Robert S. Howell, Eric J. Stewart, Howell George Henry, Justin Andrew Parke, Ronald G. Freitag
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Patent number: 9419120Abstract: A transistor device is provided that comprises a base structure, and a superlattice structure overlying the base structure and comprising a multichannel ridge having sloping sidewalls. The multichannel ridge comprises a plurality of heterostructures that each form a channel of the multichannel ridge, wherein a parameter of at least one of the heterostructures is varied relative to other heterostructures of the plurality of heterostructures. The transistor device further comprises a three-sided gate contact that wraps around and substantially surrounds the top and sides of the multichannel ridge along at least a portion of its depth.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Bettina A. Nechay, Shalini Gupta, Matthew Russell King, Eric J. Stewart, Robert S. Howell, Justin Andrew Parke, Harlan Carl Cramer, Howell George Henry, Ronald G. Freitag, Karen Marie Renaldo
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Patent number: 9385224Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a single channel device having a first portion of a single shared heterostructure overlying a substrate structure in a single channel device area, and a gate contact that is in contact with the first portion of the single shared heterostructure. The integrated circuit also includes a multichannel device comprising a second portion of the single shared heterostructure overlying the substrate structure in a multichannel device area, a barrier layer overlying the second portion of the single shared heterostructure, and a superlattice structure overlying the barrier layer, the superlattice structure comprising a plurality of heterostructures. An isolation region in the single shared heterostructure electrical isolates the single channel device from the multichannel device.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Karen M. Renaldo, Eric J. Stewart, Robert S. Howell, Howell George Henry, Harlan Carl Cramer, Justin Andrew Parke, Matthew Russell King
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Publication number: 20160190267Abstract: A device is provided that comprises a first pillar disposed in a first region and overlying a base structure, and a second pillar disposed in a second region and overlying the base structure and being spaced apart from the first pillar by a device region. A bridge is disposed in the device region with a first end connected to the first pillar and a second end connected to the second pillar. The bridge includes a top, sides, and a bottom. The bridge is formed from one or more heterostructures with an undercut opening extending from the bottom to an underlying structure. A four-sided conductive contact wraps around and substantially surrounds the bridge around its top, its sides, and its bottom along at least a portion of its length between the first and second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: June 30, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: ERIC J. STEWART, HOWELL GEORGE HENRY, ROBERT S. HOWELL, MATTHEW RUSSELL KING, JUSTIN ANDREW PARKE, BETTINA NECHAY, HARLAN CARL CRAMER, RONALD G. FREITAG, KAREN MARIE RENALDO
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Publication number: 20160126340Abstract: A transistor device is provided that comprises a base structure, and a superlattice structure overlying the base structure and comprising a multichannel ridge having sloping sidewalls. The multichannel ridge comprises a plurality of heterostructures that each form a channel of the multichannel ridge, wherein a parameter of at least one of the heterostructures is varied relative to other heterostructures of the plurality of heterostructures. The transistor device further comprises a three-sided gate contact that wraps around and substantially surrounds the top and sides of the multichannel ridge along at least a portion of its depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2014Publication date: May 5, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: BETTINA A. NECHAY, SHALINI GUPTA, MATTHEW RUSSELL KING, ERIC J. STEWART, ROBERT S. HOWELL, JUSTIN ANDREW PARKE, HARLAN CARL CRAMER, HOWELL GEORGE HENRY, RONALD G. FREITAG, KAREN MARIE RENALDO
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Publication number: 20160107566Abstract: A first panel has a first attachment structure and a contoured section adjacent to the first attachment structure. A second panel has outboard and inboard surfaces with a peripheral edge defined therebetween. The outboard surface has a lighting element retaining structure and a second attachment structure attached to the first attachment structure. The second panel conceals the first attachment portion with a first edge section thereof extending along the contoured section spaced apart from the contoured section defining a gap therebetween. A lighting element is installed to the lighting element retaining structure and illuminates the contoured section via light emitted through the gap. The contoured section and the first edge section are dimensioned to obstruct sightlines between the lighting element and areas inboard of the first panel and the second panel while exposing the contoured section illuminated by the lighting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Inventors: George Henry GASAHL, IV, Jeremy THURSTON, Christopher BIGGS
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Publication number: 20160104703Abstract: A circuit is provided that includes a castellated channel device that comprises a heterostructure overlying a substrate structure, a castellated channel device area formed in the heterostructure that defines a plurality of ridge channels interleaved between a plurality of trenches, and a three-sided castellated conductive gate contact that extends across the castellated channel device area. The three-sided gate contact substantially surrounds each ridge channel around their tops and their sides to overlap a channel interface of heterostructure of each of the plurality of ridge channels. The three-sided castellated conductive gate contact extends along at least a portion of a length of each ridge channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2014Publication date: April 14, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: JUSTIN ANDREW PARKE, ERIC J. STEWART, ROBERT S. HOWELL, HOWELL GEORGE HENRY, BETTINA NECHAY, HARLAN CARL CRAMER, MATTHEW RUSSELL KING, SHALINI GUPTA, RONALD G. FREITAG, KAREN MARIE RENALDO
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Publication number: 20160049504Abstract: An integrated circuit is disclosed that includes a single channel device having a first portion of a single shared heterostructure overlying a substrate structure in a single channel device area, and a gate contact that is in contact with the first portion of the single shared heterostructure. The integrated circuit also includes a multichannel device comprising a second portion of the single shared heterostructure overlying the substrate structure in a multichannel device area, a barrier layer overlying the second portion of the single shared heterostructure, and a superlattice structure overlying the barrier layer, the superlattice structure comprising a plurality of heterostructures. An isolation region in the single shared heterostructure electrical isolates the single channel device from the multichannel device.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: KAREN M. RENALDO, ERIC J. STEWART, ROBERT S. HOWELL, HOWELL GEORGE HENRY, HARLAN CARL CRAMER, JUSTIN ANDREW PARKE, MATTHEW RUSSELL KING
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Publication number: 20160049473Abstract: A device is provided that comprises a first pillar disposed in a first region and overlying a base structure, and a second pillar disposed in a second region and overlying the base structure and being spaced apart from the first pillar by a device region. A bridge is disposed in the device region with a first end connected to the first pillar and a second end connected to the second pillar. The bridge includes a top, sides, and a bottom. The bridge is formed from one or more heterostructures with an undercut opening extending from the bottom to an underlying structure. A four-sided conductive contact wraps around and substantially surrounds the bridge around its top, its sides, and its bottom along at least a portion of its length between the first and second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Applicant: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: ERIC J. STEWART, HOWELL GEORGE HENRY, ROBERT S. HOWELL, MATTHEW RUSSELL KING, JUSTIN ANDREW PARKE, BETTINA NECHAY, HARLAN CARL CRAMER
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Publication number: 20150136264Abstract: A flexible pipe body and method of manufacturing a flexible pipe body are disclosed. The flexible pipe body includes a fluid retaining layer for preventing ingress of fluid into the flexible pipe body from an environment outside of the flexible pipe body; and a fibre element arranged generally along a longitudinal axis of the fluid retaining layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicant: Wellstream International LimitedInventors: Gary Michael Holland, Geoffrey Stephen Graham, Neville Dodds, Upul Shanthilal Fernando, Phillip Michael Hunter Nott, George Henry Frank Hatherley, Mark Anthony Laycock
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Publication number: 20150061659Abstract: The invention concerns a structural integrity assessment system and method for determining stress concentration zones in a structure, such as a pipeline. The invention comprises a magnetic field sensor array arranged to be moved relative to the structure in a known direction. A controller is provided for recording one or more magnetic field readings taken by the magnetic field sensor array at different locations in the direction of movement thereof. A processor is arranged to identify one or more feature within said values, said feature being indicative of a region of reduced structural integrity in the structure. The processor also receives a data input for a further parameter corresponding to the location of the sensor array and compares the feature with the further parameter in order to verify that said feature corresponds to a region of reduced structural integrity for the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: March 5, 2015Applicant: SPEIR HUNTER LTD.Inventors: Steven Freear, Ben Varcoe, David Matthew Joseph Cowell, Stephen George Henry Staples, Chau Vo
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Publication number: 20150042323Abstract: The invention concerns structural integrity assessment apparatus for determining stress concentration zones in a structure, such as a pipeline. The apparatus allows particularly to detect defects in buried pipelines using magnetometric surveying where anomalies in the magnetic field around the pipelines are detected. The apparatus has a plurality of triaxial magnetic field sensors, each sensor being arranged to measure magnetic field components in a plurality of directions. A support is provided to maintain said sensors in a predetermined relative spacing and orientation. The support is moveable relative to a structure under assessment in use and may be portable. Three or more magnetic field sensors are provided which may be arranged in a linear, two-dimensional or three-dimensional array. The apparatus may include position determining means, such as a global positioning system (GPS), so that stress concentration zones can be located on the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 1, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: SPEIR HUNTER LTDInventors: Steven Freear, Ben Varcoe, David Matthew Joseph Cowell, Stephen George Henry Staples, Chau Vo
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Publication number: 20140373963Abstract: An elongate element (300) for a flexible pipe body (100) and method of producing the same are disclosed. The method includes inserting a first fibre element (304) in a crush resistant elongate tube element (302), wherein the first fibre element is suitable for monitoring at least one of strain, temperature and acoustic properties; inserting a further fibre element (306) in the tube element, wherein the further fibre element is suitable for curing a matrix material (308); and inserting a matrix material into the tube element to fill at least a length of the tube element such that the first and further fibres elements within that length are surrounded by matrix material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2012Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Geoffrey Stephen Graham, George Henry Frank Hatherley
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Patent number: 8898141Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for information management. In one embodiment, the method includes providing an organizational directory comprising hierarchical information regarding an organization and receiving relationship data including an association of a first person to a second person. The method also includes querying the organizational directory and the relationship data to identify a third person, wherein the third person is a member of the organization and identifying the third person comprises determining a path including the third person in an association network.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2005Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: George Henry Forman, Lada Ariana Adamic, Eytan Adar
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Patent number: 8885928Abstract: Provided are systems, methods and techniques for machine-learning classification. In one representative embodiment, an item having values for a plurality of different features in a feature set is obtained, together with scores for the different features. The score for a given feature is a measure of prediction ability for that feature and was calculated as a function of a plurality of different occurrence metrics of the feature. The values for the features are scaled according to the scores for the features, and the item is classified by inputting the adjusted feature set values for the item into a previously trained classifier.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2006Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: George Henry Forman
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Patent number: 8848249Abstract: A method for creating an image to be printed is provided. A first halftone pattern and a second halftone pattern for respective first and second periodic clustered dot halftone regions of the image are selected. The regions have respective frequencies and one of the frequencies is higher than the other frequency. A transition region is determined. The transition region includes a boundary between the two regions and includes additional portions of the two regions beyond the boundary. The two halftone patterns are blended with each other in the transition region based on a blending ratio of the two halftones where the blending ratio changes as a function of distance between the edges of the transition region.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Seong Jun Park, Jan Allebach, Mark Shaw, George Henry Kerby, Victor D Loewen, Kurt Robert Bengtson
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Patent number: 8744192Abstract: A personal hygiene device includes a personal hygiene implement and a first position member. The personal hygiene device is capable of providing the user with feedback which can assist the user in his/her personal hygiene routines.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2009Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Marc Philip Ortins, George Henry Leal, Thomas Aurele Christman