Patents by Inventor James a. Daly

James a. Daly 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: 11249289
    Abstract: A spectral imager includes a filter array, a pixel array, and a lenslet array therebetween. The filter array includes a plurality of filter regions. The lenslet array includes a plurality of lenslets each configured to form a respective image of the filter array on a respective one of a plurality of regions of the pixel array. The spectral imager may also include a fore-optic lens, the filter array being located between the lenslet array and the fore-optic lens. The spectral imager may also include a fore-optic lens, the filter array being located between the lenslet array and the fore-optic lens. Each of the plurality of filter regions is configured to selectively transmit radiation based on wavelength and/or polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: BODKIN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bodkin, James T. Daly
  • Publication number: 20200241262
    Abstract: A spectral imager includes a filter array, a pixel array, and a lenslet array therebetween. The filter array includes a plurality of filter regions. The lenslet array includes a plurality of lenslets each configured to form a respective image of the filter array on a respective one of a plurality of regions of the pixel array. The spectral imager may also include a fore-optic lens, the filter array being located between the lenslet array and the fore-optic lens. The spectral imager may also include a fore-optic lens, the filter array being located between the lenslet array and the fore-optic lens. Each of the plurality of filter regions is configured to selectively transmit radiation based on wavelength and/or polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Andrew Bodkin, James T. Daly
  • Publication number: 20170336447
    Abstract: In an example, a system for determining a power factor of an electric device powered by an alternating current (AC) power is described. The system includes a current sensor configured to: (i) remotely sense, at a position external to the electric device, a magnetic field formed by the AC power in the electric device, and (ii) determine, based on the sensed magnetic field, a current of the AC power. The system also includes a voltage sensor configured to, at a position external to the electric device, remotely measure a voltage of the AC power. The system further includes a computing device communicatively coupled to the current sensor and the voltage sensor, the computing device being configured to: (i) determine a phase delay between the current and the voltage, and (ii) determine, based on the phase delay, a power factor of the electric device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly, Thomas J. Valenti
  • Patent number: 9425728
    Abstract: An example electric motor including a conductive winding, a switching device, a rotor, and a controller is disclosed. The switching device is configured to selectively energize, by an AC source, a first portion of the conductive winding in a first state and a second portion of the conductive winding in a second state. The conductive winding generates a magnetic field having a first strength in the first state and a second strength in the second state. The rotor magnetically interacts with the magnetic field such that a torque is applied to the rotor. The amount of torque applied is related to the strength of the magnetic field. The controller is configured to: (i) determine a metric indicative of a load condition of the electric motor; and (ii) based on the determined metric, cause the switching device to switch between the first state and the second state one or more times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: V Square/R LLC
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly, Thomas J. Valenti
  • Patent number: 9397603
    Abstract: An electric motor including a first conductive winding, a second conductive winding, a rotor, and a controller is disclosed. When energized by an AC source, the first conductive winding generates a first magnetic field. The second conductive winding, which is configured to be selectively energized by the AC source via one or more switches, is arranged so as to generate a second magnetic field superimposed with the first magnetic field when so energized. The rotor magnetically interacts with the first magnetic field, or the superimposed first magnetic field and second magnetic field, such that a torque is applied on the rotor. The controller is configured to: (i) obtain a measurement of a voltage of the AC source; (ii) make a determination, based on the measurement, whether to energize the second conductive winding; and (iii) energize the second conductive winding in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: V Square/R LLC
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly, Thomas J. Valenti
  • Patent number: 9347832
    Abstract: A birefringent filter includes an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. A polarimetric imager includes a birefringent filter including a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. The imager further includes a detector in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate. A projection system includes an EM directing element and a birefringent filter. The filter includes (1) a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and having a first surface in optical alignment with the emissions source, and (2) an EM directing element in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Bodkin Design And Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bodkin, James T. Daly
  • Publication number: 20160082238
    Abstract: A wound treatment system includes a housing. A processor is located in the housing. A pressure monitoring system is coupled to the processor. A power delivery system is located in the housing and coupled to the processor. An oxygen concentrator is located in the housing and coupled to the power delivery system. The oxygen concentrator includes a plurality of oxygen outlets. The processor is configured to receive pressure information from the pressure monitoring system that is indicative of a pressure in a restricted airflow enclosure provided by a dressing and located adjacent a wound site; and use the pressure information to control the power provided from the power delivery system to the oxygen concentrator in order to control an oxygen flow created by the oxygen concentrator and provided through one of the plurality of oxygen outlets to the restricted airflow enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Applicant: ELECTROCHEMICAL OXYGEN CONCEPTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael C. Wells, Mark Parker, Daniel J. Clarius, Andrew Parker, Faraidoon Pundole, Tom Woods, Mark Niederauer, James P. Daly
  • Publication number: 20160056748
    Abstract: An example electric motor including a conductive winding, a switching device, a rotor, and a controller is disclosed. The switching device is configured to selectively energize, by an AC source, a first portion of the conductive winding in a first state and a second portion of the conductive winding in a second state. The conductive winding generates a magnetic field having a first strength in the first state and a second strength in the second state. The rotor magnetically interacts with the magnetic field such that a torque is applied to the rotor. The amount of torque applied is related to the strength of the magnetic field. The controller is configured to: (i) determine a metric indicative of a load condition of the electric motor; and (ii) based on the determined metric, cause the switching device to switch between the first state and the second state one or more times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly, Thomas J. Valenti
  • Publication number: 20150193118
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and providing an user interface for providing temporal information to users. The user interface may comprise a center portion and a three-dimensional shape comprising an upper portion that lies about the center portion and a lower portion that lies below the center portion. The center portion may correspond to a first time period. The upper portion may correspond to a second time period in the future relative to the first time period. The lower portion may correspond to a third time period in the past relative to the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: July 9, 2015
    Inventor: James T. Daly, IV
  • Publication number: 20140368093
    Abstract: An electric motor including a first conductive winding, a second conductive winding, a rotor, and a controller is disclosed. When energized by an AC source, the first conductive winding generates a first magnetic field. The second conductive winding, which is configured to be selectively energized by the AC source via one or more switches, is arranged so as to generate a second magnetic field superimposed with the first magnetic field when so energized. The rotor magnetically interacts with the first magnetic field, or the superimposed first magnetic field and second magnetic field, such that a torque is applied on the rotor. The controller is configured to: (i) obtain a measurement of a voltage of the AC source; (ii) make a determination, based on the measurement, whether to energize the second conductive winding; and (iii) energize the second conductive winding in accordance with the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: V Square/R LLC
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly, Thomas J. Valenti
  • Patent number: 8843824
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and providing an user interface for providing temporal information to users. The user interface may comprise a center portion and a three-dimensional shape comprising an upper portion that lies about the center portion and a lower portion that lies below the center portion. The center portion may correspond to a first time period. The upper portion may correspond to a second time period in the future relative to the first time period. The lower portion may correspond to a third time period in the past relative to the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: 2nfro Technology Ventures LLC
    Inventor: James T. Daly, IV
  • Publication number: 20140282132
    Abstract: Systems and methods for generating and providing an user interface for providing temporal information to users. The user interface may comprise a center portion and a three-dimensional shape comprising an upper portion that lies about the center portion and a lower portion that lies below the center portion. The center portion may correspond to a first time period. The upper portion may correspond to a second time period in the future relative to the first time period. The lower portion may correspond to a third time period in the past relative to the first time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: James T. Daly, IV
  • Publication number: 20140009757
    Abstract: A birefringent filter includes an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. A polarimetric imager includes a birefringent filter including a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. The imager further includes a detector in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate. A projection system includes an EM directing element and a birefringent filter. The filter includes (1) a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and having a first surface in optical alignment with the emissions source, and (2) an EM directing element in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: Bodkin Design And Engineering LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Bodkin, James T. Daly
  • Patent number: 8193787
    Abstract: A system and method for regulating the root mean square (RMS) voltage delivered to a load by an alternating current (AC) electrical circuit having a line voltage. To avoid radio frequency interference (RFI), the load is disconnected from the AC electrical circuit when energy stored in the load is at or near zero and is reconnected when the line voltage is at or near zero. Inductive loads are disconnected when the line current is at or near zero while capacitive loads are disconnected when the line voltage is at or near zero. The duration of the disconnection does not exceed one half-cycle of the fundamental frequency. Disconnections alternate between removing positive voltage half-cycles and negative voltage half-cycles to avoid a direct current (DC) bias. A system incorporating digital logic elements is provided for implementing the method and for detecting whether the load is inductive or capacitive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: V Square/R, LLC
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly
  • Publication number: 20120007570
    Abstract: A system and method for regulating the root mean square (RMS) voltage delivered to a load by an alternating current (AC) electrical circuit having a line voltage. To avoid radio frequency interference (RFI), the load is disconnected from the AC electrical circuit when energy stored in the load is at or near zero and is reconnected when the line voltage is at or near zero. Inductive loads are disconnected when the line current is at or near zero while capacitive loads are disconnected when the line voltage is at or near zero. The duration of the disconnection does not exceed one half-cycle of the fundamental frequency. Disconnections alternate between removing positive voltage half-cycles and negative voltage half-cycles to avoid a direct current (DC) bias. A system incorporating digital logic elements is provided for implementing the method and for detecting whether the load is inductive or capacitive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: V Square/R, LLC
    Inventors: Leo F. Valenti, James C. Daly
  • Patent number: 7968848
    Abstract: A blackbody radiation device (110) includes a planar filament emission element (102) and a planar detector (104) for respectively producing and detecting radiation having width dl/l less than about 0.1 to test a sample gas, where l is the wavelength of the radiation; a reflector (108); a window (W); an electrical control (118); and a data output element (116).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Nomadics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward A. Johnson, James T. Daly, John S. Wollam, W. Andrew Bodkin
  • Patent number: 7837030
    Abstract: A bulk material conveyor belt system comprises a belt, a track mounted device, and a support device. The track mounted device comprises a first track. The support device comprises a second track and a locking device. The second track is engaged with the first track in a manner such that the support device limits relative movement between the track mounted device and the belt while the support device also allows the track mounted device to slide relative to the support device along a path defined by the first and second tracks. The locking device comprises a movable portion that is movably attached to the second track and that can selectively bias the first track in a direction other than along the path in a manner creating sufficient friction between the first and second tracks that renders the first and second tracks immovable relative to each.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Martin Engineering Company
    Inventors: James L. Daly, Majid Jameel Jabber, Robert Todd Swinderman
  • Patent number: 7825380
    Abstract: An infrared emitter, which utilizes a photonic crystal (PC) structure to produce electromagnetic emissions with a narrow hand of wavelengths, includes a semiconductor material layer, a dielectric material layer overlaying the semiconductor material layer, and a metallic material layer having an inner side overlaying the dielectric material layer. The semiconductor material layer is capable of being coupled to an energy source for introducing energy to the semiconductor material layer. An array of surface features are defined in the device in a periodic manner or quasi-periodic. The emitter device is adapted to emit electromagnetic energy having spectral characteristics determined by parameters of the periodically distributed surface features, the parameters including shape, size, depth, distribution geometry, periodicity, material properties and defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Nomadics, Inc.
    Inventors: Irina Puscasu, Martin U. Pralle, James T. Daly, Mark P. McNeal, Edward A. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20100072033
    Abstract: A bulk material conveyor belt system comprises a belt, a track mounted device, and a support device. The track mounted device comprises a first track. The support device comprises a second track and a locking device. The second track is engage with the first track in a manner such that the support device limits relative movement between the track mounted device and the belt while the support device also allows the track mounted device to slide relative to the support device along a path defined by the first and second tracks. The locking device comprises a movable portion that is movably attached to the second track and that can selectively bias the first track in a direction other than along the path in a manner creating sufficient friction between the first and second tracks that renders the first and second tracks immovable relative to each.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Applicant: MARTIN ENGINEERING COMPANY
    Inventors: James L. Daly, Majid Jameel Jabber, Robert Todd Swinderman
  • Patent number: D761339
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Rethink Robotics, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert White, Jr., Waleed A. Farahat, Michael Sussman, Elizabeth Goodrich, Peter Swai, James F. Daly, III