Patents by Inventor Jason Simpson

Jason Simpson 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: 20190056005
    Abstract: Embodiments of a parking brake and anti-theft apparatus for a vented disc brake system are described herein. Such embodiments may include a brake assembly, an actuator and a rocker or a locking arm. The brake assembly by include a first and second rotor plates separated by spacers and slots. The rocker and locking arm may include pawls extending from an edge, and may be positioned adjacent to a circumference of the rotor plates, aligned between the rotor plates. The actuator may move the rocker and/or locking arm between locked an unlocked positions such that, in the locked configuration, the pawls are inserted into the slots, and in the unlocked configuration, the pawls are disposed outside the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Jason Simpson, Joe Fox, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20190054895
    Abstract: A parking brake and anti-theft apparatus as described herein may include a brake assembly, a linear actuator and a plurality of locking pins. The brake assembly may include a rotor plate. The rotor plate may include a plurality of openings in and/or through the rotor plate. The plurality of locking pins may be extendable by the linear actuator. The pins may be aligned perpendicular to a face of the rotor plate such that, as at least one of the pins is disposed over one of the plurality of openings and the actuator extends the plurality of locking pins, the pin disposed over the one of the plurality of openings passes into the one of the plurality of openings. In various embodiments, the plurality of pins may comprise a length equal to or greater than a length between two adjacent openings of the plurality of openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Jason Simpson, Joe Fox, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20190009843
    Abstract: Various embodiments of an apparatus for changing the in-air pitch and/or roll of a land craft are described herein. The apparatus may include a steering input mechanism, a support structure, and an articulator. The apparatus may include one or more of a pitch-forward input mechanism, a pitch-back input mechanism, a roll-right input mechanism, and a roll-left input mechanism. The vehicle may include a set of wheels on which the vehicle travels over ground. The steering input mechanism may receive steering inputs from a driver of the vehicle. The steering input mechanism may receive pitch and roll control inputs from the driver. The support structure may connect the steering input mechanism to the vehicle, at least one of the wheels, or the vehicle and the at least one of the wheels. The articulator may rotatably connect the steering input mechanism to the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Jason Simpson, Joe Fox, Jedediah Knight
  • Patent number: 10162942
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for photon, ion or particle counting described that provides seven orders of magnitude of linear dynamic range (LDR) for a single detector. By explicitly considering the log-normal probability distribution in voltage transients as a function of the number of photons, ions or particles present, the binomial distribution of observed counts for a given threshold, the mean number of photons, ions or particles can be determined well beyond the conventional limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Ryan Douglas Muir, David Joseph Kissick
  • Patent number: 10145968
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for efficiently mining multi-threshold measurements acquired using photon counting pixel-array detectors for spectral imaging and diffraction analyses. Images of X-ray intensity as a function of X-ray energy were recorded on a 6 megapixel X-ray photon counting array detector through linear fitting of the measured counts recorded as a function of counting threshold. An analytical model is disclosed for describing the probability density of detected voltage, utilizing fractional photon counting to account for edge/corner effects from voltage plumes that spread across multiple pixels. Three-parameter fits to the model were independently performed for each pixel in the array for X-ray scattering images acquired for 13.5 keV and 15.0 keV X-ray energies. From the established pixel responses, multi-threshold composite images produced from the sum of 13.5 keV and 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Ryan Douglas Muir, Nicholas Roman Pogranichniy
  • Publication number: 20180313764
    Abstract: An impact-driven apparatus and method to achieve triboluminescence of homochiral API crystals as a measurement tool for rapidly assessing the presence of trace crystallinity within nominally amorphous pharmaceutical powders. The apparatus may include a kinetic energy director and two plates which hold a sample for testing. The triboluminescence may also be achieve by an acoustic transducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Paul David Schmitt, Scott Robert Griffin, Casey Jake Smith
  • Patent number: 10113965
    Abstract: Methods for determining the 3-D structures of proteins. Such a method includes incorporating a compound into a protein crystal such that the compound enhances the activity of the protein crystal to second harmonic generation, illuminating the protein crystal with a sufficiently intense light to cause second harmonic generation by the protein crystal, and detecting a second harmonic generation response produced by the protein crystal that is suitable for protein structure determination by diffraction analysis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Justin Allen Newman, Nicholas Roman Pogranichniy, Nicole Mulready Scarborough
  • Publication number: 20180229774
    Abstract: A three-wheeled automobile is described herein. The automobile may include a unibody frame, a flexible engine cowling, and a fastener. The unibody frame may include an exposed unibody panel and/or a removable-panel securing fixture disposed adjacent to the exposed unibody panel. The engine cowling may be secured to the securing fixture. The fastener may pass through the engine cowling panel and may be affixed to the securing fixture, thereby securing the engine cowling panel to the unibody frame. The engine cowling panel may pass over the securing fixture and/or behind the unibody panel. The engine cowling panel may be pressed against the unibody panel outwards from the automobile by a bending force in the engine cowling panel such that the exposed unibody panel may prevent bowing of an outside edge of the engine cowling panel directly adjacent to the unibody panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20180222107
    Abstract: A thermoforming apparatus is described herein. The apparatus may include a pressure mechanism, a thermal device, a plurality of individually actuatable pins, and/or a pin actuation mechanism. The pressure mechanism may create a force against a die surface. The thermal device may change a thermal state of a material forced by the pressure mechanism against the die surface. The plurality of individually actuatable pins may form the die surface. The pin actuation mechanism may be connected to the plurality of actuatable pins and/or may actuate the pins. This apparatus improves on prior solutions in many ways. For example, embodiments of the thermoforming apparatus may require significantly less time between different molds than previous thermoforming machines and 3D printers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20180186222
    Abstract: A vehicle is described herein that includes a body structure such as a windshield and/or a windshield frame, a compartment such as a passenger compartment, one or more body panels around the compartment, and an at least partially floating cover, such as a roof, disposed over the compartment. The floating cover includes one or more body structure mounts and an overhang extending from the body structure over the compartment to an aft portion of the compartment. Other similar embodiments include features such as support structures, support structure mounts that mount the floating cover to the support structures, and various aerodynamic features incorporated into the floating cover. For example, some embodiments include roll bars and roll bar mounts, aerodynamic arcs, and aerodynamically continuous surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johson, Jason Simpson, Jedediah Knight
  • Patent number: 9988096
    Abstract: Several grill assemblies and methods for assembling the same are claimed and disclosed. In one embodiment, the assembly includes slotted panels with a single deformable wall to fix the slotted panels together. In another embodiment, slotted panels are fixed together using two deformable walls, one deformed subsequently after the other. The general shape of panels and grill assemblies is disclosed. Features of grill assembly members used to mount the grill to separate structural frame members and mount separate assemblies to the grill assembly are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Eric Magleby
  • Publication number: 20180134325
    Abstract: A vehicle is described herein that includes a unibody vehicle frame, a vehicle body panel, and one or more monolithic tripartite support mechanisms, which mechanisms provide structural support for at least three frame-mounted vehicle components. Each support mechanism includes a windshield support arm, a side view mirror support arm, and a body panel fixing plate. The side view mirror support arm extends from the windshield support, and the body panel fixing plate extends from the windshield support arm, the side-view mirror support arm, or both. Additionally, the windshield support arm holds a windshield to the vehicle, the side view mirror support arm holds a side view mirror to the vehicle, and the fixing plate secures the body panel to the frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Jedediah Knight, Joseph Duncan
  • Patent number: 9969228
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension system is described that includes a frame, a control arm assembly, a bell crank, and a shock. The control arm assembly includes upper and lower control arms. The bell crank is disposed above the upper control arm and is pivotally coupled to the upper control arm and the frame. The shock is coupled to the bell crank and the frame, and is disposed between the bell crank and a vehicle passenger compartment. In some embodiments, the bell crank is coupled to the upper control arm by a pushrod. Additionally, in some embodiments, the frame is a unitized frame and/or includes an engine cowling, and the bell crank is coupled to the engine cowling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson
  • Publication number: 20180128605
    Abstract: A vehicle wheel alignment rack is described herein that includes at least one laser and a target. The laser is removably coupled to a wheel of a vehicle. The target corresponds to the laser and is disposed at an opposite end of the vehicle from the laser. The target is directly and removably coupled to a frame of the vehicle such that the target is aligned with the frame at a known angle. The wheel is aligned to the frame by comparing the known angle to an expected and actual position on the target where a beam of light from the laser strikes the target. Some embodiments of the claimed invention include at least a second laser and a second target similarly disposed. Various means of coupling the target or targets to the frame are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20180111413
    Abstract: A wheel assembly for an automotive vehicle is described herein. The assembly includes a cylindrical rim, a tire around the rim, two spoke assemblies, a wheel hub, a brake assembly, and a mounting arm. The rim is symmetrical, and has a first flange on a first side of the rim and a second flange on a second side of the rim. The tire is disposed around the rim. The first spoke assembly is coupled to the first flange and has a hub-mounting structure at its center. The second spoke assembly is coupled to the second flange and has an opening at its center. The wheel hub and brake assembly are disposed inside the rim between the first and second spoke assemblies, coupled to the hub-mounting structure. The mounting arm passes through the opening at the center of the second spoke assembly and couples the wheel assembly to the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson, Jedediah Knight
  • Publication number: 20180086163
    Abstract: A vehicle suspension system is described that includes a frame, a control arm assembly, a bell crank, and a shock. The control arm assembly includes upper and lower control arms. The bell crank is disposed above the upper control arm and is pivotally coupled to the upper control arm and the frame. The shock is coupled to the bell crank and the frame, and is disposed between the bell crank and a vehicle passenger compartment. In some embodiments, the bell crank is coupled to the upper control arm by a pushrod. Additionally, in some embodiments, the frame is a unitized frame and/or includes an engine cowling, and the bell crank is coupled to the engine cowling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson
  • Patent number: 9919589
    Abstract: A detachable vehicle roof is described herein. Various embodiments may include overhead covers, hinges, and a frame. The overhead covers may cover a vehicle passenger compartment. The hinges may connect the overhead covers to the frame. The frame may be detachable from a vehicle chassis. The frame may include a rear support bar, cross-bars, and a front support bar. The cross-bars may connect the front support bar to the rear support bar. The front support bar may form a contour of an edge of a vehicle windshield. The front support bar may form a contour of an edge of a vehicle chassis. The contour may have a bend corresponding to a position on the chassis where the windshield mounts to the chassis. A buffer zone may be provided between the front support bar and the windshield, and/or between the front support bar and the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Stephen R. Hall, Christopher Johnson, Jason Simpson
  • Publication number: 20180068090
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for photon, ion or particle counting described that provides seven orders of magnitude of linear dynamic range (LDR) for a single detector. By explicitly considering the log-normal probability distribution in voltage transients as a function of the number of photons, ions or particles present, the binomial distribution of observed counts for a given threshold, the mean number of photons, ions or particles can be determined well beyond the conventional limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Ryan Douglas Muir, David Joseph Kissick
  • Publication number: 20180052103
    Abstract: Methods for determining the 3-D structures of proteins. Such a method includes incorporating a compound into a protein crystal such that the compound enhances the activity of the protein crystal to second harmonic generation, illuminating the protein crystal with a sufficiently intense light to cause second harmonic generation by the protein crystal, and detecting a second harmonic generation response produced by the protein crystal that is suitable for protein structure determination by diffraction analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Justin Allen Newman, Nicholas Roman Pogranichniy, Nicole Mulready Scarborough
  • Publication number: 20180045939
    Abstract: A beam-scanning optical design is described for achieving up to kHz frame-rate optical imaging on multiple simultaneous data acquisition channels. In one embodiment, two fast-scan resonant mirrors direct the optical beam on a circuitous trajectory through the field of view, with the trajectory repeat-time given by the least common multiplier of the mirror periods. Dicing the raw time-domain data into sub-trajectories combined with model-based image reconstruction (MBIR) 3D in-painting algorithms allows for effective frame-rates much higher than the repeat time of the Lissajous trajectory. Because sub-trajectory and full-trajectory imaging are different methods of analyzing the same data, both high-frame rate images with relatively low resolution and low frame rate images with high resolution are simultaneously acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Garth Jason Simpson, Charles Addison Bouman, Ryan Douglas Muir, Shane Sullivan, Justin Allen Newman, Mark Carlsen, Suhas Sreehari