Patents by Inventor John A. Nial

John A. Nial 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: 6995707
    Abstract: The invention, as embodied herein, comprises an improved portable maritime scoring and simulation system that comprises three or more buoys that are deployed in an area of water selected for maritime combat training. Attached to each buoy are a global positioning system receiver, an RF radio system, an acoustic analysis system, and a microprocessor. The acoustic analysis system is designed to capture an acoustic signature of ordnance impacting the water with predetermined characteristics. The system includes an RF radio repeater system linked to a system controller to control and monitor the elements of the system. In operation, when an acoustic signature is captured by the acoustic analysis system, the RF radio system, in one embodiment, transmits the time of the capture along with the GPS location of the buoy to the RF radio repeater system linked to the system controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Christopher R. Karabin, Bruce P. Chandler, Joseph E. Padgett, Jr., James Theisen, Stephen A. Smith, Joseph M. Pastorious, John A. Nial, Jr., Christopher L. Rice
  • Publication number: 20050206560
    Abstract: The invention, as embodied herein, comprises an improved portable maritime scoring and simulation system that comprises three or more buoys that are deployed in an area of water selected for maritime combat training. Attached to each buoy are a global positioning system receiver, an RF radio system, an acoustic analysis system, and a microprocessor. The acoustic analysis system is designed to capture an acoustic signature of ordnance impacting the water with predetermined characteristics. The system includes an RF radio repeater system linked to a system controller to control and monitor the elements of the system. In operation, when an acoustic signature is captured by the acoustic analysis system, the RF radio system, in one embodiment, transmits the time of the capture along with the GPS location of the buoy to the RF radio repeater system linked to the system controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Christopher Karabin, Bruce Chandler, Joseph Padgett, James Theisen, Stephen Smith, Joseph Pastorious, John Nial, Christopher Rice
  • Patent number: 6561071
    Abstract: An electronic firing circuit tester (EFCT) that senses and indicates the status of electrical firing circuits for a gun. The EFCT requires no batteries or other maintenance and can display up to four tests of a gun's firing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John P. Norton, Troy W. Ammons, Pablo Lopez, Joseph J. Dulcey, John A. Nial, J. David DeLeon
  • Publication number: 20020108523
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a capacitor, of sufficient area to cover the glass seal of a cartridge actuated ordnance device, comprising a low pass filter. This capacitor connects to the leads of the cartridge actuated ordnance device in a fashion that covers the glass seal of the cartridge. Although the capacitor is not directly contacting the glass seal, it is located proximately so that very few frequencies of EMR can enter the seal, wherein a safe level of EMR is achieved. The capacitor also filters both EMR and ESD that come through the leads of the cartridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventors: John A. Nial, J. David DeLeon, Nickolas Kaloterakis, Thomas K. Kang
  • Patent number: 6219218
    Abstract: An electromagnetic flux suppression includes a three stage filtering system to protect against electromagnetic interference and electrostatic discharge and has a first stage high voltage section that filters a high voltage pulse by providing a spark gap to ionize the ambient air and thus effectively form a shunt. A second stage filter has a front end capacitive interface followed by an inductive line to filter out radio frequency arcing that occurs between two bodies thus exposing them to radio frequency radiation. A third stage filter includes a radio frequency low pass filter to reinforce the capacitive inductance filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John A. Nial, Jr., J. David De Leon, Nickolas Kaloterakis, T. William Ammons, Jr., Joseph Dulcey
  • Patent number: H2038
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a capacitor, of sufficient area to cover the glass seal of a cartridge actuated ordnance device, comprising a low pass filter. This capacitor connects to the leads of the cartridge actuated ordnance device in a fashion that covers the glass seal of the cartridge. Although the capacitor is not directly contacting the glass seal, it is located proximately so that very few frequencies of EMR can enter the seal, wherein a safe level of EMR is achieved. The capacitor also filters both EMR and ESD that come through the leads of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: John A. Nial, J. David DeLeon, Nickolas Kaloterakis, Thomas K. Kang