Patents by Inventor John Finnell

John Finnell 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: 20240188209
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB), such as an antenna backplane, including a first conductor and a second conductor forming a differential pair, a first junction and a second junction connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, respectively, and a first impedance matching stub and a second impedance matching stub connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, respectively. The differential pair has a first impedance, the first junction and the second junction have a second impedance, and the first impedance matching stub and the second impedance matching stub match the second impedance to the first impedance. The PCB may have a connector that has differential pins joined to the first and second junctions, and the first impedance matching stub and the second impedance matching stub match an impedance of the junctions, pins, and a connector to the first impedance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Jeffery Timmins, Babak Zarrin Rafie, John Finnell
  • Publication number: 20240188211
    Abstract: An antenna backplane including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a first differential pair with a first conductor and a second conductor and a second differential pair with a third conductor and a fourth conductor. The first conductor is positioned a first distance from the second differential pair and the second conductor is positioned a second distance from the second differential pair of conductors, where the first distance is greater than the second distance. The third conductor is positioned the second distance from the first differential pair and the fourth conductor is positioned a third distance from the first differential pair, where the third distance is greater than the second distance. A phase-shifting series resonant circuit is coupled between the first conductor and the fourth conductor that provides approximately an odd-integer multiple of a 180 degree phase shift at a predetermined frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Ian Jeffery Timmins, Babak Zarrin Rafie, John Finnell
  • Patent number: 10465823
    Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a first tag having a body with a first aperture formed therein for receiving the conduit and a first identifying feature, and a second tag having a body with a second aperture formed therein for receiving the conduit and a second identifying feature that matches the first identifying feature. The first tag is attached to the conduit adjacent one end, the second tag is attached to the conduit adjacent another end, and the ends are identified as ends of the same conduit by the matching first and second identifying features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John Finnell, Jeff Quinn, Brad Wheeler
  • Publication number: 20170227147
    Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a first tag having a body with a first aperture formed therein for receiving the conduit and a first identifying feature, and a second tag having a body with a second aperture formed therein for receiving the conduit and a second identifying feature that matches the first identifying feature. The first tag is attached to the conduit adjacent one end, the second tag is attached to the conduit adjacent another end, and the ends are identified as ends of the same conduit by the matching first and second identifying features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John Finnell, Jeff Quinn, Brad Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9666103
    Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a substrate having a pair of apertures. The substrate further contains a frangible portion encompassing one of the apertures and having a shape that corresponds to an opening left in the substrate after removal of the frangible portion. The identifier enables the shape of the frangible portion to be correlated with the shape of the opening left in the substrate after the frangible portion is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventor: John Finnell
  • Publication number: 20160111026
    Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a substrate having a pair of apertures. The substrate further contains a frangible portion encompassing one of the apertures and having a shape that corresponds to an opening left in the substrate after removal of the frangible portion. The identifier enables the shape of the frangible portion to be correlated with the shape of the opening left in the substrate after the frangible portion is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Campbell, Wayman Brown, Kyung-Hoon Bang, Rory Bonte, Mohammed Aldawsari, John Finnell
  • Patent number: 9228680
    Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a substrate having a pair of apertures. The substrate further contains a frangible portion encompassing one of the apertures and having a shape that corresponds to an opening left in the substrate after removal of the frangible portion. The identifier enables the shape of the frangible portion to be correlated with the shape of the opening left in the substrate after the frangible portion is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Indiana University Research and Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Campbell, Wayman Brown, Kyung-Hoon Bang, Rory Bonte, Mohammed Aldawsari, John Finnell
  • Publication number: 20150027579
    Abstract: An identifier for a conduit includes a substrate having a pair of apertures. The substrate further contains a frangible portion encompassing one of the apertures and having a shape that corresponds to an opening left in the substrate after removal of the frangible portion. The identifier enables the shape of the frangible portion to be correlated with the shape of the opening left in the substrate after the frangible portion is separated from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Indiana University Research & Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Campbell, Wayman Brown, Kyung-Hoon Bang, Rory Bonte, Mohammed Aldawsari, John Finnell