Patents by Inventor John M. Klimek

John M. Klimek 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).

  • Apparatus and method for detecting the location, intensity and initiation time of an energy pulse
    Patent number: 6841766
    Abstract: A plurality of energy couplers (12) receives signals from an energy pulse, each of the energy couplers (12) having a defined field of view, the field of views of at least some of the energy couplers being overlapping. A transducer (14) converts the signals received from the energy pulse to voltage or current output signals that are then amplified. A threshold circuit (18) triggers when the amplitude of a signal caused by the energy pulse exceeds a predetermined level, and signal processing instrumentation (24) then calculates the source location and/or the intensity and/or the initiation time of the energy pulse based on the timing of the output signals associated with individual energy couplers (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Leo R. Gauthier, Jr., John M. Klimek, Angela L. Wesner-Barrios
  • Apparatus and method for detecting the location, intensity and initiation time of an energy pulse
    Publication number: 20020179818
    Abstract: A plurality of energy couplers (12) receives signals from an energy pulse, each of the energy couplers (12) having a defined field of view, the field of views of at least some of the energy couplers being overlapping. A transducer (14) converts the signals received from the energy pulse to voltage or current output signals that are then amplified. A threshold circuit (18) triggers when the amplitude of a signal caused by the energy pulse exceeds a predetermined level, and signal processing instrumentation (24) then calculates the source location and/or the intensity and/or the initiation time of the energy pulse based on the timing of the output signals associated with individual energy couplers (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Leo R Gauthier, John M Klimek, Angela L. Wesner-Barrios
  • Thermal ionization detector
    Patent number: 6292105
    Abstract: An ionization chamber that detects changes in temperature of electrical insulation with a corresponding change in voltage. This voltage change can be relayed through an operational amplifier and a comparator to a device receiving the signal, thus triggering the necessary alarm and preventing fires caused by electrical arcing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Bruce A. Land, III, John M. Klimek, Leo R. Gauthier, Jr., Christopher L. Eddins