Patents by Inventor Joseph Blair
Joseph Blair 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).
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Patent number: 11936112Abstract: Provided herein are various enhancements for antenna systems and directed radio frequency energy structures. In one example, an apparatus includes an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements formed by waveguide structures embedded within a substrate and positioned about a longitudinal axis of the substrate to form at least two concentric ring arrangements of antenna elements. Apertures of the waveguide structures are configured to emit or receive radio frequency (RF) energy generally along the longitudinal axis. Feed elements are coupled to each of the waveguide structures on an end opposite of the apertures, and configured to couple the RF energy for the antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Thomas Henry Hand, Joshua David Gustafson, Adam Blair Hess, Thomas Patrick Cencich, Braiden T. Olds, Joseph M. Torres, Erik Lier
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Patent number: 10882733Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Knappco, LLCInventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
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Publication number: 20190352172Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2019Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: Knappco, LLCInventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
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Patent number: 10407296Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2016Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: KNAPPCO CORPORATIONInventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
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Publication number: 20180099860Abstract: An optical fluid sensor (OFS) is disclosed that includes a body defining a chamber and having one or more apertures to allow a fluid to enter the chamber, a light source optically coupled to the chamber and configured to emit light into the chamber, and a detector optically coupled to the chamber and configured to receive light from the chamber. The light source may emit IR, visible, and UV light into the chamber, and the detector may measure an intensity of one or more wavelengths of IR or visible light received by the detector. When fluid is disposed within the chamber, the light emitted by the light source may pass into and through the fluid disposed in the chamber before being received by the detector. A crossover protection system is also disclosed that includes an OFS for determining a transported liquid type.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: Knappco CorporationInventors: Erik Paul Bjornebo, Jeffrey Joseph Blair, Mark William Dudley, Richard Lee Henderson
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Publication number: 20120072252Abstract: A dashboard is developed to assess the ability of workers in an organization to accomplish one or more goals of the organization. The dashboard permits defining one or more competencies employees in the organization are required to have, and defining a skill set for each competency. Each skill set has one or more skills the employees are required to have to carry out each competency. Each skill under each competency for each employee is rated according to degree of experience in that skill. A discrete skill level in each competency for each of the employees is determined or calculated from the above rating information. Once the rating information is processed, the information can be instantaneously displayed in various viewing formats to give a snapshot look at the breadth of skill in the organization.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2011Publication date: March 22, 2012Applicant: Government of the United States of AmericaInventors: Chris Deegan, Vance Brahosky, Beverly Bradley-Topping, Joseph Blair Parsons, III, Randall Miller
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Patent number: 7462924Abstract: In an electrical connector, cross talk between signal contacts in adjacent linear columns and rows may be reduced by changing the size of the lead portions of the contacts extending within a leadframe housing. For example, the height of the ground contact lead portions may be increased to further isolate signal contacts in adjacent columns from interfering electrical fields. The height of the signal contact lead portions may be decreased in order to accommodate the larger ground contact lead portions without increasing the overall size of the connector. Smaller signal contact lead portions may reduce the overall length differential between signal contacts in a differential pair, thereby minimizing signal skew.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2006Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.Inventor: Joseph Blair Shuey
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Publication number: 20070296066Abstract: In an electrical connector, cross talk between signal contacts in adjacent linear columns and rows may be reduced by changing the size of the lead portions of the contacts extending within a leadframe housing. For example, the height of the ground contact lead portions may be increased to further isolate signal contacts in adjacent columns from interfering electrical fields. The height of the signal contact lead portions may be decreased in order to accommodate the larger ground contact lead portions without increasing the overall size of the connector. Smaller signal contact lead portions may reduce the overall length differential between signal contacts in a differential pair, thereby minimizing signal skew.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2006Publication date: December 27, 2007Inventor: Joseph Blair Shuey
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Publication number: 20070113743Abstract: An apparatus for storing both coffee in a reservoir and nested stacks of cup-shaped coffee filters, and then automatically filling individual filters with selected amounts of coffee and brewing the coffee while protecting the reservoir. Through a series of gears, an electric motor rotates an elastic projection with teeth and a disengaging curved tooth against the topmost filter in the stack, dragging it into a filter well beneath a coffee storage receptacle and then dropping it. Simultaneously, a rotating coffee dispenser fills with a selectable quantity of coffee and then dumps the coffee into the filter. The apparatus also includes a stirring device for insuring the stored coffee falls to the bottom of the coffee receptacle. A hot water dispenser operates in conjunction with a valve means for cutting off steam from the coffee reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2005Publication date: May 24, 2007Inventors: Joseph Blair, Larry Moore