Patents by Inventor Klaas Brouwer

Klaas Brouwer 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).

  • Ship provided with a distortion sensor and distortion sensor arrangement for measuring the distortion of a ship
    Patent number: 6253697
    Abstract: An improved ship which incorporates a distortion sensor arrangement. Measurement data supplied by the distortion sensor arrangement is preferably used to correct measurement data supplied by and/or control signals for an on-board directional apparatus. The distortion sensor arrangement preferably includes a hull-mounted laser beam/light sensor combination, and such that the light sensor continuously measures a deflection of the laser beam in response to a distortion of the ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Klaas Brouwer
  • Method for operating a fire-control system based on a heuristic algorithm
    Patent number: 6186397
    Abstract: A method of operating a fire-control system for simultaneously engaging a plurality of threats in which one plan from a pool of heuristically determined feasible plans is selected based on an environment of the fire-control system and a selected criterion to engage the plurality of threats. In addition, a genetic algorithm is applied to the pool of feasible plans prior to selecting the one plans to generate additional plan to replenish the pool, and a best feasible plan is selected from the pool with the criterion serving as the standard. Further, at least one randomly selected feasible plan is added to the pool of feasible plans before the genetic algorithm is applied to the pool of feasible plans.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Assignee: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V.
    Inventor: Jan Klaas Brouwer
  • Thermoplastic resin and method using heterocyclic amine catalyst
    Patent number: 5373083
    Abstract: The present invention discloses thermoplastic resins and methods for producing said resins utilizing a single component heterocyclic amine catalyst system. More particularly, the invention discloses resins such as high molecular weight polycarbonate resins that are produced by a solventless melt condensation reaction between diphenol carbonate (DPC) and bisphenol A (BPA) in the presence of a heterocyclic amine catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jr., Klaas Brouwer
  • Thermoplastic resin and method using volatile, self-quenching tertiaryamine catalyst
    Patent number: 5362840
    Abstract: The present invention discloses thermoplastic resins and methods for producing said resins utilizing a single component tertiary amine catalyst system. More particularly, the invention discloses resins such as high molecular weight polycarbonate resins that are produced by a solventless melt condensation reaction between diphenyl carbonate (DPC) and bisphenol A (BPA) in the presence of tertiary amine catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Inventors: Joseph A. King, Jr., Klaas Brouwer