Patents by Inventor LARRY HURZON

LARRY HURZON 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: 20230335912
    Abstract: A chaff electronic countermeasure device that includes an antenna element positioned on a substrate and in electrical communication with an integrated circuit. The conductive antenna element includes a conductive composition of a conductive polymer and graphene sheets. The device absorbs from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device reradiates at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude. The device is configured to be dispersed from a mobile platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventor: Larry Hurzon
  • Patent number: 11581654
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a chaff electronic countermeasure device. The device comprises an antenna that is in communication with a substrate. An integrated circuit is in electrical communication with the conductive antenna element. The conductive antenna element includes a conductive composition. The conductive composition includes a conductive polymer and graphene sheets. The device is configured to absorb from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. The device is configured to absorb from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device is configured to reradiate at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventor: Larry Hurzon
  • Publication number: 20200388931
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a chaff electronic countermeasure device. The device comprises an antenna that is in communication with a substrate. An integrated circuit is in electrical communication with the conductive antenna element. The conductive antenna element includes a conductive composition. The conductive composition includes a conductive polymer and graphene sheets. The device is configured to absorb from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. The device is configured to absorb from a radar source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device is configured to reradiate at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventor: Larry Hurzon
  • Patent number: 10629996
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a chaff electronic countermeasure device for protecting mobile platforms against radio frequency threats. A device comprises an antenna that is in communication with a substrate. An integrated circuit is in electrical communication with the antenna. The device is configured to absorb from a source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device reradiates at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Inventor: Larry Hurzon
  • Patent number: 10601104
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a symmetrical RFID antenna and method of formation. In one embodiment, the radio frequency identification antenna comprises a loop element having sides. A first and second conductive elements are in electrical communication with and extend opposite from a middle portion of a side. A third and fourth conductive elements are in electrical communication with and oppositely extend from a second side. A fifth conductive element extends from a vertex of the second conductive element to a vertex of the forth conductive element. The second and/or forth conductive elements comprise a quadrilateral portion. The second and/or forth conductive elements comprise a width that is at least about the length of a side included in the plurality of sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventors: Sriram Manivannan, Mathew A Hudspeth, Jeremy D Smith, Larry Hurzon
  • Publication number: 20190245261
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a symmetrical RFID antenna and method of formation. In one embodiment, the radio frequency identification antenna comprises a loop element having sides. A first and second conductive elements are in electrical communication with and extend opposite from a middle portion of a side. A third and fourth conductive elements are in electrical communication with and oppositely extend from a second side. A fifth conductive element extends from a vertex of the second conductive element to a vertex of the forth conductive element. The second and/or forth conductive elements comprise a quadrilateral portion. The second and/or forth conductive elements comprise a width that is at least about the length of a side included in the plurality of sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventors: Sriram Manivannan, Mathew A. Hudspeth, Jeremy D. Smith, Larry Hurzon
  • Patent number: 10103446
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to graphene-based Rotman lenses. In an embodiment, a lens is formed on a surface of a dielectric plate. The lens comprises a composition having individual sheets of graphene. The lens includes a plurality of first transmission lines extending from a first lens contour and a plurality of second transmission lines extending from a second lens contour. The plurality of first transmission lines each terminate at a first port. The plurality of second transmission lines each terminate at a second port. The first contour and the second contour are positioned opposite each other. The first port and/or the second port has a width of ?/2 or less. The individual graphene sheets form a three-dimensional interconnected network within the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Inventors: John S Lettow, Sriram Manivanna, Larry Hurzon, Trentice V Bolar
  • Publication number: 20170352963
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a chaff electronic countermeasure device for protecting mobile platforms against radio frequency threats. A device comprises an antenna that is in communication with a substrate. An integrated circuit is in electrical communication with the antenna. The device is configured to absorb from a source a first radio frequency having a first amplitude. In response to absorbing the first radio frequency, the device reradiates at least a portion of a second radio frequency having a second amplitude toward the radar source, which results in an increased radar cross section of the device as perceived by the radar source. The second amplitude is higher than the first amplitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: VORBECK MATERIALS CORP.
    Inventor: Larry Hurzon
  • Publication number: 20170256862
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to graphene-based Rotman lenses. In an embodiment, a lens is formed on a surface of a dielectric plate. The lens comprises a composition having individual sheets of graphene. The lens includes a plurality of first transmission lines extending from a first lens contour and a plurality of second transmission lines extending from a second lens contour. The plurality of first transmission lines each terminate at a first port. The plurality of second transmission lines each terminate at a second port. The first contour and the second contour are positioned opposite each other. The first port and/or the second port has a width of ?/2 or less. The individual graphene sheets form a three-dimensional interconnected network within the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: VORBECK MATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: JOHN S. LETTOW, SRIRAM MANIVANNA, LARRY HURZON, TRENTICE V. BOLAR
  • Patent number: D802563
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: VORBECK MATERIALS CORP.
    Inventors: Sriram Manivannan, Mathew A Hudspeth, Jeremy D Smith, Larry Hurzon
  • Patent number: D847796
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Vorbeck Materials Corp.
    Inventors: Sriram Manivannan, Mathew A Hudspeth, Jeremy D Smith, Larry Hurzon