Patents by Inventor Mark E. Savage
Mark E. Savage 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: 9974155Abstract: A variable-pulse-shape pulsed-power accelerator is driven by a large number of independent LC drive circuits. Each LC circuit drives one or more coaxial transmission lines that deliver the circuit's output power to several water-insulated radial transmission lines that are connected in parallel at small radius by a water-insulated post-hole convolute. The accelerator can be impedance matched throughout. The coaxial transmission lines are sufficiently long to transit-time isolate the LC drive circuits from the water-insulated transmission lines, which allows each LC drive circuit to be operated without being affected by the other circuits. This enables the creation of any power pulse that can be mathematically described as a time-shifted linear combination of the pulses of the individual LC drive circuits. Therefore, the output power of the convolute can provide a variable pulse shape to a load that can be used for magnetically driven, quasi-isentropic compression experiments and other applications.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLCInventors: Brian S. Stoltzfus, Kevin Austin, Brian Thomas Hutsel, David Reisman, Mark E. Savage, William A. Stygar
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Patent number: 9514864Abstract: A flexible solid-state resistor comprises a string of ceramic resistors that can be used to charge the capacitors of a linear transformer driver (LTD) used in a pulsed power machine. The solid-state resistor is able to absorb the energy of a switch prefire, thereby limiting LTD cavity damage, yet has a sufficiently low RC charge time to allow the capacitor to be recharged without disrupting the operation of the pulsed power machine.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: Sandia CorporationInventors: Brian Stoltzfus, Mark E. Savage, Brian Thomas Hutsel, William E. Fowler, Keven Alan MacRunnels, David Justus, William A. Stygar
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Publication number: 20150366045Abstract: A variable-pulse-shape pulsed-power accelerator is driven by a large number of independent LC drive circuits. Each LC circuit drives one or more coaxial transmission lines that deliver the circuit's output power to several water-insulated radial transmission lines that are connected in parallel at small radius by a water-insulated post-hole convolute. The accelerator can be impedance matched throughout. The coaxial transmission lines are sufficiently long to transit-time isolate the LC drive circuits from the water-insulated transmission lines, which allows each LC drive circuit to be operated without being affected by the other circuits. This enables the creation of any power pulse that can be mathematically described as a time-shifted linear combination of the pulses of the individual LC drive circuits. Therefore, the output power of the convolute can provide a variable pulse shape to a load that can be used for magnetically driven, quasi-isentropic compression experiments and other applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2015Publication date: December 17, 2015Inventors: Brian S. Stoltzfus, Kevin Austin, Brian Thomas Hutsel, David Reisman, Mark E. Savage, William A. Stygar
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Publication number: 20150243413Abstract: A flexible solid-state resistor comprises a string of ceramic resistors that can be used to charge the capacitors of a linear transformer driver (LTD) used in a pulsed power machine. The solid-state resistor is able to absorb the energy of a switch prefire, thereby limiting LTD cavity damage, yet has a sufficiently low RC charge time to allow the capacitor to be recharged without disrupting the operation of the pulsed power machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Brian Stoltzfus, Mark E. Savage, Brian Thomas Hutsel, William E. Fowler, Keven Alan MacRunnels, David Justus, William A. Stygar
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Patent number: 8344553Abstract: A method and concomitant apparatus for generating pulses comprising providing a laser light source, disposing a voltage electrode between ground electrodes, generating laser sparks using the laser light source via laser spark gaps between the voltage electrode and the ground electrodes, and outputting pulses via one or more insulated ground connectors connected to the voltage electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: January 1, 2013Assignee: Sandia CorporationInventors: Mark E. Savage, Brian S. Stoltzfus
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Patent number: 6304042Abstract: A command triggered plasma opening switch assembly using an amplification stage. The assembly surrounds a coaxial transmission line and has a main plasma opening switch (POS) close to the load and a trigger POS upstream from the main POS. The trigger POS establishes two different current pathways through the assembly depended on whether it has received a trigger current pulse. The initial pathway has both POS's with plasma between their anodes and cathodes to form a short across the transmission line and isolating the load. The final current pathway is formed when the trigger POS receives a trigger current pulse which energizes its fast coil to push the conductive plasma out from between its anode and cathode, allowing the main transmission line current to pass to the fast coil of the main POS, thus pushing its plasma out the way so as to establish a direct current pathway to the load.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2000Date of Patent: October 16, 2001Assignee: Sandia CorporationInventors: Mark E. Savage, Clifford W. Mendel, Jr.
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Patent number: 5927996Abstract: An electrical connector accommodates high current, is not labor intensive to assemble and disassemble, and allows a wide range of motion to accommodate mechanical variations and movement of connected components. The connector comprises several parts with joints therebetween, wherein each joint provides electrical connection between and allows relative motion of the joined parts. The combination of parts and joints maintains electrical connection between two electrical components even if the components are misaligned or move after connection.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 1998Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Sandia CorporationInventors: Mark E. Savage, Walter W. Simpson
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Patent number: 5097200Abstract: An electron launching voltage monitor measures MITL voltage using a relationship between anode electric field and electron current launched from a cathode-mounted perturbation. An electron launching probe extends through and is spaced from the edge of an opening in a first MITL conductor, one end of the launching probe being in the gap between the MITL conductor, the other end being adjacent a first side of the first conductor away from the second conductor. A housing surrounds the launching probe and electrically connects the first side of the first conductor to the other end of the launching probe. A detector detects the current passing through the housing to the launching probe, the detected current being representative of the voltage between the conductors.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1990Date of Patent: March 17, 1992Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of EnergyInventors: Clifford W. Mendel, Mark E. Savage