Patents by Inventor Matthew Souza

Matthew Souza 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).

  • Patent number: 11953584
    Abstract: System, computer products, and methods can improve the resolution of data from a sensor array. One of these methods include receiving, from an analog to digital converter, a series of measurements representing frequency samples and spatial samples from a sensor array. The method includes generating a plurality of factors based on a polynomial. The method includes applying one or more complex weights to the measurements based on the factors. The method includes combining the complex weighted measurements into a plurality of values. The method also includes identifying a characteristic of an object detected by the sensor array based on the plurality of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Dayalan P. Kasilingam, Matthew J. Curtis, Murilo Souza Silva, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11470725
    Abstract: An apparatus for automating the fabrication of a copper vertical launch (CVL) within a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a feed mechanism to feed and extrude copper wire from a spool of copper wire and a wire cutting and gripping mechanism to receive copper wire from the feed mechanism, cut and secure a segment of copper wire, insert the segment of copper wire into a hole formed within the PCB, solder an end of the segment of copper wire to a signal trace of the PCB, and flush cut an opposite end of the segment of the copper wire to a surface of the PCB. The wire cutting and gripping mechanism includes a wire cutter to flush cut the segment of copper wire and an integrated heated gripper device to receive the copper wire from the spool of copper wire and cut and grab a segment from copper wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Mikhail Pevzner, James E. Benedict, Andrew R. Southworth, Thomas V. Sikina, Kevin Wilder, Matthew Souza, Aaron Michael Torberg
  • Publication number: 20210368629
    Abstract: An apparatus for automating the fabrication of a copper vertical launch (CVL) within a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a feed mechanism to feed and extrude copper wire from a spool of copper wire and a wire cutting and gripping mechanism to receive copper wire from the feed mechanism, cut and secure a segment of copper wire, insert the segment of copper wire into a hole formed within the PCB, solder an end of the segment of copper wire to a signal trace of the PCB, and flush cut an opposite end of the segment of the copper wire to a surface of the PCB. The wire cutting and gripping mechanism includes a wire cutter to flush cut the segment of copper wire and an integrated heated gripper device to receive the copper wire from the spool of copper wire and cut and grab a segment from copper wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Mikhail Pevzner, James E. Benedict, Andrew R. Southworth, Thomas V. Sikina, Kevin Wilder, Matthew Souza, Aaron Michael Torberg
  • Patent number: 11109489
    Abstract: An apparatus for automating the fabrication of a copper vertical launch (CVL) within a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a feed mechanism to feed and extrude copper wire from a spool of copper wire and a wire cutting and gripping mechanism to receive copper wire from the feed mechanism, cut and secure a segment of copper wire, insert the segment of copper wire into a hole formed within the PCB, solder an end of the segment of copper wire to a signal trace of the PCB, and flush cut an opposite end of the segment of the copper wire to a surface of the PCB. The wire cutting and gripping mechanism includes a wire cutter to flush cut the segment of copper wire and an integrated heated gripper device to receive the copper wire from the spool of copper wire and cut and grab a segment from copper wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Mikhail Pevzner, James E. Benedict, Andrew R. Southworth, Thomas V. Sikina, Kevin Wilder, Matthew Souza, Aaron Michael Torberg
  • Publication number: 20210051805
    Abstract: An apparatus for automating the fabrication of a copper vertical launch (CVL) within a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a feed mechanism to feed and extrude copper wire from a spool of copper wire and a wire cutting and gripping mechanism to receive copper wire from the feed mechanism, cut and secure a segment of copper wire, insert the segment of copper wire into a hole formed within the PCB, solder an end of the segment of copper wire to a signal trace of the PCB, and flush cut an opposite end of the segment of the copper wire to a surface of the PCB. The wire cutting and gripping mechanism includes a wire cutter to flush cut the segment of copper wire and an integrated heated gripper device to receive the copper wire from the spool of copper wire and cut and grab a segment from copper wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Mikhail Pevzner, James E. Benedict, Andrew R. Southworth, Thomas V. Sikina, Kevin Wilder, Matthew Souza, Aaron Michael Torberg