Patents by Inventor Michael Waterman

Michael Waterman 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: 11469613
    Abstract: A load-sharing device shares electrical load between a high-ranking load and a low-ranking load. A current transformer connected between a circuit breaker panel and the high-ranking load senses current draw. The current transformer closes a first switch when sufficient current is detected and opens the first switch otherwise. Low-voltage power is connected across nodes of the first switch. A control circuit is connected in parallel with the first switch to control one or more second switches connected between the circuit breaker panel and a low-ranking load. When there is current flow in the control circuit, the second switches are closed, thereby permitting power delivery to the low-ranking load and when there is no current flow in the control circuit, the one or more second switches are open circuited. When the first switch is closed, it provides a short circuit, thereby preventing current flow in the control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Loadshare Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Waterman
  • Publication number: 20210336477
    Abstract: A load-sharing device shares electrical load between a high-ranking load and a low-ranking load. A current transformer connected between a circuit breaker panel and the high-ranking load senses current draw. The current transformer closes a first switch when sufficient current is detected and opens the first switch otherwise. Low-voltage power is connected across nodes of the first switch. A control circuit is connected in parallel with the first switch to control one or more second switches connected between the circuit breaker panel and a low-ranking load. When there is current flow in the control circuit, the second switches are closed, thereby permitting power delivery to the low-ranking load and when there is no current flow in the control circuit, the one or more second switches are open circuited. When the first switch is closed, it provides a short circuit, thereby preventing current flow in the control circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventor: Michael WATERMAN
  • Patent number: 9632304
    Abstract: A direct view optical sight including an integrated laser rangefinder. One example of the sight includes an eyepiece, an objective providing an optical aperture and configured to direct electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene to the eyepiece, an erector tube assembly coupled between the eyepiece and the objective, the laser rangefinder configured to transmit and receive laser radiation, and a beam combiner assembly mounted to the erector tube assembly and positioned between the erector tube assembly and the objective, the beam combiner assembly configured to combine the laser radiation and the electromagnetic radiation to allow the laser rangefinder to transmit and receive the laser radiation via the optical aperture of the objective, and to maintain optical alignment of the laser rangefinder and the viewed scene during movement of the erector tube assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Waterman, Robert B. Chipper, Gilbert J. Islas, James Allen McIntosh, John R. Staley, III, James M. Florence
  • Publication number: 20160223805
    Abstract: A direct view optical sight including an integrated laser rangefinder. One example of the sight includes an eyepiece, an objective providing an optical aperture and configured to direct electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene to the eyepiece, an erector tube assembly coupled between the eyepiece and the objective, the laser rangefinder configured to transmit and receive laser radiation, and a beam combiner assembly mounted to the erector tube assembly and positioned between the erector tube assembly and the objective, the beam combiner assembly configured to combine the laser radiation and the electromagnetic radiation to allow the laser rangefinder to transmit and receive the laser radiation via the optical aperture of the objective, and to maintain optical alignment of the laser rangefinder and the viewed scene during movement of the erector tube assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Waterman, Robert B. Chipper, Gilbert J. Islas, Jim A. McIntosh, John R. Stalely, III, James M. Florence
  • Publication number: 20050022159
    Abstract: A system and method for generating a performance tool includes a builder, a seeker, and a catalyst. The builder is used to generate the seeker. The seeker is selected for operation, thereby launching the catalyst. The catalyst runs the seeker and receives assertions, such as selected answers, in response to interrogatives, such as questions. When all assertions are provided to all interrogatives, the seeker generates a yield. However, the yield also can be generated dynamically as the seeker operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Aldrich, Frank Waterman, Ignacio Andrade, Horace Duncan, Brian Haner, Lorna Jarrett, Christopher Langston, Mathew Maynor, Peter Meeks, John Oliver, Regina O'Meara, Kenneth Van Booven, Michael Waterman, Logan Wade, Todd Way, Chris Worley
  • Publication number: 20020165208
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to compositions and methods relating to hypertension. The present invention provides a method of enhancing the activity of Cyp 4A14 by administering an agent thatenhances the activity of Cyp 4A14 as well as a method of inhibiting the activity of Cyp 4A14 by administering an agent that inhibits the activity of Cyp 4A14. Further provided, is a method of enhancing the activity of Cyp 4A12 by administering an agent that enhances the activity of Cyp 4A12 as well as a method of inhibiting the activity of Cyp 4A12 by administering an agent that inhibits the activity of Cyp 4A12. A method of enhancing the activity of Cyp 4A12 by administering an agent that inhibits the activity of Cyp 4A14 is also provided. The invention also provides a method of inhibiting the activity of Cyp 4A12 by administering an agent that enhances the activity of Cyp 4A14.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Jorge H. Capdevila, Michael Waterman, Vijakumar Holla
  • Patent number: 4771384
    Abstract: A system and method for the construction of one-dimensional maps from fragmentation data is disclosed. Particularly useful for construction of restriction maps of DNA, the system and method completely permutes sites, single digest fragments, and any available multiple digest fragments, and displays maps in rank-order according to a quality factor. Display of constructed maps includes information about relative ordering of all fragments, sites, and particularly about closely-spaced sites and fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1988
    Assignee: Dnastar, Inc.
    Inventors: Donna L. Daniels, John L. Schroeder, Frederick R. Blattner, Michael Waterman