Patents by Inventor Reston A. Condit
Reston A. Condit 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: 10042397Abstract: A potted electronic device comprises an electronic device at least partially encapsulated by an energetic potting material. The energetic potting material comprises a halogenated urethane binder and a metal fuel dispersed within the halogenated urethane binder. Related energetic potting materials and methods of forming electronic devices at least partially encapsulated with the energetic potting materials are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC.Inventors: Nikki Rasmussen, Reston A Condit
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Patent number: 9939235Abstract: Initiation devices may include at least one substrate, an initiation element positioned on a first side of the at least one substrate, and a spark gap electrically coupled to the initiation element and positioned on a second side of the at least one substrate. Initiation devices may include a plurality of substrates where at least one substrate of the plurality of substrates is electrically connected to at least one adjacent substrate of the plurality of substrates with at least one via extending through the at least one substrate. Initiation systems may include such initiation devices. Methods of igniting energetic materials include passing a current through a spark gap formed on at least one substrate of the initiation device, passing the current through at least one via formed through the at least one substrate, and passing the current through an explosive bridge wire of the initiation device.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLCInventors: Michael A. Daniels, Reston A. Condit, Nikki Rasmussen, Ronald S. Wallace
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Publication number: 20170242459Abstract: A potted electronic device comprises an electronic device at least partially encapsulated by an energetic potting material. The energetic potting material comprises a halogenated urethane binder and a metal fuel dispersed within the halogenated urethane binder. Related energetic potting materials and methods of forming electronic devices at least partially encapsulated with the energetic potting materials are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: NIKKI RASMUSSEN, RESTON A. CONDIT
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Publication number: 20170245368Abstract: A self-protecting electronic circuit may include an energetic substrate comprising an energetic material, a plurality of traces disposed onto the energetic substrate, and at least one surface component couple to the plurality of trace. The self-protecting electronic circuit may optionally include a non-platable insulator disposed on portion of the energetic substrate not having the plurality of traced disposed thereon. The at least one surface component may include an activation mechanism for initiating the energetic substrate. Methods for making a self-protecting electronic circuit include forming an energetic substrate, coating the energetic substrate with an insulator, removing at least a portion of the insulator from the energetic substrate, and disposing at least one trace onto the energetic substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 24, 2017Inventors: MICHAEL A. DANIELS, RESTON A. CONDIT, JOEL A. JOHNSON, RONALD J. HEAPS, RONALD S. WALLACE
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Publication number: 20160356580Abstract: Initiation devices may include at least one substrate, and initiation element the positioned on a first side of the at least one substrate, and a spark gap electrically coupled to the initiation element and positioned on a second side of the at least one substrate. Initiation devices may include a plurality of substrates where at least one substrate of the plurality of substrates is electrically connected to at least one adjacent substrate of the plurality of substrates with at least one via extending through the at least one substrate. Initiation systems may include such initiation devices. Methods of igniting energetic materials include passing a current through a spark gap formed on at least one substrate of the initiation device, passing the current through at least one via formed through the at least one substrate, and passing the current through an explosive bridge wire of the initiation device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 9, 2013Publication date: December 8, 2016Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLCInventors: Michael A. Daniels, Reston A. Condit, Nikki Rasmussen, Ronald S. Wallace
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Patent number: 9046268Abstract: A timer key relating to monitoring a countdown time of a countdown routine of an electronic device is disclosed. The timer key comprises a processor configured to respond to a countdown time associated with operation of the electronic device, a display operably coupled with the processor, and a housing configured to house at least the processor. The housing has an associated structure configured to engage with the electronic device to share the countdown time between the electronic device and the timer key. The processor is configured to begin a countdown routine based at least in part on the countdown time, wherein the countdown routine is at least substantially synchronized with a countdown routine of the electronic device when the timer key is removed from the electronic device. A system and method for synchronizing countdown routines of a timer key and an electronic device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Battelle Energy AllianceInventors: Reston A. Condit, Michael A. Daniels, Gregory P. Clemens, Eric S. Tomberlin, Joel A. Johnson
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Publication number: 20150107478Abstract: A timer key relating to monitoring a countdown time of a countdown routine of an electronic device is disclosed. The timer key comprises a processor configured to respond to a countdown time associated with operation of the electronic device, a display operably coupled with the processor, and a housing configured to house at least the processor. The housing has an associated structure configured to engage with the electronic device to share the countdown time between the electronic device and the timer key. The processor is configured to begin a countdown routine based at least in part on the countdown time, wherein the countdown routine is at least substantially synchronized with a countdown routine of the electronic device when the timer key is removed from the electronic device. A system and method for synchronizing countdown routines of a timer key and an electronic device are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2014Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLCInventors: Reston A. Condit, Michael A. Daniels, Gregory P. Clemens, Eric S. Tomberlin, Joel A. Johnson
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Patent number: 8701560Abstract: A timer key relating to monitoring a countdown time of a countdown routine of an electronic device is disclosed. The timer key comprises a processor configured to respond to a countdown time associated with operation of the electronic device, a display operably coupled with the processor, and a housing configured to house at least the processor. The housing has an associated structure configured to engage with the electronic device to share the countdown time between the electronic device and the timer key. The processor is configured to begin a countdown routine based at least in part on the countdown time, wherein the countdown routine is at least substantially synchronized with a countdown routine of the electronic device when the timer key is removed from the electronic device. A system and method for synchronizing countdown routines of a timer key and an electronic device are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLCInventors: Reston A. Condit, Michael A. Daniels, Gregory P. Clemens, Eric S. Tomberlin, Joel A. Johnson
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Publication number: 20120125218Abstract: A timer key relating to monitoring a countdown time of a countdown routine of an electronic device is disclosed. The timer key comprises a processor configured to respond to a countdown time associated with operation of the electronic device, a display operably coupled with the processor, and a housing configured to house at least the processor. The housing has an associated structure configured to engage with the electronic device to share the countdown time between the electronic device and the timer key. The processor is configured to begin a countdown routine based at least in part on the countdown time, wherein the countdown routine is at least substantially synchronized with a countdown routine of the electronic device when the timer key is removed from the electronic device. A system and method for synchronizing countdown routines of a timer key and an electronic device are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2010Publication date: May 24, 2012Applicant: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLCInventors: Reston A. Condit, Michael A. Daniels, Gregory P. Clemens, Eric S. Tomberlin, Joel A. Johnson
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Patent number: 7103512Abstract: A special test mode is incorporated within a USB transceiver of a digital system, and when the special test mode is activated, USB eye pattern test data signal waveforms, e.g., a continuous stream of USB state transitions (defined by the USB specification) are transmitted on the USB data lines connected to the USB transceiver. Conventional test equipment may be attached to the USB data lines and the signal quality monitored. Circuit changes can be made to the digital system and the results easily measured. When the USB eye pattern test data signal waveforms on the USB data lines of the digital system are of satisfactory quality, the special test mode may be turned off and the USB transceiver will resume operation as a normal USB device.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2005Date of Patent: September 5, 2006Assignee: Microchip Technology IncorporatedInventors: Joseph Harry Julicher, Daniel William Butler, Reston A. Condit
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Publication number: 20050267712Abstract: A special test mode is incorporated within a USB transceiver of a digital system, and when the special test mode is activated, USB eye pattern test data signal waveforms, e.g., a continuous stream of USB state transitions (defined by the USB specification) are transmitted on the USB data lines connected to the USB transceiver. Conventional test equipment may be attached to the USB data lines and the signal quality monitored. Circuit changes can be made to the digital system and the results easily measured. When the USB eye pattern test data signal waveforms on the USB data lines of the digital system are of satisfactory quality, the special test mode may be turned off and the USB transceiver will resume operation as a normal USB device.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2005Publication date: December 1, 2005Inventors: Joseph Julicher, Daniel Butler, Reston Condit