Patents by Inventor Scott Macklin Keller

Scott Macklin Keller 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: 10845267
    Abstract: Fatigue fuse mounting systems and methods are discussed in this application. It is advantageous in the field of structural monitoring for fatigue fuses that are engineered to break in sequence to both be mounted near each other and also to work toward ensuring the fatigue fuses all undergo similar load cycling. Simply sticking a set of fatigue fuses to a structure can result in each fatigue fuse from an engineered set undergoing different load cycling, which can reduce their effectiveness. Thus, fatigue fuse mounting systems—and methods of implementing the systems—are contemplated in this application. The system includes a structural frame and a fatigue fuse mounting cartridge. These components work together to ensure that each fatigue fuse in a set undergoes more uniform load cycling, thereby improving structural monitoring performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: EFS International S.A.
    Inventors: Scott Macklin Keller, Kyle Peter Wetzlar
  • Publication number: 20200182738
    Abstract: Fatigue fuse mounting systems and methods are discussed in this application. It is advantageous in the field of structural monitoring for fatigue fuses that are engineered to break in sequence to both be mounted near each other and also to work toward ensuring the fatigue fuses all undergo similar load cycling. Simply sticking a set of fatigue fuses to a structure can result in each fatigue fuse from an engineered set undergoing different load cycling, which can reduce their effectiveness. Thus, fatigue fuse mounting systems—and methods of implementing the systems—are contemplated in this application. The system includes a structural frame and a fatigue fuse mounting cartridge. These components work together to ensure that each fatigue fuse in a set undergoes more uniform load cycling, thereby improving structural monitoring performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Scott Macklin Keller, Kyle Peter Wetzlar
  • Patent number: 9660349
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a multiferroic antenna element may include providing a electroelastic substrate to transform mechanical oscillations into an acoustic wave, providing a resonator assembly on a surface of the electroelastic substrate where the resonator assembly includes a plurality of magnetoelastic resonators that transform an electromagnetic wave into mechanical oscillations corresponding to a frequency of the electromagnetic wave, and providing an interdigitated electrode assembly at a portion of the electroelastic substrate to convert the acoustic wave into an electrical signal preserving information associated with the frequency of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott Macklin Keller, Paul Killian Nordeen, Kyle Wetzlar, Michael F. Moon, Gregory Paul Carman, Scott Richard Burnside
  • Publication number: 20160380357
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a multiferroic antenna element may include providing a electroelastic substrate to transform mechanical oscillations into an acoustic wave, providing a resonator assembly on a surface of the electroelastic substrate where the resonator assembly includes a plurality of magnetoelastic resonators that transform an electromagnetic wave into mechanical oscillations corresponding to a frequency of the electromagnetic wave, and providing an interdigitated electrode assembly at a portion of the electroelastic substrate to convert the acoustic wave into an electrical signal preserving information associated with the frequency of the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Scott Macklin Keller, Paul Killian Nordeen, Kyle Wetzlar, Michael F. Moon, Gregory Paul Carman, Scott Richard Burnside