Patents by Inventor Sean M. Casey
Sean M. Casey 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: 10132709Abstract: A system for detecting vehicle load anomalies during ground travel includes at least one inertial sensor sensing a pitch or a roll of a vehicle and outputting at least one of a pitch or a roll value; a computing device having a processor and a memory and an input coupled to an input and monitoring module, where said input and monitoring module receives one of the pitch or roll values output by the at least one inertial sensor, and said computing system further having a measuring module measuring an oscillation based on one of the output pitch or roll values and calculating an adjusted center of gravity value based on a comparison between an expected oscillation and the measured oscillation; said computing device having an output to an alert module that outputs an alert signal through said output if the adjusted center of gravity is outside of a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Clifford G. Cousins, Sean M. Casey
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Publication number: 20170045409Abstract: A system for detecting vehicle load anomalies during ground travel includes at least one inertial sensor sensing a pitch or a roll of a vehicle and outputting at least one of a pitch or a roll value; a computing device having a processor and a memory and an input coupled to an input and monitoring module, where said input and monitoring module receives one of the pitch or roll values output by the at least one inertial sensor, and said computing system further having a measuring module measuring an oscillation based on one of the output pitch or roll values and calculating an adjusted center of gravity value based on a comparison between an expected oscillation and the measured oscillation; said computing device having an output to an alert module that outputs an alert signal through said output if the adjusted center of gravity is outside of a predetermined threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Inventors: Clifford G. Cousins, Sean M. Casey
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Publication number: 20130085280Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Applicant: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on Behalf of the University of Nevada,Inventors: Travis D. Carson, Sean M. Casey, Isaac K. Iverson, Wonewoo Seo, Suk-Wah Tam-Chang
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Patent number: 8334029Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: December 18, 2012Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, RenoInventors: Suk-Wah Tam-Chang, Sean M. Casey, Isaac K. Iverson, Wonewoo Seo
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Patent number: 8060069Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sprint Communciations Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Sean M. Casey, Woo Jae Lee, Pujan K. Roka, Elizabeth V. Shaw
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Patent number: 8060065Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide ways to track the status of calls made to mobile devices. An illustrative method includes an originating mobile device receiving data from a mobile access network about an outgoing call, utilizing the data from the mobile access network to determine the outcome of the outgoing call, displaying an indicator of the outgoing call on the originating mobile device, and displaying an indicator of the outcome (connected, no answer, voicemail, busy, etc.) on the originating mobile device.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2008Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Harry Hong-Lun Lai, Sean M. Casey, Woo Jae Lee, Pujan K. Roka, Elizabeth V. Shaw
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Publication number: 20110257400Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2011Publication date: October 20, 2011Inventors: Travis D. Carson, Sean M. Casey, Isaac K. Iverson, Wonewoo Seo, Suk-Wah Tam-Chang
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Patent number: 7943208Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education, on behalf of the University of Nevada, RenoInventors: Travis D. Carson, Sean M. Casey, Isaac K. Iverson, Wonewoo Seo, Suk-Wah Tam-Chang
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Publication number: 20100108959Abstract: The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: May 6, 2010Inventors: Travis D. Carson, Sean M. Casey, Isaac K. Iverson, Wonewoo Seo, Suk-Wah Tam-Chang
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Publication number: 20030056396Abstract: A tunable shoe sole and heel energy storage device incorporating at least confronting upper and lower generally planar polymeric portions joined by a releasable fastener assembly. Cooperating post and recess retainers are preferably formed in the polymeric portions to capture and retain a plurality of reconfigurably removable, stackable, and replaceable energy absorbers. With the novel configuration of the energy storage device, a shoe may be customized and tuned for optimal energy absorption and release by arranging the quantity and location of the energy absorbers about the post and recess retainers. Preferably, the energy absorber is selected from the group of items that includes, for example, conical and coil springs, disc springs such as flat, conical, finger, curved, wave, and belleville disc springs and washers.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2001Publication date: March 27, 2003Inventors: Joseph C. Murray, Sean M. Casey
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Patent number: 5541407Abstract: The present invention provides a source of Group V and VI atoms, and in particular arsenic atoms, usable in MBE as a growth source or a doping source. The arsenic atoms are produced in two steps. In the first step, a sublimator vaporizes solid arsenic, producing a molecular beam of arsenic tetramers and/or dimers. The molecular beam source can optionally include a cracker to produce As.sub.2 from As.sub.4. In the second step, the molecular beam impinges on a surface of a heated element, termed an atomizer, producing an output beam containing atomic arsenic. The atomizer is at a temperature above about 1200K and a pressure below about 10.sup.-3 torr or at a temperature above about 1400K and a pressure below about 10.sup.-2 torr. For other Group V and VI elements, different atomizer temperatures and pressures are used.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 1995Date of Patent: July 30, 1996Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of CommerceInventors: Stephen R. Leone, April L. Alstrin, Paul G. Strupp, Adina K. Kunz, Sean M. Casey, Russell V. Smilgys