Patents by Inventor Shane D. Bryant

Shane D. Bryant 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).

  • Personnel-tolerant carbon dioxide beamline variation reduction
    Patent number: 11402361
    Abstract: A method of controlling a gas mixture for a laser includes receiving as an input one or more of a plurality of concentration values. Each of the concentration values respectively corresponds to a constituent of a plurality of constituents of air. In the method, a blend of the plurality of constituents of air is generated based on the received one or more of the concentration values. The method also includes determining whether the blend of the plurality of constituents of air is within a threshold range for a ratio of the concentration values for the plurality of constituents of air. A flow of the blend of the plurality of constituents of air is controlled to be routed through an output circuit for use as the gas mixture for the laser following a determination that the blend of the plurality of constituents of air is within the threshold range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shane D. Bryant, Robert Young, Christopher F. Robinson, Kelly Bronson
  • PERSONNEL-TOLERANT CARBON DIOXIDE BEAMLINE VARIATION REDUCTION
    Publication number: 20200386729
    Abstract: A method of controlling a gas mixture for a laser includes receiving as an input one or more of a plurality of concentration values. Each of the concentration values respectively corresponds to a constituent of a plurality of constituents of air. In the method, a blend of the plurality of constituents of air is generated based on the received one or more of the concentration values. The method also includes determining whether the blend of the plurality of constituents of air is within a threshold range for a ratio of the concentration values for the plurality of constituents of air. A flow of the blend of the plurality of constituents of air is controlled to be routed through an output circuit for use as the gas mixture for the laser following a determination that the blend of the plurality of constituents of air is within the threshold range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Shane D. Bryant, Robert Young, Christopher F. Robinson, Kelly Bronson