Patents by Inventor Timothy J. Foley

Timothy J. Foley 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).

  • Protecting personnel using spring-assisted, deployable ballistic shield
    Patent number: 11969877
    Abstract: A technique for facilitating deployment and stowing of a ballistic shield on a vehicle includes providing a central armored panel having a hinged connection to a base, which may be coupled to or integral with the vehicle. The hinged connection includes an axle and a set of torsion springs configured to exert a lifting torque on the central armored panel relative to the base, such that the central armored panel is movable about the hinged connection for assuming both an upright, deployed position and a laid-down, stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Howe & Howe Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Merlin Foley, Michael J. Zagorianakos, Matthew Gregory Williams, Zachary Edward Sawyer, Caroline Ruby Bills
  • Desensitization of metastable intermolecular composites
    Patent number: 7931764
    Abstract: A method to substantially desensitize a metastable intermolecular composite material to electrostatic discharge and friction comprising mixing the composite material with an organic diluent and removing enough organic diluent from the mixture to form a mixture with a substantially putty-like consistency, as well as a concomitant method of recovering the metastable intermolecular composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: James R. Busse, Robert C. Dye, Timothy J. Foley, Kelvin T. Higa, Betty S. Jorgensen, Victor E. Sanders, Steven F. Son
  • Desensitization and recovery of metastable intermolecular composites
    Patent number: 7789981
    Abstract: A method to substantially desensitize a metastable intermolecular composite material to electrostatic discharge and friction comprising mixing the composite material with an organic diluent and removing enough organic diluent from the mixture to form a mixture with a substantially putty-like consistency, as well as a concomitant method of recovering the metastable intermolecular composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: James R. Busse, Robert C. Dye, Timothy J. Foley, Kelvin T. Higa, Betty S. Jorgensen, Victor E. Sanders, Steven F. Son
  • Compile-time type-safe composable state objects
    Publication number: 20090322768
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus to efficiently and safely interface with a graphics processing unit (GPU) are described. In one embodiment, procedures for transforming type-checked parameterized mappings into runtime mappings may be used to efficiently and safely (e.g., without introducing errors) interface with a GPU. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Paul A. Lalonde, Timothy J. Foley