Patents by Inventor Todd M. Gustafson

Todd M. Gustafson 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).

  • Instrumented rail system
    Patent number: 10286930
    Abstract: A deployable vehicle for an instrumented rail system includes a first locomotion module having a first mobility assembly configured to engage a first rail, a second locomotion module having a second mobility assembly configured to engage a second rail, an adjustable frame extendable between the first and second locomotion modules by a distance corresponding to the distance between the first and second rails, and a sensor module removably attachable to the frame. The sensor module includes a sensor suite having a plurality of sensors for gathering data while the vehicle is deployed. The sensor module includes a communications module having a first radio configured to enable the vehicle to establish at least a first communication link with a remotely located mobile base station, and a second radio configured to establish a second communication link with the remotely located mobile base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Daniel H. Simon, Benjamin B. Alvarez, William A. Irizarry-Cruz, Todd M. Gustafson, Abraham Rajan, Frederick Warren LeBlanc, Warren E. Zander
  • INSTRUMENTED RAIL SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20160368510
    Abstract: A deployable vehicle for an instrumented rail system includes a first locomotion module having a first mobility assembly configured to engage a first rail, a second locomotion module having a second mobility assembly configured to engage a second rail, an adjustable frame extendable between the first and second locomotion modules by a distance corresponding to the distance between the first and second rails, and a sensor module removably attachable to the frame. The sensor module includes a sensor suite having a plurality of sensors for gathering data while the vehicle is deployed. The sensor module includes a communications module having a first radio configured to enable the vehicle to establish at least a first communication link with a remotely located mobile base station, and a second radio configured to establish a second communication link with the remotely located mobile base station.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel H. Simon, Benjamin B. Alvarez, William A. Irizarry-Cruz, Todd M. Gustafson, Abraham Rajan, Frederick Warren LeBlanc, Warren E. Zander