Patents by Inventor Wayne Thomas Padgett, Sr.

Wayne Thomas Padgett, Sr. 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).

  • Frequency encryption for communication signals
    Patent number: 11310043
    Abstract: A receiver in a communication system may include a buffer and hardware. The buffer may be configured to store a communication signal comprising one or more pulses representative of data. The hardware may be configured to determine whether a data authentication pulse has been superimposed over at least one of the one or more pulses, and authenticate, based on the determination of whether the data authentication pulse has been superimposed over at least one of the one or more pulses, the one or more pulses as a valid representation of the data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Joseph Costello, Richard Joseph Skertic, Wayne Thomas Padgett, Sr.
  • Tip clearance radio frequency sensor
    Patent number: 11143054
    Abstract: A blade tip sensor may be provided that includes a bridge-network circuit embedded in a composite body such as a ceramic matrix composite body. The bridge-network circuit may include a first resistor-capacitor circuit on a first branch and a second resistor-capacitor circuit on a second branch. Each of the first resistor-capacitor circuit and the second resistor-capacitor circuit includes a corresponding capacitor having a capacitance that depends on a distance between the corresponding capacitor and a blade of a rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Glen Steven Bishop, Wayne Thomas Padgett, Sr., John Joseph Costello, Geoffrey L. Gatton
  • FREQUENCY ENCRYPTION FOR COMMUNICATION SIGNALS
    Publication number: 20200220722
    Abstract: A receiver in a communication system may include a buffer and hardware. The buffer may be configured to store a communication signal comprising one or more pulses representative of data. The hardware may be configured to determine whether a data authentication pulse has been superimposed over at least one of the one or more pulses, and authenticate, based on the determination of whether the data authentication pulse has been superimposed over at least one of the one or more pulses, the one or more pulses as a valid representation of the data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: John Joseph Costello, Richard Joseph Skertic, Wayne Thomas Padgett, SR.
  • TIP CLEARANCE RADIO FREQUENCY SENSOR
    Publication number: 20200157967
    Abstract: A blade tip sensor may be provided that includes a bridge-network circuit embedded in a composite body such as a ceramic matrix composite body. The bridge-network circuit may include a first resistor-capacitor circuit on a first branch and a second resistor-capacitor circuit on a second branch. Each of the first resistor-capacitor circuit and the second resistor-capacitor circuit includes a corresponding capacitor having a capacitance that depends on a distance between the corresponding capacitor and a blade of a rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Glen Steven Bishop, Wayne Thomas Padgett, Sr., John Joseph Costello, Geoffrey L. Gatton