Patents by Inventor Will E. Leland

Will E. Leland 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).

  • System and method for electrical charge transfer across a conductive medium
    Patent number: 9583954
    Abstract: A method for supplying power to detected devices coupled to a conductive backplane includes: supplying a plurality of sensing signals at a plurality of transmit impedance values to the conductive backplane; analyzing a plurality of return signals received from the conductive backplane, the return signals corresponding to the sensing signals; detecting the presence of a sink device coupled to the conductive backplane based on the analyzed return signals; and supplying power from a power supply to the sink device via the conductive backplane after detecting the presence of the sink device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: RAYTHEON BBN TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Edin Insanic, Joshua Michael Cochin, Benjamin Phillip Bromberg, Will E. Leland
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL CHARGE TRANSFER ACROSS A CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM
    Publication number: 20150130405
    Abstract: A method for supplying power to detected devices coupled to a conductive backplane includes: supplying a plurality of sensing signals at a plurality of transmit impedance values to the conductive backplane; analyzing a plurality of return signals received from the conductive backplane, the return signals corresponding to the sensing signals; detecting the presence of a sink device coupled to the conductive backplane based on the analyzed return signals; and supplying power from a power supply to the sink device via the conductive backplane after detecting the presence of the sink device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Edin Insanic, Joshua Michael Cochin, Benjamin Phillip Bromberg, Will E. Leland