William F Kelley

US Patent:

7742436, Jun 22, 2010

Filed:

Sep 2, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/217677

Inventors:

Steve Carrillo - Norwell MA, US
Paul Bristow - Narragansett RI, US
Alan Stewart - Braintree MA, US
Richard Stewart - Kingston MA, US
William Kelley - Plymouth MA, US

Assignee:

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Inc. - Scottsdale AZ

International Classification:

H04L 12/28

US Classification:

370255, 370254, 370310, 370351

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an agent for distributed networking and a processor-readable software code. The agent may include, for example, a cosite analyzer, an EMI sniffer, an asset controller module, an asset discovery module, and a link negotiator. The agent may be configured to initiate and optimize network configurations for radio communications systems based on parameters. The software code may receive data associated with a network plan, may determine if any planned links are included in the network plan and may establish connectivity of a confirmed link between at least two nodes in the network. Additionally, the software code may determine if a non-planned link should be added to the network and may establish connectivity for the non-planned link based on a priority associated with the non-planned link.

US Patent:

55289398, Jun 25, 1996

Filed:

Mar 21, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/407840

Inventors:

Jacob H. Martin - Wellesley MA
William P. Kelley - Beverly MA

International Classification:

G01L 1100

US Classification:

73702

Abstract:

An improved gas pressure gauge is disclosed that extends the linear range of pressure dependent damping to higher pressures by placing a stationary member in very close proximity to the vibrating member. This range of linear dependent damping is also extended to lower pressures by making the vibrating member large in area relative to its small distance from a fixed planar member, which can also serve as its supporting member, by making it vibrate in a direction perpendicular to the fixed planar member, and by making the springs that support the vibrating member from a high Q and conductive material, such as boron doped single crystal silicon. These features for extending the range to higher and lower pressures can be built separately into two independent vibrating elements that can be used individually or in tandem, or they can be built into a single vibrating element that can be made to vibrate in two modes, one parallel and one perpendicular to a fixed member. The preferred method of measuring gas pressure with these gauges is to determine the drive voltage necessary to drive the mechanical oscillator to a fixed amplitude against the pressure dependent damping of the gas that is being measured.

US Patent:

58081984, Sep 15, 1998

Filed:

May 19, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/858522

Inventors:

Paul A. Ward - Roslindale MA
William P. Kelley - Beverly MA

Assignee:

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. - Cambridge MA

International Classification:

G01P 1500

US Classification:

7351432

Abstract:

An RF balanced capacitive vibration sensor system includes a carrier generator for generating an r. f. carrier and an inverted r. f. carrier; a voltage tunable capacitive vibration sensor responsive to one of the carriers; a reference capacitor responsive to the other of the carriers; a summing device for combining the outputs from the sensor and reference capacitors; a controller device for adjusting the amplitude of the carriers to tune the capacitance of the sensor to that of the reference capacitor; the sensor modulating one of the carriers with a vibration modulation signal representative of a sensed vibration; an r. f. amplifier device responsive to the summing device for amplifying the modulated carrier from the sensor; and a detector device, responsive to the modulated carrier from the r. f. amplifier, for detecting the modulation signal representative of the sensed vibration.