Daniel D Gregoire, 52Los Angeles, CA

6560213, May 6, 2003

Mar 24, 1999

09/275761

Hossein Izadpanah - Newberry Park CA
Daniel J. Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA
Hui-Pin Hsu - Northridge CA
James H. Schaffner - Chatsworth CA

HRL Laboratories, LLC - Malibu CA

H04Q 720

370338, 370278, 455 41

A wideband wireless access local loop system using millimeter wavelength wireless technology to provide wireless access to a series of customer interfaces, via a series of access interface points, to a backbone network of central nodes interconnected by a high transmission-rate broadband medium such as fiber optic cable. The network architecture is useful for providing a two-way high-speed data transfer system to structures without the need for physical wiring. Data transfer within the network may optionally be either analog or digital, and may be optimized for either two-way communication or one-way distribution.

6652763, Nov 25, 2003

Apr 3, 2000

09/541178

Ronghua Wei - Calabasas CA
Daniel J. Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA

HRL Laboratories, LLC - Malibu CA

B44C 122

216 67, 216 70, 216 81, 15634542, 118723 ER, 118723 ME, 118723 E

A method and apparatus for the polishing of diamond surfaces, wherein the diamond surface is subjected to plasma-enhanced chemical etching using an atomic oxygen polishing plasma source, are disclosed. In the apparatus, a magnetic filter passes a plume of high-density, low-energy, atomic oxygen plasma. The plasma is capable of uniformly polishing diamond surfaces.

7091457, Aug 15, 2006

Nov 12, 2004

10/987413

Daniel Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Daniel F. Sievenpiper - Santa Monica CA, US
Weldon S. Williamson - Malibu CA, US

HRL Laboratories, LLC - Malibu CA

H05B 6/70

219690, 219696, 219745, 219746, 219750

A method and apparatus for creating uniform heating of an microwave absorptive target. A microwave housing has a longitudinal axis and propagates a waveguide mode at an operating frequency. The target is located in an axial cross-sectional area relative to the longitudinal axis. First layer conductive strips are layered proximal to an inner wall of the microwave housing, substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis and being separated from an adjacent first layer conductive strip by a respective first layer gap, the inner wall acting as a ground plane. Second layer conductive strips are layered proximal to the first layer of conductive strips, parallel to the longitudinal axis and being separated from an adjacent second layer conductive strip by a respective second layer gap. Each first layer gap is centered under a respective second layer conductive strip and each second layer gap is centered over a conductive layer.

7208710, Apr 24, 2007

Aug 14, 2006

11/504145

Daniel Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Joseph Colburn - Pacific Palisades CA, US

HRL Laboratories, LLC - Malibu CA

H05B 6/70
H05B 6/72

219697, 219746, 219750, 219747, 333230

A method and apparatus for creating uniform heating of an microwave absorptive target. A circularly polarized waveguide mode is created that promotes uniform heating of the microwave absorptive target by rotating a propagated non-uniform field pattern around a central axis of a cylindrical cavity or waveguide. In the process of rotating the field pattern, hot and cold spots in the field pattern are averaged out over time.

7303602, Dec 4, 2007

Nov 12, 2004

10/987173

Daniel J. Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Joseph S. Colburn - Pacific Palisades CA, US

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

B01D 46/00
F01N 3/028

552823, 552822, 55283, 553853, 55523, 55524, 55DIG 10, 55DIG 30, 60311

A diesel particulate filter including a microwave-absorbing target within a waveguide cavity. The cavity accepts microwave-frequency electromagnetic radiation through input couplers 90 degrees out of phase with each other to excite circular polarization heating modes. Through excitation of circularly polarized modes, heating patterns are time-averaged azimuthally to smooth out the hot and cold spots, thereby providing greater uniformity relative to heating patterns for corresponding linearly polarized modes.

7303603, Dec 4, 2007

Nov 12, 2004

10/987314

Daniel J. Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Weldon S. Williamson - Malibu CA, US
Kevin W. Kirby - Calabasas Hills CA, US
Amanda Phelps - Malibu CA, US
Daniel F. Sievenpiper - Santa Monica CA, US

General Motors Corporation - Detroit MI

B01D 46/00
F01N 3/028

552823, 552822, 55283, 553853, 55523, 55524, 55DIG 10, 95273, 95278, 60303, 60311

A diesel particulate filter including a microwave-absorbing target housed within a waveguide cavity lined along the walls with a hard-electromagnetic surface (HES). The HES modifies specific electromagnetic boundary conditions for a given design frequency so as to enable the establishment of electromagnetic field patterns which are more uniform across the cavity thereby causing the target material to undergo enhanced uniformity heating. The heating of the microwave absorbing media causes particulate buildup to be vaporized and removed from the filter by the exhaust stream flow.

7307589, Dec 11, 2007

Dec 29, 2005

11/324064

Daniel Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA, US
Cameron G. Massey - Hawthorne CA, US
Daniel F. Sievenpiper - Santa Monica CA, US

HRL Laboratories, LLC - Malibu CA

H01Q 1/38

343700MS, 343853

An adaptive surface has a dielectric surface with a repeating pattern of electrically conductive structures disposed thereon or therein, the dielectric surface in combination with repeating pattern of electrically conductive structures forming a metasurface for binding surface waves thereto. A plurality of actuators on the dielectric surface alter the shape of the metasurface in response to control signals. A plurality of sensors on the dielectric surface for measuring a desired parameter and converting it to data. A plurality of rectennae disposed on the dielectric surface for providing electrical power to said actuators and to said sensors. A plurality of data antennas are disposed on or in the dielectric surface, the data antennas being coupled with data receivers and data transmitters for receiving data from an external source for controlling the actuators and for transmitting data from said sensors to an external receiver.

7513921, Apr 7, 2009

Oct 24, 2005

11/257846

Amanda C. Phelps - Malibu CA, US
Kevin W. Kirby - Calabasas Hills CA, US
Daniel Gregoire - Thousand Oaks CA, US

HRL Laboratories, LLC - Malibu CA

B01D 46/00
F01N 3/027

552823, 553853, 55482, 55523, 55524, 55DIG 5, 55DIG 10, 55DIG 30, 60275, 60297, 60299, 60311, 264630, 264631, 264DIG 48, 427244, 427250, 4274191

An exhaust gas filter apparatus includes a particulate filter for collecting a particulate from an exhaust gas. The exhaust gas filter also includes a electromagnetic radiation resonator to heat a portion of the particulate to ignite the particulate and regenerate the particulate filter.