SE Faculty Patents

Fackrell, C. J., Pollman, A. G., and Van Bossuyt, D. L., Two Opening Dewar with Desiccant Annulus. U.S. Patent 12,540,759 B2, filed May 17, 2022, and issued February 3, 2026.

Eldred, R., and Lussier J. Spherical Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. U.S. Patent 12,032,373 B2, filed September 21, 2020, and issued July 9, 2024. https://patents.google.com/patent/US20210089031.

Bailey, N., C. Girouard, and A. Pollman. Dual Stirling Cycle Liquid Air Battery. U.S. Patent 11,692,508 B2, filed August 3, 2021, and issued July 4, 2023. https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/72099.

Yakimenko, O., and E. Hanlon, System and Method for Automated Intercept Avoidance for Spacecraft, U.S. Patent 11,667,407 B2, filed 22 April, 2020, and issued 6 June, 2023.
https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/72092.

Yakimenko, O.A., High-altitude payload retrieval (HAPR) apparatus and methods of use. U.S. Patent 11,332,253 B2, filed December 26, 2019, and issued May 17, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/71141.

Fleming, A., E. Geiss, B. Rathwell, and A. Pollman.  Bi-directional Charging Panel. U.S. Patent 11,296,506 B2, filed October 5, 2020, and issued April 5, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/71140.

Yakimenko, O.A.  System and method for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based foreign object debris (FOD) detection. U.S. Patent 11,281,905 B2, filed September 12, 2019, and issued March 22, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/71139.

Fields, T., O. Yakimenko, and R. Benney.  Aerial delivery system. U.S. Patent 11,186,376 B2, filed March 5, 2019, and issued November 30, 2021. https://patents.google.com/patent/US11186376B2.

Yakimenko, O, and R. Decker.  Image-matching navigation method and apparatus for aerial vehicles.  U.S. Patent 10,515,458, filed February 28, 2018, and issued December 24, 2019.   http://hdl.handle.net/10945/64482.

Pollman, A. Vertical burial containment system.  U.S. Patent 10,486,855, filed March 1, 2018, and issued November 26, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/63837.

Hemphill, R., K. Young, M.T. Harris, A.R. Short, and D.L. Van Bossuyt. Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Method. U.S. Patent 10,336,056 B2, filed August 31, 2016, and issued July 2, 2019. https://patents.google.com/patent/US10336056B2/en.

Yakimenko, O., M. Kolsch, and R. Decker. Method and apparatus for computer vision analysis of spin rate of marked projectiles. U.S. Patent 9,911,046, filed November 12, 2015, and issued March 16, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/57351.

Yakimenko, O., M. Kolsch, and R. Decker.  Method and apparatus for computer vision analysis of cannon-launched artillery video. U.S. Patent 9,721,352 filed November 19, 2014, and issued August 1, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/55811.

Yakimenko, O., M. Kolsch, and R. Decker.  Method and apparatus for computer vision analysis of cannon-launched artillery video. U.S. Patent 9,563,964 B1, filed November 28, 2014, and issued February 7, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/51929.

Decker, R.J., O.A. Yakimenko, M. Hollis, D. Chesnulovitch, R. Chaplin, G. Dundon, and G. Farbanish. Mortar projectile with guided deceleration system for delivering a payload. U.S. Patent 9,500,454, filed January 14, 2015, and issued November 22, 2016. https://patents.google.com/patent/US9500454B1.