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Allan James Bruce
Also filed as: BRUCE ALLAN J · BRUCE ALLAN JAMES
65 granted patents·13 pending applications·1,846 citations·filing 1987–2025
99Inventor score
Files withSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC36SUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC10FROLOV SERGEY V5FROLOV SERGEY4LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC4
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78 records- 0199US9834455B2Solar desalination system employing a humidification-dehumidification processSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Dec 5, 2017·25 cites·24 claims
- 0299US9834454B2Hybrid solar desalination systemSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Dec 5, 2017·27 cites·16 claims
- 0399US9083425B1Distributed airborne wireless networksSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 14, 2015·220 cites·30 claims
- 0499US8897770B1Apparatus for distributed airborne wireless communicationsSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Nov 25, 2014·387 cites·29 claims
- 0598US9758257B1Airflow sensing systems and apparatusSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Sep 12, 2017·27 cites·23 claims
- 0698US9391700B1Integrated optical receiver skinSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2015·Granted Jul 12, 2016·26 cites·29 claims
- 0798US8983455B1Apparatus for distributed airborne wireless communicationsSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 17, 2015·52 cites·30 claims
- 0898US8835748B2Multi-junction PV moduleFROLOV SERGEY·Filed 2009·Granted Sep 16, 2014·131 cites·16 claims
- 0998US8448898B1Autonomous solar aircraftFROLOV SERGEY V·Filed 2012·Granted May 28, 2013·99 cites·28 claims
- 1096US9985718B2Methods for providing distributed airborne wireless communicationsSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted May 29, 2018·13 cites·30 claims
- 1195US10505240B1Methods and apparatus for thermal energy management in electric vehiclesSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 10, 2019·16 cites·23 claims
- 1295US10017271B2Methods of three dimensional (3D) airflow sensing and analysisSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jul 10, 2018·7 cites·18 claims
- 1395US9841616B1Mobile system incorporating flexible and tunable anti-reflective skin and method of useSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Dec 12, 2017·14 cites·29 claims
- 1495US9596020B2Methods for providing distributed airborne wireless communicationsSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 14, 2017·17 cites·29 claims
- 1595US9570795B1Multi-functional skin incorporating a photo-voltaic array and a RF antennaSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Feb 14, 2017·24 cites·28 claims
- 1695US5119460AErbium-doped planar optical deviceAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1991·Granted Jun 2, 1992·116 cites·13 claims
- 1793US11042047B1Mobile system incorporating flexible and tunable optically reflective skin and method of useSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jun 22, 2021·8 cites·21 claims
- 1892US9881774B2Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin films with composition controlled by co-sputteringFRANTZ JESSE A·Filed 2014·Granted Jan 30, 2018·9 cites·21 claims
- 1992US9870005B2Apparatus for close formation flightSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted Jan 16, 2018·9 cites·29 claims
- 2091US10538435B2Solar desalination system employing a humidification-dehumidification processSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2017·Granted Jan 21, 2020·3 cites·22 claims
- 2191US8461504B1Methods for optical restricting including a photorestrictor for producing and transferring photoexcitations(as amended)FROLOV SERGEY V·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 11, 2013·8 cites·21 claims
- 2291US8455808B1Apparatus for optical restricting having an absorber material for producing and transferring photoexcitations to an emitter material(as amended)FROLOV SERGEY V·Filed 2011·Granted Jun 4, 2013·13 cites·20 claims
- 2391US5483613AOptical device with substrate and waveguide structure having thermal matching interfacesAT & T CORP·Filed 1994·Granted Jan 9, 1996·90 cites·15 claims
- 2490US9802711B2Multi-layer de-icing skin for aircraft platformsSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2013·Granted Oct 31, 2017·7 cites·29 claims
- 2590US9087948B1Manufacturing method of multi-junction PV modulesSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Jul 21, 2015·4 cites·20 claims
- 2690US6157765APlanar waveguide optical amplifierLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1998·Granted Dec 5, 2000·94 cites·14 claims
- 2789US5563979AErbium-doped planar optical deviceLUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC·Filed 1995·Granted Oct 8, 1996·93 cites·14 claims
- 2889US5200029AMethod of making a planar optical amplifierAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1991·Granted Apr 6, 1993·70 cites·9 claims
- 2987US10659146B2Methods and apparatus for airborne synthetic antennasSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2018·Granted May 19, 2020·5 cites·30 claims
- 3087US9012763B2Stretchable photovoltaic devices and carriersFROLOV SERGEY V·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 21, 2015·9 cites·6 claims
- 3186US8012788B1Multi-stage formation of thin-films for photovoltaic devicesSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2011·Granted Sep 6, 2011·4 cites·18 claims
- 3286US5250096ASol-gel method of making multicomponent glassAT & T BELL LAB·Filed 1992·Granted Oct 5, 1993·38 cites·15 claims
- 3386US2025346374A1Flight control methods for operating close formation flightSunlight Aerospsce Inc·Filed 2025·Application pending·0 cites
- 3485US10301037B2Methods for situational awareness during formation flightSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2016·Granted May 28, 2019·2 cites·26 claims
- 3584US11245142B2Methods and apparatus for thermal energy management in electric vehiclesSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2019·Granted Feb 8, 2022·1 cites·71 claims
- 3683US10144523B1Multi-layer de-icing skin for aircraft platforms: failure resistant, energy efficient and extended lifetime method of useSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 4, 2018·4 cites·28 claims
- 3783US8894826B2Copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin films with composition controlled by co-sputteringFRANTZ JESSE A·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 25, 2014·4 cites·15 claims
- 3882US10450083B2Methods of airflow vortex sensing and trackingSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 22, 2019·1 cites·15 claims
- 3979US9302782B2Methods and apparatus for a distributed airborne wireless communications fleetSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Apr 5, 2016·29 cites·28 claims
- 4077US7910396B2Three-stage formation of thin-films for photovoltaic devicesSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Mar 22, 2011·3 cites·15 claims
- 4176US7842534B2Method for forming a compound semi-conductor thin-filmSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 30, 2010·3 cites·17 claims
- 4274US9391457B2Apparatus and method for producing AC powerSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2012·Granted Jul 12, 2016·1 cites·30 claims
- 4371US6961502B1Optical module including an optically lossy component and an erbium-doped waveguide for insertion between stages of an optical amplifierINPLANE PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2002·Granted Nov 1, 2005·13 cites·29 claims
- 4470US6312581B1Process for fabricating an optical deviceAGERE SYST OPTOELECTRONICS·Filed 1999·Granted Nov 6, 2001·32 cites·8 claims
- 4568US10043929B1Spectrally adaptive multijunction photovoltaic thin film device and method of producing sameSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2014·Granted Aug 7, 2018·0 cites·11 claims
- 4667US7923282B2Formation of stretchable photovoltaic devices and carriersSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2009·Granted Apr 12, 2011·3 cites·18 claims
- 4766US9397499B2Methods and apparatus for high-frequency electrical power collection and transferFROLOV SERGEY V·Filed 2011·Granted Jul 19, 2016·2 cites·24 claims
- 4866US5378664AOptical fiber amplifier and a glass thereforAT & T CORP·Filed 1993·Granted Jan 3, 1995·25 cites·9 claims
- 4965US10756226B2Photovoltaic device having a stretchable carrierSUNLIGHT AEROSPACE INC·Filed 2015·Granted Aug 25, 2020·1 cites·2 claims
- 5063US2010288335A1Degradation-resistant photovoltaic devicesSUNLIGHT PHOTONICS INC·Filed 2009·Application pending·0 cites
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