Evanston, IL, United States of America

Dana Lynn Bourbonnais

This inventor holds 1 USPTO granted patent. Top assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation. Active years: 2003.

IDiyas Innovation Intelligence. (2026). Inventor Profile: Dana Lynn Bourbonnais. Retrieved from https://idiyas.com/inventor/dana-lynn-bourbonnais

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% Patents Active = 100.0

Average Co-Inventor Count = 5.0

ph-index = 1

Forward Citations = 26(Granted Patents)


Company Filing History:


Years Active: 2003

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1 patent (USPTO):Explore Patents

Title: Dana Lynn Bourbonnais and Modular Ground-Sensor Architecture.

Introduction

Dana Lynn Bourbonnais is an inventor associated with Evanston, Illinois, and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation. The supplied information identifies her as a woman and credits her with 1 patent.

Latest Patents

Bourbonnais’s listed patent is “Modular Open System Architecture for Unattended Ground Sensors.” It describes a sensor designed to monitor a remote area, with a housing that supports a power source, communications module, one or more sensor modules, and a mainframe module. A common electrical bus connects these components, providing a communications pathway through which the mainframe can control the sensor’s operation.

Career Highlights

The patent reflects work on a modular architecture for unattended ground sensors. By connecting the system’s power, communications, sensing, and control components through a shared bus, the design supports coordinated operation within a single platform.

Collaborations

The supplied information names Shannon Mary Nelson and Mark D. Hischke as Bourbonnais’s coworkers. Their specific roles in the patent or related work are not provided.

Conclusion

Dana Lynn Bourbonnais’s listed patent presents a modular approach to remote-area monitoring, integrating sensor and control components through a common electrical bus.

Profile summary based on public USPTO records.
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