Patents by Inventor Joseph G. Sikora

Joseph G. Sikora has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical method for detecting displacements and strains at ultra-high temperatures during thermo-mechanical testing
    Patent number: 9400237
    Abstract: An ultra-high temperature optical method incorporates speckle optics for sensing displacement and strain measurements well above conventional measurement techniques. High temperature pattern materials are used which can endure experimental high temperature environments while simultaneously having a minimum optical aberration. A purge medium is used to reduce or eliminate optical distortions and to reduce, and/or eliminate oxidation of the target specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Russell W. Smith, H. Kevin Rivers, Joseph G. Sikora, Mark C. Roth, William M. Johnston
  • Optical Method for Detecting Displacements and Strains at Ultra-High Temperatures During Thermo-Mechanical Testing
    Publication number: 20140319355
    Abstract: An ultra-high temperature optical method incorporates speckle optics for sensing displacement and strain measurements well above conventional measurement techniques. High temperature pattern materials are used which can endure experimental high temperature environments while simultaneously having a minimum optical aberration. A purge medium is used to reduce or eliminate optical distortions and to reduce, and/or eliminate oxidation of the target specimen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Inventors: Russell W. Smith, H. Kevin Rivers, Joseph G. Sikora, Mark C. Roth, William M. Johnston
  • Mechanical-emergency system between vehicle service brake foot pedal and parking brake
    Patent number: 4520907
    Abstract: An emergency brake system for a vehicle, the system including an actuator rotatable upon operation of the service brake, a follower rotatable coaxially with the actuator and normally maintained out of the path of actuator movement, and a sensor sensing malfunction of the service brake to shift the follower into the path of actuator movement, the follower being connected to the parking brake for operation of the latter by the actuator in response to a service brake malfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1985
    Inventor: Joseph G. Sikora