Patents by Inventor Lapthe Chau Flora

Lapthe Chau Flora 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).

  • Single battery housing assembly
    Patent number: 7049027
    Abstract: A battery housing for use with a night vision device. The housing is arranged to carry a single, easily replaceable battery and is carried by an electronic device such as a night vision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Harrison Lewis Buchanan, Jr., Mark Alan Bryant, Nathan Ray Schlotthober, Raymond Aquero, Lapthe Chau Flora, John Carl Nelson, James Hoge Bowen
  • Lens cap retention arrangement
    Patent number: 6971754
    Abstract: Vision enhancing apparatus includes a lens and tethered lens cap which protects the lens when the apparatus is not in use. The apparatus also includes a protrusion having a shape complementary to the lens cap for retaining the latter when the apparatus is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Lapthe Chau Flora
  • Single battery housing assembly
    Publication number: 20040151963
    Abstract: A battery housing for use with a night vision device. The housing is arranged to carry a single, easily replaceable battery and is carried by an electronic device such as a night vision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Harrison Lewis Buchanan, Mark Alan Bryant, Nathan Ray Schlotthober, Raymond Aquero, Lapthe Chau Flora, John Carl Nelson, James Hoge Bowen
  • Battery cartridge
    Patent number: 6071639
    Abstract: A battery cartridge holding a plurality of batteries for insertion into a battery cavity comprising a housing including first and second flexible holding members oppositely disposed with respect to one another on a first outer surface, the first and second holding members defining a cavity contoured to the shape of the batteries for receiving the batteries and securing thereto, a second inner surface having a recess formed therein, and a latching means coupled between the inner surface of the housing and a front cover portion and retractably extendable for engaging/disengaging slots positioned on a peripheral lip portion of the battery cavity for permitting insertion/ejection of the battery cartridge into/from the battery cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bryant, Roger Douglas Whiddon, Harrison Lewis Buchanan, Jr., Lapthe Chau Flora, John Carl Nelson
  • Night vision monocular device
    Patent number: 5943174
    Abstract: A monocular night vision device comprising an objective lens assembly for receiving low intensity light; an image intensifier assembly comprising a variable gain image intensifier tube having an adjustable potentiometer mounted external to the tube for converting the low intensity light into a visible output image; a single eyepiece lens assembly for viewing the output image from the image intensifier assembly; and a non-metallic housing for receiving the objective lens assembly, image intensifier assembly, and eyepiece lens assembly, wherein the housing aligns the objective lens assembly with the image intensifier assembly and the eyepiece lens assembly along an optical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bryant, Roger Douglas Whiddon, Harrison Lewis Buchanan, Jr., Lapthe Chau Flora, John Carl Nelson, Bradley Todd Philippi
  • Combined night vision monocular with head or helmet and small arms mounting adapter
    Patent number: D413130
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 24, 1999
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Alan Bryant, Roger Douglas Whiddon, Harrison Lewis Buchanan, Jr., Lapthe Chau Flora, John Carl Nelson, Bradley Todd Philippi