Patents by Inventor Lyle J. Jenkins

Lyle J. Jenkins 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).

  • Flexure assemblies and methods for manufacturing and using the same
    Patent number: 8528405
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an accelerometer includes a suspension frame, a proof mass, and a plurality of flexures suspending the proof mass from the suspension frame. The flexures allow the proof mass to deflect in response to an acceleration along a sensitive axis of the accelerometer. Each flexure exhibits an initial spring rate along the sensitive axis of substantially zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyle J. Jenkins, Jonathan J. Bernstein, Donald C. Fyler
  • FLEXURE ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND USING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110132088
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an accelerometer includes a suspension frame, a proof mass, and a plurality of flexures suspending the proof mass from the suspension frame. The flexures allow the proof mass to deflect in response to an acceleration along a sensitive axis of the accelerometer. Each flexure exhibits an initial spring rate along the sensitive axis of substantially zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyle J. Jenkins, Jonathan J. Bernstein, Donald C. Fyler
  • Hybrid wafer gyroscope
    Patent number: 6615681
    Abstract: A hybrid wafer gyroscope includes a combination of micro-machined components and traditional electromechanical components to form a miniature gyroscope having a high degree of stability. The gyroscope includes a rotor, gimbal, flexures, and stop cutouts micro-machined out of one or more layers of silicon, forming a unitary, planar, and disk-shaped rotor subassembly, which spins about a drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyle J. Jenkins, Ralph E. Hopkins, Kaplesh Kumar, Paul Greiff, Edmund R. Foster, Richard M. Walker, Richard H. Coco, Anthony M. Moscaritolo