Patents by Inventor Robert A. Cottis

Robert A. Cottis 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).

  • Publication number: 20050212534
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring the corrosion of a working electrode. An alternating perturbation signal of at least one frequency is applied to the working electrode. A signal representing the response of the working electrode to the applied perturbation signal is monitored. The monitored signal is filtered to separate out a signal representing the response of the electrode to the or each applied frequency and an electrochemical noise output signal representative of corrosion of the working electrode. The potential of the working electrode relative to a reference electrode may be controlled by controlling the supply of current through an auxiliary electrode. The supplied current is then monitored and the monitored current is filtered. Alternatively, a known alternating current may be applied between the working electrode and an auxiliary electrode and fluctuations in the potential of the working electrode relative to a reference electrode may be monitored, the monitored potential being filtered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Cottis
  • Patent number: 4514621
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a firing range, in which transducers located adjacent the target area detect the airborne shock wave from supersonic projectiles. The position at which each projectile passes through the target plane is determined from the relative time of arrival of the associated shock wave at the transducers. A visual display of the target and the projectile position is provided for the use of range personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1985
    Assignee: Australasian Training Aids (PTY.) Limited
    Inventors: Lindsay C. Knight, David A. Cash, Duncan Stewart, Robert A. Cottis, William H. Bowyer, Robert C. Newnham, Frederick J. Williams, David W. Pardon
  • Patent number: 4425500
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a firing range, in which transducers located adjacent the target area detect the airborne shock wave from supersonic projectiles. The position at which each projectile passes through the target plane is determined from the relative time of arrival of the associated shock wave at the transducers. A visual display of the target and the projectile position is provided for the use of range personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Australasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Lindsay C. Knight, David A. Cash, Duncan Stewart, Robert A. Cottis, William H. Bowyer, Robert C. Newnham, Frederick J. Williams, David W. Pardon
  • Patent number: 4392652
    Abstract: A target material comprises a rubber sheet coated with a thermoluminescent material. When a bullet penetrates the target, as a result of the temperature rise the thermoluminescent material thermoluminesces indicating where the bullet went. A range is disclosed in which images of targets are projected onto the target material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1983
    Assignee: Australasian Training Aids Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lindsay C. Knight, Robert A. Cottis
  • Patent number: 4282453
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a firing range, in which transducers located adjacent the target area detect the airborne shock wave from supersonic projectiles. The position at which each projectile passes through the target plane is determined from the relative time of arrival of the associated shock wave at the transducers. A visual display of the target and the projectile position is provided for the use of range personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Australasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Lindsay C. Knight, David A. Cash, Duncan Stewart, Robert A. Cottis, William H. Bowyer, Robert C. Newnham, Frederick J. Williams, David W. Pardon
  • Patent number: 4281241
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a firing range, in which transducers located adjacent the target area detect the airborne shock wave from supersonic projectiles. The position at which each projectile passes through the target plane is determined from the relative time of arrival of the associated shock wave at the transducers. A visual display of the target and the projectile position is provided for the use of range personnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Australasian Training Aids (Pty.) Ltd.
    Inventors: Lindsay C. Knight, David A. Cash, Duncan Stewart, Robert A. Cottis, William H. Bowyer, Robert C. Newnham, Frederick J. Williams, David W. Pardon