Patents by Inventor Robert C. Millard

Robert C. Millard 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).

  • Free-fall, wire-guided hydrographic profiler
    Patent number: 5665909
    Abstract: A frame, freely-falling on a cable or wire, for transporting sensing and sampling equipment at a near constant velocity through a body of water, such as an ocean, lake or river. Said apparatus' downward motion is stopped at or near the end of the cable or wire, and the apparatus is subsequently retrieved by raising the cable or making the frame buoyant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Doherty, John M. Toole, Robert C. Millard