Patents by Inventor Robert Thomas M'Closkey

Robert Thomas M'Closkey 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).

  • Microgyro tuning using focused ion beams
    Patent number: 6698287
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of manufacturing mechanical resonator microgyroscopes using focused ion beam machining and the mechanical resonator gyroscopes produced therefrom. An exemplary method of tuning a mechanical resonator gyroscope, includes the steps of mounting a mechanical resonator gyroscope in a vacuum chamber with a controllable focused ion beam where the gyroscope includes exciting and sensing elements for measuring a resonant frequency of the gyroscope. The exciting and sensing elements are activated to measure the resonant frequency of the mechanical resonator gyroscope and the resonant frequency of the gyroscope is adjusted to a desired resonant frequency value by controlling the focused ion beam to remove material of the gyroscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Randall L. Kubena, Richard Joyce, Robert Thomas M'Closkey, A. Dorian Challoner
  • Microgyro tuning using focused ion beams
    Publication number: 20030101792
    Abstract: The present invention discloses methods of manufacturing mechanical resonator microgyroscopes using focused ion beam machining and the mechanical resonator gyroscopes produced therefrom. An exemplary method of tuning a mechanical resonator gyroscope, includes the steps of mounting a mechanical resonator gyroscope in a vacuum chamber with a controllable focused ion beam where the gyroscope includes exciting and sensing elements for measuring a resonant frequency of the gyroscope. The exciting and sensing elements are activated to measure the resonant frequency of the mechanical resonator gyroscope and the resonant frequency of the gyroscope is adjusted to a desired resonant frequency value by controlling the focused ion beam to remove material of the gyroscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Randall L. Kubena, Richard Joyce, Robert Thomas M'Closkey, A. Dorian Challoner