Patents by Inventor Ronald L. Coffin

Ronald L. Coffin 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).

  • Closed loop LCD heater system
    Patent number: 6535266
    Abstract: An LCD heater having independent closed loop control over heating for a plurality of zones on the display, wherein each zone has a relatively homogeneous heat dissipation or heat sinking properties and one of the zones is a central region of the display which is heated by an ITO film and has its temperature sensed, by a transparent sensor, at a central point within the viewable section of the LCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul R. Nemeth, Daniel E. Cudworth, Donald E. Mosier, Ronald L. Coffin