Patents Assigned to RCT Systems, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12165826
    Abstract: A non-cryogenic electro-permanent magnet for use in a gyrotron comprises a plurality of toroidal-shaped sets of electromagnet coils and a plurality of toroidal-shaped permanent magnets, each permanent magnet comprising a plurality of arc segment blocks. Each set of the coils is separated from an adjacent set of the coils by one or more of the permanent magnets disposed between the adjacent sets of coils, such that the coils and the permanent magnets are arranged concentrically to form an open central bore. A combination of magnetic fields in the permanent magnets and magnetic fields in the coils generates a substantially uniform axial magnetic field in the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: RCT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Gerald K. Foshage
  • Patent number: 9605736
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuator is provided. The electromagnetic actuator includes a planetary roller screw and at least two motor assemblies disposed on opposing sides of the roller screw. The planetary roller screw includes a shaft linearly translatable between an extended position and a retracted position, a nut rotatable about the shaft, and a plurality of rollers coupling the nut to the shaft. A spur gear is fixedly connected to the nut. Each motor assembly includes a DC motor having an output shaft, a planetary gear head coupled to the DC motor output shaft and having an output shaft, and a pinion gear coupled to the spur gear and fixedly connected to the planetary gear head output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: RCT Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald K. Foshage, Mark Bryant
  • Patent number: 5465115
    Abstract: A video traffic monitor and method for counting people using video imaging provides an inexpensive hardware implementation for analyzing real-time video where the operational environment presents a reasonably restricted traffic flow, such as in the entryway of a building. The video traffic monitor utilizes a windowed subsample of an image frame, and the image frame is further subdivided into gates. The video traffic monitor processes this windowed area to highlight the objects moving through the gates. The gates are then analyzed to determine a direction of movement for the people and support the logic for noise elimination and object discrimination. The video traffic monitor counts the detected people and records the count according to the direction of movement of the people.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1995
    Assignee: RCT Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary L. Conrad, Byron A. Denenberg, George L. Kramerich