Patents by Inventor Bernard D. Raffel

Bernard D. Raffel 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).

  • Electrical signal interconnection coupler
    Patent number: 4282508
    Abstract: A conductor for transmitting an electrical signal from a signal generator on a rotating member to a signal detector on a relatively stationary member across the motion interface between the two members comprises at least one solid carbon graphite ring mounted coaxially between the two members and having a first annular surface in intimate contact with a mating conductive surface on the signal generator and having a second annular surface in intimate contact with a mating conductive surface on the stationary member that is electrically connected to the signal detector, said carbon graphite ring functioning as an electrical interconnection between the two members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard D. Raffel, John M. Bowyer