Patents by Inventor Brian E. Edwards

Brian E. Edwards 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).

  • Patent number: 5431490
    Abstract: A vertical curtain is provided with vertical slits therein spaced thereacross, opening downwardly through the lower margin of the curtain and terminating upwardly a spaced distance below the upper margin of the curtain. The upper margin of the curtain is mounted on the margin of a refrigerated cabinet wall having an access opening formed therein extending across the upper portion of the opening such that the curtain will fall by gravity downwardly across the opening as a thermal and convection current barrier when the door for the access opening is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1995
    Inventor: Brian E. Edwards
  • Patent number: 4690551
    Abstract: Pulse-tone laser radar utilizing an acousto-optic angular multiplexer and frequency shifter. The laser radar includes both a pulsed laser and a CW laser. A portion of the CW laser beam is utilized as a reference or local oscillator. An acousto-optic angular multiplexer passes the output of the pulsed laser when the acousto-optic multiplexer is in its off state and passes and frequency shifts the output of the CW laser when the acousto-optic multiplexer is in its on state. The acousto-optic angular multiplexer is operated to pass a pulse followed by a CW tail to generate the pulse-tone waveform. The return signal from a target is beat together with the local oscillator signal derived from the CW laser. The resulting beat signal includes both range and velocity information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Brian E. Edwards, David G. Biron