Patents by Inventor Calvin C. Easterbrook

Calvin C. Easterbrook 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).

  • Method of detecting and locating an electrostatic discharge event
    Patent number: H536
    Abstract: A method of locating an electrostatic discharge event in a predetermined ucture by sensing electromagnetically that an electrostatic discharge event has occurred and producing a trigger signal from the electromagnetic sensing to control a recording device for the starting of time, utilizing a plurality of acoustic detectors about the structure for sensing the acoustic of the electrostatic discharge event, determining the time elapsed between the starting of time by the electromagnetic sensing and the signals sensed by the acoustic detectors and utilizing the information gained from the times sensed and the predetermined locations of the sensors to determine the location of the electrostatic discharge event in the predetermined structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Brian R. Strickland, George R. Edlin, Calvin C. Easterbrook, Thomas G. Roberts