Patents by Inventor Cesar Mina

Cesar Mina 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).

  • Airborne tracking sunphotometer apparatus and system
    Patent number: 4710618
    Abstract: An airborne tracking sun photometer apparatus has a rotatable dome (14). An azimuth drive motor (32) is connected to rotate the dome (14). The dome (14) has an equatorial slot (36). A cylindrical housing (38) is pivotally mounted inside the dome (14) at the equatorial slot (36). A photometer (22) is mounted in the housing (38) to move in the equatorial slot (36) as the housing (38) pivots. The photometer (22) has an end facing outward from the slot (36) with an optical flat transparent window (62). An elevation drive motor (40) is connected to pivot the cylindrical housing (38). The rotatable dome (14) is mounted in bulkhead (18) of an aircraft to extend from the interior (16) of the aircraft. A sun sensor (50) causes the photometer to track the sun automatically. Alternatively, the photometer may be oriented manually (by voltages (117, 119)) or by computer (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsumoto, Cesar Mina, Philip B. Russell, William B. van Ark