Patents by Inventor Charles D. Willey

Charles D. Willey 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).

  • Publication number: 20030115661
    Abstract: A headmount apparatus for mounting vision enhancement equipment thereon which is comprised of a mounting shell having at least one pad and having at least one mounting surface to which the vision enhancing equipment is mounted, where at least one pad is configured to contact the user's head. The headmount apparatus is also comprised of at least one elastic strap which is attached to the mounting shell for securing the mounting shell to the user's head. The headmount apparatus for mounting vision enhancement equipment thereon could alternatively be comprised of at least one mounting frame for attaching vision enhancement equipment, at least one hardware mounting surface for accepting the mounting frame, and a hood configured to fit over a user's head where the hood is made at least in part from an elastic material and which contains the hardware mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Blair R. Dobbie, Charles D. Willey, Steven A. Brillhart
  • Publication number: 20030115662
    Abstract: A headmount apparatus for mounting vision enhancement equipment thereon which is comprised of a mounting shell having at least one pad, and having at least one mounting surface to which the vision enhancing equipment is mounted, where the pad is configured to contact the subject's head. The headmount apparatus also contains at least one strap attached to the mounting shell for securing the mounting shell to the subject's head, and contains an occipital assembly which is positioned at the occiput of the subject's head, where the occipital assembly is attached by the strap to the mounting shell and is used to adjust the tension in the strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Inventors: Blair R. Dobbie, Charles D. Willey, Steven A. Brillhart
  • Patent number: 6560029
    Abstract: A man portable video enhanced night vision goggle comprised of a head mount assembly, an image intensified video camera, and a display. A thermal camera may also be provided and the images from the video camera and the thermal camera may be electronically fused on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Blair R. Dobbie, Charles D. Willey, David E. Mattey, Steven A. Brillhart