Patents by Inventor Charles Edward Fleder

Charles Edward Fleder 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).

  • Electro-optical infrared window for hypersonic applications
    Patent number: 11808623
    Abstract: A guidance system for a missile performs a method for guiding the missile. The guidance system includes a target detector and a window between a target and the target detector. The window including a first pane, a second pane and a channel between the first pane from the second pane. Radiation from the target passes through the window including the first pane, the second pane and the channel to be detected at the target detector. A gas is transported through the channel between the first pane and the second pane to control a temperature of the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Edward Fleder, Richard L. Gentilman, Martin A. Woolf
  • ELECTRO-OPTICAL INFRARED WINDOW FOR HYPERSONIC APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20230070657
    Abstract: A guidance system for a missile performs a method for guiding the missile. The guidance system includes a target detector and a window between a target and the target detector. The window including a first pane, a second pane and a channel between the first pane from the second pane. Radiation from the target passes through the window including the first pane, the second pane and the channel to be detected at the target detector. A gas is transported through the channel between the first pane and the second pane to control a temperature of the window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Charles Edward Fleder, Richard L. Gentilman, Martin A. Woolf