Patents by Inventor Charles V. Ivie

Charles V. Ivie 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).

  • Multi-channel rotating optical interface for data transmission
    Patent number: 4166959
    Abstract: Apparatus for transmitting multiple channels of data across a rotating interface, such as between an antenna that rotates with respect to a platform, including a plurality of light-emitter elements and light detector elements located on the two bodies that rotate relative to each other, a lens for focusing light from each emitter element onto a corresponding detector element, and an image rotating means which is turned as one of the objects rotates, to derotate the images of the emitter elements that are to be focused on the detector elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 4, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics & Space Administration
    Inventor: Charles V. Ivie