Patents by Inventor Dana Klaren

Dana Klaren 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).

  • Deployable display apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 7852622
    Abstract: A vehicle has a personnel compartment including a necessary driving volume. A deployable display apparatus provides a plurality of visual display units to a vehicle. The vehicle has a personnel compartment including a necessary driving volume. At least one display housing is provided. Each display housing is configured to support at least one visual display unit. The visual display unit is configured to selectively provide visual information to an operator. At least one mounting arm has spaced-apart first and second arm ends. The first arm end is stationary relative to a base surface. The second arm end is attached to the display housing. The mounting arm is configured to selectively move the display housing between stowed and deployed positions such that at least one display housing, when in the deployed position, at least partially occupies the necessary driving volume, and the display housing, when in the stowed position, is wholly outside the necessary driving volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Dana Klaren, Lars Jangaard, Christian Carlberg, Clinton Blake Hope
  • DEPLOYABLE DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20090161302
    Abstract: A vehicle has a personnel compartment including a necessary driving volume. A deployable display apparatus provides a plurality of visual display units to a vehicle. The vehicle has a personnel compartment including a necessary driving volume. At least one display housing is provided. Each display housing is configured to support at least one visual display unit. The visual display unit is configured to selectively provide visual information to an operator. At least one mounting arm has spaced-apart first and second arm ends. The first arm end is stationary relative to a base surface. The second arm end is attached to the display housing. The mounting arm is configured to selectively move the display housing between stowed and deployed positions such that at least one display housing, when in the deployed position, at least partially occupies the necessary driving volume, and the display housing, when in the stowed position, is wholly outside the necessary driving volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Bran Ferren, Dana Klaren, Lars Jangaard, Christian Carlberg