Patents by Inventor Dennis E. Morris

Dennis E. Morris 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).

  • Patent number: 8727283
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes a first engine configured to provide primary launch abort thrust and a second engine disposed radially from a center of gravity, the second engine configured to provide a secondary launch abort thrust, a primary orbital maneuvering thrust, and a primary control thrust.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis E. Morris, Alfred Little
  • Publication number: 20120312927
    Abstract: A spacecraft includes a first engine configured to provide primary launch abort thrust and a second engine disposed radially from a center of gravity, the second engine configured to provide a secondary launch abort thrust, a primary orbital maneuvering thrust, and a primary control thrust.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Inventors: Dennis E. Morris, Alfred Little
  • Patent number: 4538146
    Abstract: A circuit that monitors the LED driver output pins on an integrated circuit for quiescent moments and then uses those output pins, only during these moments, to strobe keys on a keyboard for input signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 27, 1985
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventor: Dennis E. Morris
  • Patent number: 4178549
    Abstract: A system for recognizing a received encoded signal as being from a particular transmitter is disclosed. An encoder encodes a signal to have a predetermined sequence of pulses of three different predetermined sequence of pulses of three different predetermined durations within a constant bit interval in accordance with a trinary code; wherein each of the different predetermined durations corresponds to a different bit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: National Semiconductor Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory W. Ledenbach, Dennis E. Morris