Patents by Inventor Dwayne W. Heckman

Dwayne W. Heckman 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).

  • Method and assembly for an interferometric fiber optic gyro
    Patent number: 8040522
    Abstract: A method for determining an accurate phase difference between a phase of a light beam in each of two light paths, the two light paths being in a rotating interferometric fiber optic gyro, by measuring a first phase difference due to angular velocity of the rotating interferometric fiber optic gyro, flipping axes of rotation of photons in the light loops of the rotating interferometric fiber optic gyro, and measuring a second phase difference due to angular velocity of the rotating interferometric fiber optic gyro.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Dwayne W. Heckman, Ralph B. Morrow, Jr.