Patents by Inventor Edgar R. Terry

Edgar R. Terry 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).

  • Control of dispersion of gun systems
    Patent number: 4464975
    Abstract: A feature of this invention is the provision of a dispersion control which continually displaces the aimpoint of the gun system about its nominal aimpoint in a pattern which is determined by the future slant range and the desired ballistic pattern for the specific target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1984
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edgar R. Terry, Joseph A. Hudock
  • Dispersion-controlled multibarrel gun system
    Patent number: 4244272
    Abstract: A system is provided for matching the auto- and cross-correlated components of error and constant and/or range-dependent biases with appropriate values of ballistic dispersion or random errors in order to decouple the gun system from the highly auto- and cross-correlated tracking and/or gun-order errors associated with high firing-rate multibarrel guns. This angular ballistic dispersion--artificially induced to some preset value or continuously adjusted during the tracking and/or firing interval--maximizes the probability of a preassigned number of hits on target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1981
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edgar R. Terry, Joseph A. Hudock