Patents by Inventor Ernest B. Manning, deceased

Ernest B. Manning, deceased 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).

  • Apparatus and method for deposition of electrical power in an electric discharge laser
    Patent number: 4449220
    Abstract: An improved electrode configuration and method for the deposition of electrical energy into an electric discharge laser having a gas path transversely disposed to an optical axis and the electric field is disclosed. The electrode configuration includes a cathode, having a row of preionization electrodes with each preionization electrode typically having the configuration of a pin and power electrodes positioned downstream of and in a parallel relationship to the row of preionization electrodes wherein the power electrodes typically have a configuration of a rod, and a planar anode disposed opposite the cathode in a parallel relationship thereto, wherein the cathode and the anode define the gas path therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Peter P. Chenausky, Robert H. Bullis, Clyde O. Brown, Ernest B. Manning, deceased