Patents by Inventor Ernest R. Harrison, Jr.

Ernest R. Harrison, Jr. 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: 4034827
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improved air gun construction which lends itself to use with a plurality or array of similarly improved air guns which enables easy synchronization and timing of such array of air guns relative to one another. In the preferred embodiment, the air gun comprises a shuttle having magnetic properties and an electrical coil in proximity to said shuttle. When the air gun is actuated and the shuttle is accelerated, a voltage is induced in the coil by the flux lines from the magnetized shuttle moving through the turns of the coil. Electrical circuit means associated with each gun senses when a predetermined voltage is induced in the coil and generates a timing signal for each air gun. Additional electrical circuit means phases each of the timing signals from the air guns to occur at a predetermined time to thereby insure firing each of the air guns accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur E. Leerskov, Jr., John T. Thomson, Jr., Frank J. Wilem, Jr., Ernest R. Harrison, Jr., Edward C. Banas, Jr.