Patents by Inventor Gerald Carp

Gerald Carp 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: 4974377
    Abstract: A light-weight, integrated enclosure and fully-adjustable mounting and support system for transport and use of mobile electronic equipment in the field. A curved upper shell and flat base of sandwich panel construction are connected by reinforced plastic members to form a lightweight enclosure which can be mounted on a truck for transport. The fully adjustable mounting and support system includes rails mounted within the enclosure on which a series of frame elements are horizontally movable to accomodate electronic equipment of varying widths between the frame elements. The frame elements are also lightweight extrusions and include an elastomeric pad engaged in a vertical channel to provide infinite vertical adjustability in mounting the equipment to the frames. The enclosure is shaped for efficiently housing the equipment, reducing aerodynamic drag, and providing superior structural strength and stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: The Mitre Corporation
    Inventors: Jack Dominitz, Mitchell M. Hannoosh, Anthony J. Belloli, Ralph P. Bellorano, Charles L. Larson, William C. Dixon, Kenneth S. Woodard, Gerald Carp
  • Patent number: 4527480
    Abstract: An electric blasting cap designed to be permanently disabled by the application of an external magnetic field. The cap contains a magnetic reed switch which creates an open circuit or a short circuit to prevent current from reaching the bridge wire. One embodiment of the switch is operated by a magnetizing field, the other is operated by a demagnetizing field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Transportation
    Inventor: Gerald Carp
  • Patent number: 4132947
    Abstract: Circuitry is described for detecting a waveshape having a change of slope, such as the optical signal wave from a nuclear explosion. The wave is amplitude-sampled at a rate determined by a variable frequency clock pulse generator. Signal pulses indicative of the slope of the wave are generated from the amplitude samples, and a certain number of the most recently generated slope signals are stored in a shift register. Majority logic circuitry, connected to the shift register, generates an output signal when the majority of the slope signals in the shift register changes from a first slope majority to a second slope majority.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1967
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1979
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Richard C. Weischedel, Gerald Carp