Patents by Inventor Grat E. Blackburn

Grat E. Blackburn 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: H154
    Abstract: A circuit having indication lights for demonstrating when a flash trigger pulse has been fed to an X-ray photographic system or the like, is provided. The invention is especially useful in noting that a false triggering pulse, or prefire had inadvertently happened to a flash unit of an X-ray system before it was intended to be used, thus triggering it to photograph, ruining its film. This invention is also useful in that it marks which in a plurality of systems had been the one that had been falsely triggered, and additionally useful in marking that all of the said units had been properly triggered when a true pulsing had been engaged for all units, or of marking which unit had failed to fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1986
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Gary L. Boyce, Grat E. Blackburn