Patents by Inventor Irby W. Jones

Irby W. Jones 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: 5150875
    Abstract: A linear mass actuator includes an upper housing and a lower housing connectable to each other and having a central passageway passing axially therethrough a mass linearly movable in the central passageway, rollers mounted in the upper and lower housings and being in frictional engagement with the mass, for translating the mass linearly in the central passageway and drive motors operatively coupled to the roller means, for rotating the rollers and thus driving the mass axially in the central passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Sidney E. Holloway, III, Edward A. Crossley, Jr., Irby W. Jones, James B. Miller, C. Calvin Davis, Vaughn D. Behun, Lewis R. Goodrich, Sr.
  • Patent number: 4672202
    Abstract: The invention is an adjustable mount for positioning an electro-optic transducer in an evacuated cryogenic environment. Electro-optic transducers are used in this manner as high sensitivity detectors of gas emission lives of spectroscopic analysis. The mount is made-up of an adjusting mechanism 10 and a transducer mount 20. The adjusting mechanism provided five degrees of freedom, 3 linear adjustments and 2 angular adjustments. The mount allows the use of an internal lens 66 to focus energy on the transducer element thereby improving the efficiency of the detection device. Further, the transducer mount 20, although attached to the adjusting mechanism 10, is isolated thermally such that a cryogenic environment can be maintained at the transducer while the adjusting mechanism 10 remains at room temperature. Radiation shields 68 also are incorporated to further reduce heat flow to the transducer location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1987
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Edward A. Crossley, Jr., David P. Haynes, Howard C. Jones, Irby W. Jones