Patents by Inventor J. Christopher Milne

J. Christopher Milne 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).

  • Pyramid socket suspension
    Patent number: 7416910
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for flexibly suspending a sensing mechanism between a pair of cover plates, including a sensing mechanism formed in a crystalline silicon substrate; a pair of cover plates formed in crystalline silicon substrates; a first plurality of complementary interfaces in fixed relation between the sensing mechanism and a first one of the cover plates; and a second plurality of complementary interfaces flexibly suspended between the sensing mechanism and a second one of the cover plates with one or more of the flexibly suspended interfaces being a complementary male and female interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Foote, Paul H. Collins, J. Christopher Milne
  • Pyramid socket suspension
    Patent number: 7150191
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for flexibly suspending a sensing mechanism between a pair of cover plates, including a sensing mechanism formed in a crystalline silicon substrate; a pair of cover plates formed in crystalline silicon substrates; a first plurality of complementary interfaces in fixed relation between the sensing mechanism and a first one of the cover plates; and a second plurality of complementary interfaces flexibly suspended between the sensing mechanism and a second one of the cover plates with one or more of the flexibly suspended interfaces being a complementary male and female interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell Int'l Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Foote, Paul H. Collins, J. Christopher Milne
  • Pyramid socket suspension
    Patent number: 7107840
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for flexibly suspending a sensing mechanism between a pair of cover plates, including a sensing mechanism formed in a crystalline silicon substrate; a pair of cover plates formed in crystalline silicon substrates; a first plurality of complementary interfaces in fixed relation between the sensing mechanism and a first one of the cover plates; and a second plurality of complementary interfaces flexibly suspended between the sensing mechanism and a second one of the cover plates with one or more of the flexibly suspended interfaces being a complementary male and female interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Foote, Paul H. Collins, J. Christopher Milne
  • Pyramid socket suspension
    Patent number: 7073380
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for flexibly suspending a sensing mechanism between a pair of cover plates, including a sensing mechanism formed in a crystalline silicon substrate; a pair of cover plates formed in crystalline silicon substrates; a first plurality of complementary interfaces in fixed relation between the sensing mechanism and a first one of the cover plates; and a second plurality of complementary interfaces flexibly suspended between the sensing mechanism and a second one of the cover plates with one or more of the flexibly suspended interfaces being a complementary male and female interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: Honeywell International, Inc.
    Inventors: Steven A. Foote, Paul H. Collins, J. Christopher Milne