Patents by Inventor James Bertram Blackmon, Jr.

James Bertram Blackmon, 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).

  • Sensor assembly with dual reflectors to offset sensor
    Patent number: 6196690
    Abstract: Radiant energy sensor is protected from severe environments with a radiant energy sensor assembly that off-sets the sensor from the environment. The sensor assembly includes a radiant energy sensor, a pair of reflective walls facing one another, one of the walls having a transmissive aperture for receiving radiant energy over a wide angle of incidence, an entry, the other wall having a transmissive aperture for passing energy from behind the wall to the sensor, an exit, with the walls having the reflection characteristics such that the radiant energy entering the entry aperture at any angle is always reflected to the exit aperture. The reflective walls may be paraboloids or Fresnel surfaces in geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventor: James Bertram Blackmon, Jr.
  • Sensor assembly with dual reflectors to offset sensor
    Patent number: 5980049
    Abstract: Radiant energy sensor is protected from severe environments with a radiant energy sensor assembly that off-sets the sensor from the environment. The sensor assembly includes a radiant energy sensor, a pair of reflective walls facing one another, one of the walls having a transmissive aperture for receiving radiant energy over a wide angle of incidence, an entry, the other wall having a transmissive aperture for passing energy from behind the wall to the sensor, an exit, with the walls having the reflection characteristics such that the radiant energy entering the entry aperture at any angle is always reflected to the exit aperture. The reflective walls may be paraboloids or Fresnel surfaces in geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventor: James Bertram Blackmon, Jr.
  • Sensor assembly with dual reflectors to offset sensor
    Patent number: 5896237
    Abstract: Radiant energy sensor is protected from severe environments with a radiant energy sensor assembly that off-sets the sensor from the environment. The sensor assembly includes a radiant energy sensor, a pair of reflective walls facing one another, one of the walls having a transmissive aperture for receiving radiant energy over a wide angle of incidence, an entry, the other wall having a transmissive aperture for passing energy from behind the wall to the sensor, an exit, with the walls having the reflection characteristics such that the radiant energy entering the entry aperture at any angle is always reflected to the exit aperture. The reflective walls may be paraboloids or Fresnel surfaces in geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventor: James Bertram Blackmon, Jr.