Patents by Inventor Jerry L. Stiller

Jerry L. Stiller 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).

  • Optical super-elevation device
    Patent number: 9383168
    Abstract: An optical super-elevation device including an elevation follower mirror that counter-rotates with an opposite angular rate to the weapon elevation rate, thereby maintaining the line of sight to the target during the elevation process. In one example, the optical super-elevation device includes a modular housing having a mounting bracket configured to fixedly mount to at a weapon or azimuth axis of a tripod, an elevation follower mirror rotatably mounted within the housing, and a mirror actuator coupled to the elevation follower mirror and configured to counter-rotate the elevation follower mirror at an angular rate opposite to an elevation rate of the weapon to maintain a line of sight to a target during super-elevation of the weapon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert M. Stokes, William M. Bowser, Clint E. Bolen, Jerry L. Stiller
  • OPTICAL SUPER-ELEVATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20150068098
    Abstract: An optical super-elevation device including an elevation follower mirror that counter-rotates with an opposite angular rate to the weapon elevation rate, thereby maintaining the line of sight to the target during the elevation process. In one example, the optical super-elevation device includes a modular housing having a mounting bracket configured to fixedly mount to at a weapon or azimuth axis of a tripod, an elevation follower mirror rotatably mounted within the housing, and a mirror actuator coupled to the elevation follower mirror and configured to counter-rotate the elevation follower mirror at an angular rate opposite to an elevation rate of the weapon to maintain a line of sight to a target during super-elevation of the weapon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert M. Stokes, William M. Bowser, Clint E. Bolen, Jerry L. Stiller