Patents by Inventor Joseph Abruzzo

Joseph Abruzzo 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).

  • Overflow threshold control for sonar
    Patent number: 3944965
    Abstract: 1. In combination in a sonar system for displaying a succession of echo sals received from a target illuminated respectively by a succession of transmitted pulses,Means for generating a base threshold quantity related to background noise,A comparator for comparing the amplitude of each echo signal with the base threshold,First means responsive to received signals which pass said comparator for changing said base threshold in predetermined relatively small increments,Second means responsive to received signals which pass said comparator for changing said base threshold in predetermined relatively large increments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1965
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Edward A. Caporin, Joseph Abruzzo, Frank L. Rees
  • Photograph album
    Patent number: D253482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 20, 1979
    Assignee: The Holson Company
    Inventor: Joseph Abruzzo, Jr.