Patents by Inventor Kevin C. Tolley

Kevin C. Tolley 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: 5415100
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter provides a dc voltage to a fuze setting circuit which is proportional to the desired delay to be set. A digital controller operates the digital-to-analog converter responsive to the desired firing conditions for the fuze delay circuit. A current driver associated with the digital-to-analog converter converts the applied dc voltage to a constant current source, to charge a timing capacitor of the fuze delay circuit for an initial time interval. At two discrete points during this initial charging interval, the voltage across the timing capacitor is sampled and stored. The sampled voltages are applied to a computation circuit to correct for the variations in capacitance which are represented by this difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1995
    Assignee: Base Ten Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin C. Tolley