Patents by Inventor Lawrence W. Cassidy

Lawrence W. Cassidy 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).

  • Attitude transfer system
    Patent number: 4583852
    Abstract: A system for measuring the relative orientation between two objects. A transmitter/receiver assembly on one of the objects transmits a beam of monochromatic light to a Ronchi-type retro-grating disposed on the other object. The grating reflects the light back to one or more charge transfer device area arrays in the transmitter/receiver assembly which provides orientation data to a computer which determines relative pitch, yaw and roll between the two objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: The Perkin-Elmer Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence W. Cassidy, Douglas R. Everhart