Patents by Inventor Lester G. Cleveland

Lester G. Cleveland 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).

  • Acceletometers adapted for efficient connection and disconnection
    Patent number: 4947690
    Abstract: The invention provides an accelerometer (10) which can be connected to or disconnected from a support structure (12) by means of a single fastening component (18) while holding remaining structural components (14, 16, 20) at a fixed azimuthal position relative to the top surface (38) of the support structure (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 14, 1990
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Lester G. Cleveland
  • Method for assembling an annular shear accelerometer
    Patent number: 4941243
    Abstract: In a method for use in assembling an annular shear accelerometer (10), a nested combination of an expandable force ring (14), a crystal (16), and a mass element (18) is formed, and the force ring (14) is wedge to exert radially tensile force thereon. The force ring (14) and mass element (18) thereby cooperate to exert radially compressive force on the crystal (16), thus effecting friction locks between the radially adjacent pairs of elements which make up the nested combination (14, 16, 18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Allied-Signal Inc.
    Inventor: Lester G. Cleveland