Patents by Inventor Michael D. Coon

Michael D. Coon 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).

  • Timing apparatus and method
    Patent number: 4281239
    Abstract: In a projectile scoring system including a transmitter for illuminating the projectile and a plurality of spaced apart sensors providing signals indicative of the time of arrival of the reflected energy at each of the sensors, timing apparatus including counters activated by the sensor signals and deactivated simultaneously at a predetermined later time. The differences between the counts being utilized in a computer to calculate the position of the projectile relative to the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1981
    Assignee: Motorola Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Coon, Martin K. Grace, Steven R. Smith