Patents by Inventor Neil J. Norris

Neil J. Norris 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: 5172029
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a helical coil deflection structure of a CRT are described and illustrated which provide shielding between adjacent turns of the coil on either three or four sides of each turn in the coil. Threaded members formed with either male or female threads and having the same pitch as the deflection coil are utilized for shielding the deflection coil with each turn of the helical coil placed between adjacent threads which act to shield each coil turn from adjacent turns and to confine the field generated by the coil to prevent or inhibit cross-coupling between adjacent turns of the coil to thereby prevent generation of fast fields which might otherwise deflect the beam out of time synchronization with the electron beam pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1992
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Neil J. Norris, Charles L. Hudson
  • Patent number: 4176285
    Abstract: A technique for generating high-voltage, wide dynamic range, shaped electrical pulses in the nanosecond range. Two transmission lines are coupled together by resistive elements distributed along the length of the lines. The conductance of each coupling resistive element as a function of its position along the line is selected to produce the desired pulse shape in the output line when an easily produced pulse, such as a step function pulse, is applied to the input line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventor: Neil J. Norris