Patents by Inventor Noel Ferrier

Noel Ferrier 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).

  • Controlled and stabilized platform
    Patent number: 5793541
    Abstract: In the controlled and stabilized platform (1) comprising a plurality of optical apparatuses, the optical apparatuses (8, 9, 10) are mounted in a casing (7) which is pivotable about a sight axis (12) in a bearing (13) which is pivotable about a bearing axis (14), the casing (7) and the bearing (13) being controlled about their axes (12) and (14) by motors (40) and (38) actuated by detectors measuring variations in the angular position of a stabilized input mirror (11) which reflects radiations going to the optical apparatuses or coming from the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: Societe d'Etudes et de Realisations Electroniques
    Inventors: Gilles Cattan, Noel Ferrier, Claude Weber