Patents by Inventor Norman A. Foss

Norman A. Foss 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).

  • Remote passive temperature sensor
    Patent number: 4762426
    Abstract: A remote passive condition sensor apparatus such as a temperature or humidity sensor apparatus. A corner cube reflector at a remote location, where it is not feasible to have electrical connections or batteries, receives and reflects back radiant energy to an optical readout instrument. Condition responsive elements in the corner reflector affect the amount of reflected radiant energy as a function of the condition sensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventor: Norman A. Foss
  • Monolithic integrated dual mode IR/mm-wave focal plane sensor
    Patent number: 4654622
    Abstract: A monolithic integrated focal plane sensor array having elements sensitive to IR radiation and elements sensitive to mm-wave radiation. The sensor elements of the array sensitive to mm-wave have microantennas coupled to the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Norman A. Foss, Paul W. Kruse, Jr., R. Andrew Wood
  • Multi-spectral Schottky barrier infrared radiation detection array
    Patent number: 4423325
    Abstract: A multi-spectral Schottky barrier infrared detector array in which individual pixels of radiation from a remote radiating object are detected by two or more Schottky barrier infrared radiation detectors each having a different spectral response so as to provide a "color" discrimination for the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1983
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventor: Norman A. Foss