Patents by Inventor Paul E. Ashley

Paul E. Ashley 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).

  • Power and signal transfer unit
    Patent number: 4779469
    Abstract: A power and signal transfer unit has a stator assembly and a rotor assembly for a control moment gyroscope and for overcoming the problem of electrical noise in a slip ring by using a slip ring having a flexible cable. A stator assembly has a frame member and having a plurality of brushes. A rotor assembly includes a rotor member, and includes a flexible cable having a plurality of conductors, each conductor being connected at an inner terminal to the rotor member and being connected at an outer terminal, and includes a slip ring member rotatably supported by the frame member for rotation relative to the frame member and having a plurality of conductive portions, each conductive portion being respectively connected to an outer terminal and being in contact with on of the brushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Honeywell, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul E. Ashley