Patents by Inventor Paul E. Madeley

Paul E. Madeley 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: 4259563
    Abstract: A spring-suspended, moving-coil transducer to be tuned is mounted on a dynamic test fixture and excited by an oscillatory driving force calculated to drive the transducer at a desired resonant frequency. A laser beam, sensitive to a difference between the actual resonant frequency of the transducer and the desired resonant frequency, is focused on the spring. The energy of the laser beam alters the elastic constant of the spring by trimming or etching material therefrom until the difference between the actual resonant frequency of the transducer and the desired resonant frequency is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1981
    Assignee: Litton Resources Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul E. Madeley