Patents by Inventor Paul K. Godwin, Jr.

Paul K. Godwin, Jr. 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).

  • Tape deck with non-contacting unidirectional rotation sensor configured to prevent capstan tape windup
    Patent number: 4494712
    Abstract: A tape deck, which incorporates a non-contacting take-up reel rotation sensing means and associated sensing circuit for enabling the capstan and take-up reel drive mechanism, includes a magnet which only rotates with the take-up reel when it is driven in the take-up direction. If the take-up reel changes direction, due to tape windup on the capstan, the magnet stops and the sensing circuit disables the drive mechanism to prevent excessive tape windup on the capstan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1985
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Paul K. Godwin, Jr., Howard A. Kell, Jr.
  • Optical scanning apparatus incorporating counter-rotation of primary and secondary scanning elements about a common axis by a common driving source
    Patent number: 4413177
    Abstract: An optical scanning apparatus embodied in a gyroscopic missile seeker to provide a rosette scan pattern of the field of view. A single driving motor is employed with a traction drive assembly to produce the necessary counter-rotation of slightly canted scanning elements and thereby effect the rosette scan pattern. A canted primary focusing mirror is directly driven by the motor and is connected through a traction drive to a canted secondary mirror to effect proportional counter-rotation of the secondary mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1983
    Assignees: Ford Motor Company, Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Paul K. Godwin, Jr., Ronald T. Honda