Patents by Inventor Peter John Herbert

Peter John Herbert 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: 5835056
    Abstract: Tracking means for establishing a line-of-sight between a control point to which the second craft is being guided and tracking the line-of-sight to follow the second craft and deriving a signal .sub.a representing the rate of rotation of the line-of-sight about the control point; monitoring means for deriving a signal representing the displacement e of the first craft from the line-of-sight, a signal representing the range R.sub.m between the first craft and the control point, and a signal representing the rate of change R.sub.m of the range R.sub.m, presetting means for providing a signal representing a positive quantity k; and a computer for deriving signals representing .sub.c, .sub.c, and k to satisfy the equation ##EQU1## and minimize the difference -.sub.a, k being initially set equal to k.sub.1 ; control means for deriving from the representations provided by the computer a signal representing f(e)+R.sub.m .sub.c +2R.sub.m .sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Eric Heap, Peter John Herbert
  • Patent number: 5805102
    Abstract: Tracking means for establishing a line-of-sight between a control point towards which the second craft is being guided and tracking the line-of-sight to follow the second craft and deriving a signal .theta..sub.a representing the rate of rotation of the line-of-sight about the control point; monitoring means for deriving a signal e representing the displacement of the first craft from the line-of-sight, a signal representing the range R.sub.m from the control point to the first craft and a signal representing the rate of of change R.sub.m of the range R.sub.m ; ranging means for deriving a signal representing the range R.sub.t from the control point to the second craft and a signal representing the rate of change R.sub.t of the range R.sub.t ; a computer for deriving representations of .theta..sub.c, .theta..sub.c and .theta..sub.c which satisfy the equation.sub.c =-2.theta..sub.c.sup.3 -3.theta..sub.c (R.sub.t /R.sub.t)where the difference .theta..sub.c -.theta..sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Eric Heap, Peter John Herbert
  • Patent number: 4005795
    Abstract: A container blank comprises a base panel; wall panels joined to the base panel; and a lid panel joined to one of the wall panels along an edge thereof remote from its junction with the base panel. The junctions between the panels are formed by hinges which are integral with the panels. Interengageable fingers and openings are provided for releasably securing the walls in their erected condition, the fingers being disposed on edge portions of at least some of the wall panels for passing through the openings and hooking over edge portions of the adjacent wall panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1977
    Assignee: Plastipak (Proprietary) Limited
    Inventors: Jorgen Mikkelsen, David Rennie Kingsley Groves, Peter John Herbert