Patents by Inventor Richard H. Coco

Richard H. Coco 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).

  • Hybrid wafer gyroscope
    Patent number: 6615681
    Abstract: A hybrid wafer gyroscope includes a combination of micro-machined components and traditional electromechanical components to form a miniature gyroscope having a high degree of stability. The gyroscope includes a rotor, gimbal, flexures, and stop cutouts micro-machined out of one or more layers of silicon, forming a unitary, planar, and disk-shaped rotor subassembly, which spins about a drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.
    Inventors: Lyle J. Jenkins, Ralph E. Hopkins, Kaplesh Kumar, Paul Greiff, Edmund R. Foster, Richard M. Walker, Richard H. Coco, Anthony M. Moscaritolo