Patents by Inventor Richard L. Langton

Richard L. Langton 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: 4847855
    Abstract: A thermally neutralized ring laser gyro with a dither spring mounted into a central bore of a gyro block which permits dither of the block about an axis of the spring with thermal expansion effects being minimized. The dither spring has a central mounting member, a tubular outer ring member with outer surface segments secured to the block bore, radial members adjoined to and extending outward from the central member to the ring member, generally T-shaped junctions in the ring member and between adjacent ones of the outer surface segments with the radial members being adjoined to the inside of the junctions and an outer surface of each junction being spaced inwardly toward the axis from a major outer diameter defined by the segments and being in non-contact with the block bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Honeywell Inc.
    Inventors: Robert W. Derry, Richard L. Langton