Patents by Inventor Richard VESTER

Richard VESTER 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).

  • Publication number: 20240017464
    Abstract: An extrudate cooling tank having cooling water chambers adapted for running passage of extrudate serially therethrough at a preselected regulated variable pressures with water in the chambers being at different temperatures, and a wheel-servo motor combination hingedly connected to the chamber and being movable with respect thereto between a first position with the wheel engaging running extrudate and a second position with the wheel remote from engagement with the extrudate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: Novatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard VESTER, Steven GILLMEISTER, Thomas Trevor BLUDIS, Robert H. BESSEMER
  • Publication number: 20210213667
    Abstract: An extrudate cooling tank having cooling water chambers adapted for running passage of extrudate serially therethrough at a preselected regulated variable pressures with water in the chambers being at different temperatures, and a wheel-servo motor combination hingedly connected to the chamber and being movable with respect thereto between a first position with the wheel engaging running extrudate and a second position with the wheel remote from engagement with the extrudate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicant: Novatec, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard VESTER, Steven GILLMEISTER, Thomas Trevor BLUDIS, Robert H. BESSEMER
  • Patent number: 9507019
    Abstract: A method for acquiring and tracking an in-flight or airborne target using an antenna is provided. In the acquisition process, the antenna is rotated to collect RF power data. The location of peak RF power is determined and the antenna is pointed to that location. The antenna may then undergo a search pattern on either side of that location to detect a specified drop in RF power and a modem on which to lock. In the tracking process, an algorithm allows the antenna to track the target in a pure RF mode, a GPS-based open loop pointing mode or a hybrid mode. The tracking may automatically switch between the pure RF mode and the hybrid mode, depending upon whether GPS data is available from the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corp.
    Inventors: Scott M. Lyon, Jonathan R. Lawton, Joshua R. Warr, Richard A. Vester