Patents by Inventor Robert C. Guckian

Robert C. Guckian 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).

  • Second generation FLIR common modules
    Patent number: 5510618
    Abstract: An improved modular FLIR system is provided that fits in the same space elopes that were provided for the Army's GEN I FLIR's. The resolution is more than doubled by using a narrow two dimensional array of Hg-Cd-Te detectors with pn junctions as a time-delay-integration line sensor, improved optics and analog-digital conversion with image enhancement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Bill A. Blecha, Thomas Coty, John J. Curry, Howard T. Graves, Robert C. Guckian, John M. Hall, Samuel B. McDowell, Steve H. Nguyen, Raemon N. Samuels, Thomas E. Smith, Joseph J. Wiedmann, Richard A. Wright
  • Compact Second Generation FLIR kit
    Patent number: 5479016
    Abstract: A GEN II FLIR kit having two assemblies mounted on a common platform, the rst comprising a dewar, integral cooler, and imaging optics with scanner folded into a compact unit and the second assembly comprising a set of afocal optics with wide and narrow fields of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: John J. Curry, Robert C. Guckian, John M. Hall, Hendrik K. Sijgers