Patents by Inventor Robert J. Bires

Robert J. Bires 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: 20080224845
    Abstract: A multi-transmitter telemetry system remotely controls and modifies the operating parameters associated with a plurality of addressable transmitter modules connected to collect data from a plurality of sensors. Control instructions remotely provided to each transmitter module include addressing data identifying the transmitter module to implement the control instructions. Although each transmitter module decodes the control instructions, only the addressed transmitter module implements the provided instructions. In this way, individual transmitters employed in a multi-transmitter telemetry system may be individually addressed and remotely controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Bires
  • Patent number: 4501095
    Abstract: A rotor assembly comprised of a multiplicity of blades mounted around the periphery of a disk has the blade tips ground to great diametrical precision when the assembly is rotated at a high speed in excess of 1000 rpm in a special grinding process. Individual blade lengths are dynamically measured while the assembly is being ground. These measurements are used to control the grinding process and to also permit accurate assessment of the quality of assemblies in general. A laser triangulation measurement system is used. It is capable of very fast reading of blade length since 3300 or more blades may pass by the measuring point each second.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1985
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: William H. Drinkuth, Robert J. Bires, Robert J. Miller, Franklin G. Selleck