Patents by Inventor Robert R. Bugher

Robert R. Bugher 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: 11313786
    Abstract: A detector testing system includes an environmental chamber configured to provide at least one selected environmental condition within the chamber. The environmental chamber includes an opening. A cover over the opening has at least one surface that is at least partially transparent to radiation that the detector is configured to receive. The cover is configured to maintain the at least one selected environmental condition within the environmental chamber. A detector support is configured to support a plurality of detectors exposed to the at least one selected environmental condition in a location within a space defined by the cover where the cover provides a detector field of view through the at least one surface. The detector field of view for each of the detectors has a horizontal range of at least 180°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: James C. Baar, Steven D. Kaufman, Timothy D. Garner, Robert R. Bugher, Raul Alfonso Zubia Duran, Benjamin Dilsaver, Az Eddine Farouki
  • Publication number: 20210239597
    Abstract: An illustrative example embodiment of a detector testing system includes an environmental chamber configured to provide at least one selected environmental condition within the chamber. The environmental chamber includes an opening. A cover over the opening has at least one surface that is at least partially transparent to radiation that the detector is configured to receive. The cover is configured to maintain the at least one selected environmental condition within the environmental chamber. A detector support is configured to support a plurality of detectors exposed to the at least one selected environmental condition in a location within a space defined by the cover where the cover provides a detector field of view through the at least one surface. The detector field of view for each of the detectors has a horizontal range of at least 180°.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: James C. Baar, Steven D. Kaufman, Timothy D. Garner, Robert R. Bugher, Raul Alfonso Zubia Duran, Benjamin Dilsaver, Az Eddine Farouki
  • Patent number: 9979494
    Abstract: A system for testing electromagnetic compatibility of electrical devices includes a plurality of mobile-ground-planes and a fixed-ground-plane. Each of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes is individually customizable to provide a test-fixture for testing a selected instance of an electrical device. The fixed-ground-plane is configured to receive an instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes to overlay the fixed-ground plane and form a direct electrical contact between a bottom-side of the instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes and a top-side of the fixed-ground-plane. Optionally, the system includes an air-nozzle used to generate an air-gap between the instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes and the fixed-ground-plane while the instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes is being placed onto the fixed-ground-plane when gas passes through the air-nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES IP LIMITED
    Inventors: James C. Baar, Robert R. Bugher, Chad M. Blueher, Jason L. Shahan, Jason S. Landrum
  • Publication number: 20180109332
    Abstract: A system for testing electromagnetic compatibility of electrical devices includes a plurality of mobile-ground-planes and a fixed-ground-plane. Each of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes is individually customizable to provide a test-fixture for testing a selected instance of an electrical device. The fixed-ground-plane is configured to receive an instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes to overlay the fixed-ground plane and form a direct electrical contact between a bottom-side of the instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes and a top-side of the fixed-ground-plane. Optionally, the system includes an air-nozzle used to generate an air-gap between the instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes and the fixed-ground-plane while the instance of the plurality of mobile-ground-planes is being placed onto the fixed-ground-plane when gas passes through the air-nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: James C. Baar, Robert R. Bugher, Chad M. Blueher, Jason L. Shahan, Jason S. Landrum
  • Patent number: 9863866
    Abstract: A cold-test system for testing a camera at a cold temperature includes a test-chamber with a window, a nozzle, and a recirculator. The window is installed in the test-chamber so the camera is provided with a view of a test-target outside of the test-chamber. The nozzle is located proximate to a first edge of the window. The nozzle is configured to direct air from an air-source in a first direction and adjacent to an outside-surface of the window. The recirculator is located proximate to a second edge of the window opposite the first edge. The recirculator is configured to receive the air moving in the first direction and re-direct that air in a second direction opposite the first direction and adjacent to the air moving in the first direction opposite the window. The nozzle and the recirculator cooperate to form a bi-directional air-curtain proximate to the outside-surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Bugher, Scott E. Stoerger, James C. Baar
  • Publication number: 20170167967
    Abstract: A cold-test system for testing a camera at a cold temperature includes a test-chamber with a window, a nozzle, and a recirculator. The window is installed in the test-chamber so the camera is provided with a view of a test-target outside of the test-chamber. The nozzle is located proximate to a first edge of the window. The nozzle is configured to direct air from an air-source in a first direction and adjacent to an outside-surface of the window. The recirculator is located proximate to a second edge of the window opposite the first edge. The recirculator is configured to receive the air moving in the first direction and re-direct that air in a second direction opposite the first direction and adjacent to the air moving in the first direction opposite the window. The nozzle and the recirculator cooperate to form a bi-directional air-curtain proximate to the outside-surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Robert R. Bugher, Scott E. Stoerger, James C. Baar