Patents by Inventor Ronny E. Bittner

Ronny E. Bittner 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).

  • Method and apparatus for stabilizing and powering walking animated figures
    Patent number: 4878878
    Abstract: A system for stabilizing, powering and controlling walking animatronic figures or vehicles by magnetically attracting and/or repelling the feet of such structures, using various cooperative combinations of interacting ferromagnetic plates and electromagnets to guide and stabilize the structures along a platform, as well as facilitating transformer coupling of AC power and/or command signals from the platform to the walking figure without the need for an umbilical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 7, 1989
    Assignee: The Walt Disney Company
    Inventor: Ronny E. Bittner