Patents by Inventor Stephen John Steele

Stephen John Steele 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).

  • Manual control system for camera mountings
    Patent number: 5729108
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a camera mounting (11) providing a number of axes of movement for a camera supported on the mounting with a motor drive for each axis. A manually operable control system is provided for the motorized drives having a control member (16) and means operable in response to forces applied manually to the control member in the direction of the respective axes to energize the corresponding motor drive or drives for the mounting to produce movement of the mounting proportional to the force applied in the or each axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Vitec Group PLC
    Inventor: Stephen John Steele