Patents by Inventor Steven D. Kaufman

Steven D. Kaufman 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).

  • Testing system for detectors useful on vehicles
    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
  • TESTING SYSTEM FOR DETECTORS USEFUL ON VEHICLES
    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