Patents by Inventor Ted C. Almgren

Ted C. Almgren 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: 9835413
    Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Leupold & Stevens, Inc.
    Inventors: William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Patent number: 8317100
    Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: AOSS, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Publication number: 20120217300
    Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: Bitterroot Advanced Ballistics Research, LLC
    Inventors: William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Publication number: 20120124884
    Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Patent number: 8172139
    Abstract: A portable system for facilitating inclined shooting of projectile weapons comprises a ranging system, an inclinometer and a processor. The ranging system measures a line-of sight range distance from a vantage point to a target that is elevated or depressed relative to the vantage point, and the inclinometer measures an inclination angle of a line of sight between the vantage point and the target. Based on information from the rangefinder and inclinometer, the processor determines a predicted altitude-compensated inclined shooting (ACIS) trajectory at the line-of sight range distance for a preselected projectile. The ACIS trajectory is based on a bullet path height correction between a bullet path height at a first altitude and a bullet path height at a second altitude, a range distance of the target from the vantage point, and selected meteorological atmospheric information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Bitterroot Advance Ballistics Research, LLC
    Inventors: William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Publication number: 20120053878
    Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Patent number: 8033464
    Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Publication number: 20110162250
    Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William T. McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Patent number: 7806331
    Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Publication number: 20090266892
    Abstract: An automatic optical sighting system generates at least one adjustment for an adjustable optical system based on at least one detected condition, an appropriate dynamic model of a projectile in flight, and a solution of the equations of motion in flight, so that the projectile will have a trajectory between an origin and a selected target that helps the projectile to hit the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Bernard T. Windauer, William True McDonald, Ted C. Almgren
  • Patent number: 5095525
    Abstract: A computer memory is transformed such that a data word to be sent to an address is transformed into a transformed data word, and the address to which it is to be sent is transformed to a transformed address. Such transformations are by inversion and permutation of the memory lines (address or data). The data transformation process depends on the address. The data inverse transformation process also depends on the address, but there is no address inverse transformation process. The invention may be used whenever it is desired to more nearly equalize the use of all the bits of the memory, or to impede unauthorized persons from extracting the virtual addresses and data from the transformed addresses and data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: Ted C. Almgren, James M. Mitchell, Gregory A. Phillips