Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Wescott

Timothy A. Wescott 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).

  • Gimbal system
    Patent number: 7561784
    Abstract: A gimbal system. The gimbal system may include space-saving features configured to accommodate one or more payload components, thus increasing the payload capacity of the gimbal ball without necessarily increasing the outer dimensions of the gimbal ball. Alternatively, or in addition, the gimbal system may include a motor configured to move at least one gimbal relative to another gimbal about a first axis, with the motor peripherally mounted distal the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: FLIR Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Wescott, Gregory D. Dent, James H. Weaver
  • Gimbal system
    Publication number: 20060071121
    Abstract: A gimbal system. The gimbal system may include space-saving features configured to accommodate one or more payload components, thus increasing the payload capacity of the gimbal ball without necessarily increasing the outer dimensions of the gimbal ball. Alternatively, or in addition, the gimbal system may include a motor configured to move at least one gimbal relative to another gimbal about a first axis, with the motor peripherally mounted distal the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Timothy Wescott, Gregory Dent, James Weaver