Patents by Inventor Timothy M. Ophoven

Timothy M. Ophoven 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).

  • Faraday cage for camera
    Patent number: 8077480
    Abstract: A camera includes an electrically conductive housing defined by exterior walls and an interior cavity. The exterior walls of the housing have a lens opening and a connector opening formed therein. An imaging device is disposed within the interior cavity of the housing and communicates with the lens opening. A printed wiring board (PWB) is disposed within the interior cavity of the housing separating the imaging device from the connector opening. The PWB has an electrically conductive chassis plane operatively connected to the exterior walls of the housing so that the chassis plane and the housing form at least a partial Faraday cage around the imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Ophoven, Charles G. Huss, Kevin J. Benning, Nathan D. Evans
  • FARADAY CAGE FOR CAMERA
    Publication number: 20100128455
    Abstract: A camera includes an electrically conductive housing defined by exterior walls and an interior cavity. The exterior walls of the housing have a lens opening and a connector opening formed therein. An imaging device is disposed within the interior cavity of the housing and communicates with the lens opening. A printed wiring board (PWB) is disposed within the interior cavity of the housing separating the imaging device from the connector opening. The PWB has an electrically conductive chassis plane operatively connected to the exterior walls of the housing so that the chassis plane and the housing form at least a partial Faraday cage around the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy M. Ophoven, Charles G. Huss, Kevin J. Benning, Nathan D. Evans