Patents by Inventor Wilbur W. Cottle, Jr.

Wilbur W. Cottle, Jr. 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).

  • Gyro stabilized optics with fixed detector
    Patent number: 4949917
    Abstract: A cannon launched guided projectile having a gyro based electro-optical target finding and guidance system which includes an optical system carried by a gyro to provide target location information for an electronic system to produce gyro rotor torquing signals and for producing projectile guidance signals from gyro pickoff outputs is disclosed. The electronics system includes two difference channels for processing pitch and yaw signals responsive to the electrical output of a light detector and a sum channel for controlling the two difference channels responsive to target acquisition and master trigger signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1972
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Wilbur W. Cottle, Jr., Lilburn R. Smith
  • Gyro stabilized optics with fixed detector
    Patent number: 4500051
    Abstract: A cannon launched guided projectile having a gyro based electro-optical target finding and guidance system which includes an optical system carried by a gyro to provide target location information for an electronic system to produce gyro rotor torquing signals and for producing projectile guidance signals from gyro pickoff outputs is disclosed. The electronics system includes two difference channels for processing pitch and yaw signals responsive to the electrical output of a light detector and a sum channel for controlling the two difference channels responsive to target acquisition and master trigger signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Wilbur W. Cottle, Jr., Lilburn R. Smith