Patents by Inventor William W. Stripling

William W. Stripling 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).

  • Radial arm guidance platform tracker
    Patent number: 3941345
    Abstract: A radial arm tracker with a constant drive ratio for use in monitoring the osition of a guidance platform during the firing azimuth alignment phase. One end of the radial arm is mounted to the rotor of an encoder and a telescope is pivotally mounted at the free end of the radial arm through a constant ratio drive system to a stator of an encoder. The stator of the encoder is coupled to a north seeking device. The missile firing azimuth is referenced to the output of the north seeking device through the radial arm tracker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William W. Stripling, Harold V. White, Joe S. Hunter