Vernon Bruce Ramsey, 911661 Craig Moore Rd, Lewisburg, TN 37091

4725796, Feb 16, 1988

Sep 23, 1986

6/910826

Roger K. Youree - Madison AL
Vernon W. Ramsey - Huntsville AL

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

H01P 1213

333135

A wavelength separator for separating various electromagnetic signals in such a manner that the separated signals are not seriously attenuated or altered. Ideally, the separator functions best when the ratio of long-wavelength and short-wavelength is greater than 100.

4216694, Aug 12, 1980

Sep 19, 1978

5/943896

Vernon B. Ramsey - Lewisburg TN
Thomas J. Wilkes - Lewisburg TN

Teledyne Industries, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

G10F 300

84 23

There is disclosed a solenoid-dashpot assembly for actuating the foot pedals of a player piano. A solenoid having an armature shaft extending beyond the coil area of the solenoid receives a piston element, which, in turn, has an O-ring which co-acts with a dashpot cylinder. Constricted air passage elements are formed in the piston element and are provided with relatively large air passages which have mufflers thereon so that no sound is made when air ingresses or egresses through these constricted passages due to actuation and deactuation of the solenoid. To silence both ends of travel of the solenoid armature, the solenoid is mounted above a base plate on a mounting bracket and the solenoid armature carries a pad extending from a side opposite the dashpot. The base plate has an adjustable pad thereon opposite the pad on the solenoid armature so that on actuation and deactuation of the solenoid, there are no noise generating, hard surface to hard surface contacts at either end point of solenoid armature movement. These elements are provided so as to enable the solenoid dashpot assembly to more closely approximate the action of the piano player in the depressing the pedals of the piano, and at the same time, are almost completely silent.

4760404, Jul 26, 1988

Sep 30, 1986

6/913464

Vernon W. Ramsey - Huntsville AL

The Boeing Company - Seattle WA

H01Q 1300
H01P 1213

343786

A device for separating signals in the long or radar wavelength bands from signals in the short or infrared to ultraviolet wavelength bands which occupy a common area. A waveguide for directing radar band wavelengths has apertures in opposing walls of the waveguide, a first of which is rectangular and has a greater length and width than the broadwall dimesnion of the waveguide; and the other of which is circular with a diameter less than one-half the free space wavelength of the long wavelength signal. A pyramidal feedhorn directs the long signal wavelength through the reactangular aperture, where the short-wavelength signal, which also comes down through the feedhorn passes through the second aperture. The long-wavelength component instead of passing through the second aperture is deflected into the waveguide. A short-wavelength detector is positioned at the point of convergence of a ray cone passing through the first and second apertures, thus making the detected signal available for further signal processing.

4227663, Oct 14, 1980

Feb 6, 1978

5/875483

Vernon B. Ramsey - Lewisburg TN
Donald E. Woods - Shelbyville TN

Teledyne Inc. - Los Angeles CA

B64D 1756

244149

There is disclosed an electronic barometric staging unit or aerial cargo delivery actuator for use with cargo carrying or recovery parachutes having an electronic pressure sensing assembly for initiating actuating of a deployment or staging line cutter such that parachute canopy directing and deployment occurs as a programmed function of a barometrically corrected altitude. The invention features a two-part housing assembly carrying the relatively expensive portion of the assembly that is reusable and an expendible or discardable portion of the assembly so that by recovering or retrieving the electronic module, it may be mated up with a new portion so as to substantially reduce the cost of subsequent usages of the apparatus. Since the barometric transducer per se is solid state and of extremely light weight, deceleration moments due to impacting the ground do not in any way impair its operation so that it may be recovered for re-use. The battery pack and the pyrotechnically activated cutter itself are the basic components which are not re-used.

4206677, Jun 10, 1980

Jul 17, 1978

5/925653

Vernon B. Ramsey - Lewisburg TN

Teledyne Industries, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

G10F 300
G10F 500

84107

Pedal actuator and connection assemblies for electronic vorsetzer player piano units incorporating universal connection members between the electronic assemblies and foot pedals for converting a conventional piano to an electronic player piano are disclosed. The connection assemblies include a foot member, one for each foot pedal, which are adapted to transmit actuating forces transmitted from the player piano unit downwardly and on the rear portion of the pedal member pivoting the foot member in the second ball joint to cause an upward force on a lower pedal-engaging surface to thereby engage the lower side of the pedal therewith and thereby permit upward and downward movement of the foot without it slipping off the pedal. At the same time, since there is no positive securement of the connection assembly to the foot pedal, the vorsetzer may be easily and quickly positioned on the piano for converting a standard piano to an electronic player piano.