Robert Pinto

US Patent:

7665218, Feb 23, 2010

Filed:

Mar 26, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/055533

Inventors:

Robert P. Pinto - Dover NJ, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

G01C 1/00
G01C 15/10
F41G 1/00

US Classification:

33333, 33282, 33283, 33392, 42134, 89 4119

Abstract:

An apparatus for measuring the azimuth of a tube having a bore axis includes a centering mandrel having a longitudinal axis; a flexible member for defining a bore axis projection of the bore axis; a tensioner fixed to one end of the flexible member, and a pair of adjusters connected to the tensioner, the adjusters for moving the tensioner along a respective pair of axes that are perpendicular to the bore axis projection, the axes of the adjusters being mutually perpendicular.

US Patent:

7698983, Apr 20, 2010

Filed:

Oct 16, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/549784

Inventors:

Robert P. Pinto - Dover NJ, US
Gregory Schneck - Morganville NJ, US
Patricia M. Alameda - Budd Lake NJ, US
Tom Coradeschi - Hackettstown NJ, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

F42C 17/00

US Classification:

89 65, 89 6, 1022759, 10227511

Abstract:

A portable, self-contained fire control system includes one or more of: 1) the means to provide geodetic positioning and navigational data for the host weapon platform in relation to established coordinate reference systems; 2) the means to digitally communicate with an off-platform command and control network; 3) the means to compute host platform ballistics data; 4) the means to indicate the current weapon orientation and additionally to indicate the horizontal and vertical weapon movements required to aim the weapon; 5) the means to inductively set fuzes for firing; 6) the means for digitally receiving and processing pre-computed mission data through to the fuze/projectile; 7) the means for locally computing mission data; and 8) the means for manually entering pre-computed data into the system.

US Patent:

7856729, Dec 28, 2010

Filed:

Aug 7, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/187561

Inventors:

Robert P. Pinto - Dover NJ, US
John F. Casper - Succasunna NJ, US
Jeffrey Gregor - Troy NY, US

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army - Washington DC

International Classification:

G01B 11/26
G01C 15/00

US Classification:

33286, 33DIG 21

Abstract:

A method for measuring the azimuth and elevation of the axis of a tube of other apparatus uses a centering mandrel inserted in the tube. The centering mandrel has a laser fixed to one end. The laser beam is aligned with the bore axis of the tube. A pair of optical instruments view two points on the laser beam. Using the optical instruments, horizontal and vertical angles from one optical instrument to the other, and vice versa, are measured. Also, horizontal and vertical angles from each optical instrument to each of the two points are measured. Using the three sets of measured angles, the azimuth and the elevation of the bore axis are calculated.