ROBERT MICHAEL THOMPSON
Pilots at Windward Dr, Roanoke, VA
License number
Virginia A4918474
Issued Date
Sep 2015
Expiration Date
Sep 2017
Category
Airmen
Type
Authorized Aircraft Instructor
Address
Address
215 Windward Dr SW, Roanoke, VA 24018
Professional information
System For Sensing A Discontinuity In A Paper Web And Containing Web Puncturing Means Across The Web Width
US Patent:
4799997, Jan 24, 1989
Filed:
Aug 6, 1987
Appl. No.:
7/082274
Inventors:
Robert H. Thompson - Hollins VA
Assignee:
Westvaco Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
D21F 704
US Classification:
162255
Abstract:
A system for sensing a web break using web break detection instruments. Upon sensing a break a strategically located, full web width deflection cam bears against the machine web upstream of the detected break. Under the bias of the deflector, the web running route is pushed into a saw-toothed cutter blade. Saw-tooth points simultaneously penetrate the web along a line traversing the full web width. Such line of web penetration becomes an immediate line of full width web breakage but at a location along the machine length designed to accommodate the waste production (broke) until web continuity along the remainder of the machine length is restored.
Collapsible Mandrel For Precise Winding Of A Coil
US Patent:
4354645, Oct 19, 1982
Filed:
Jun 23, 1980
Appl. No.:
6/161949
Inventors:
G. Glavas; Xenophon - Roanoke VA
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Assignee:
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation - New York NY
International Classification:
B65H 7518
US Classification:
242117
Abstract:
Th collapsible mandrel includes a core upon which the coil is wound removably secured to a pair of spaced parallel flanges. The core includes a pair of hollow, partially semicircular members each having an arc length less than 180. degree. and a pair of transition members each disposed to fill a different one of two spaced gaps between the pair of hollow members. Each of the hollow members has a plurality of spaced grooves on the outer surface thereof substantially parallel to the pair of flanges to receive the material which is to be wound to provide the coil. A shaft is disposed coaxially of the axis of the core extending between the pair of flanges internally of the core. The shaft includes an arrangement to releasably lock the core and the pair of flanges into an integral unit when the coil is being wound. Upon completion of the winding of the coil, the shaft and the pair of flanges are unlocked and removed. Then the pair of transition members are removed and the pair of hollow members are moved toward each other and removed from the formed coil.
Hermetically Sealed Optical Fiber
US Patent:
4504112, Mar 12, 1985
Filed:
Aug 17, 1982
Appl. No.:
6/408971
Inventors:
Gordon Gould - Great Falls VA
Charles I. Soodak - Silver Spring MD
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Charles I. Soodak - Silver Spring MD
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company - San Francisco CA
International Classification:
G02B 516
US Classification:
350 9623
Abstract:
A hermetically sealed optical fiber tube and process of fabrication. The hermetically sealed tube is fabricated from rolled wires into shaped sectors such that when the sections are joined a cylindrical tube is formed having a sufficient inside diameter to accept one or a plurality of buffered optical fibers.
Armored Optical Fiber Cable
US Patent:
4696542, Sep 29, 1987
Filed:
Dec 7, 1984
Appl. No.:
6/679195
Inventors:
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company - San Francisco CA
International Classification:
G02B 644
US Classification:
350 9623
Abstract:
An optical well logging cable and method of fabrication is provided which utilizes the combination of optical fiber means having a proof test stress value of at least about 150,000 pounds per square inch with a surrounding and protecting arrangement of helically wound strength elements in a construction that minimizes the inelastic part of the cable elongation by minimizing the deformability of the structure within the arrangement of strength elements. This arrangement of strength elements includes two torque balancing layers wound in opposite helical directions. It is a feature of this invention that the construction has such a low permanent radial contraction under repeated loading to about 90% of the design breaking strength of the cable that its permanent elongation is no greater than about 0. 4% and preferably 0. 25% or less.
Hermetically Sealed Optical Fiber
US Patent:
4651917, Mar 24, 1987
Filed:
Dec 31, 1984
Appl. No.:
6/687686
Inventors:
Gordon Gould - Great Falls VA
Charles I. Soodak - Silver Spring MD
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Charles I. Soodak - Silver Spring MD
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company - San Francisco CA
International Classification:
G02B 644
US Classification:
2281735
Abstract:
A hermetically sealed optical fiber tube and process of fabrication. The hermetically sealed tube is fabricated from rolled wires into shaped sectors such that when the sections are joined a cylindrical tube is formed having a sufficient inside diameter to accept one or a plurality of buffered optical fibers.
Armored Optical Fiber Cable
US Patent:
4523804, Jun 18, 1985
Filed:
Aug 17, 1982
Appl. No.:
6/408975
Inventors:
Robert E. Thompson - Roanoke VA
Assignee:
Chevron Research Company - San Francisco CA
International Classification:
G02B 514
US Classification:
350 9623
Abstract:
An armored optical cable and process of manufacturing is described. The armored optical cable exhibits minimal inelastic elongation in response to tension at elevated temperatures and is capable of withstanding harsh ambient conditions. The armored optical cable is fabricated in a unitary operation with a central bundle of one handedness surrounded by at least one outer armor layer of opposite handedness substantially torque balanced to the handedness of the central bundle.