Patents Examined by D. Cain
  • Patent number: 5210116
    Abstract: Provided herein is a resin composite material containing graphite fiber which has good electrical conductivity and changes only a little in electrical resistance after processing. These desired properties are achieved by incorporating a synthetic resin matrix with a specific type of graphite fiber. The graphite fiber has a structure characterized by that the hexagonal network planes of carbon atoms are oriented substantially parallel to the fiber axis and like the annual ring. It is produced by bringing a hydrocarbon compound into contact, at a high temperature, with a metallic catalyst in the form of ultrafine particles to yield carbon fiber grown in the gas phase, and subsequently graphitizing thus obtained carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1993
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Setsujiro Hashimoto, Kiyoshi Yagi, Masahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 5157140
    Abstract: New derivatives of cyclohexane in substantially pure form suitable as a pharmaceutical, foodstuff or as a stabilizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Perstorp AB
    Inventor: Matti Siren
  • Patent number: 5137660
    Abstract: A process for the selective esterification of glycerol and 1-glyceryl derivatives to 1,3-disubstituted glycerides is disclosed. This process uses a water immiscible solvent, either a hydrocarbon or halogenated hydrocarbon, a 1,3-lipase and fatty acid anhydrides. This reaction mixture selectively esterifies the primary alcohol groups of glycerol or glycerol derivatives. The preferred derivatives of glycerol are alkyl ethers, alkyl phosphates, phospholipids, alkyl and diaklyl phosphates, and sugar glycosides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1992
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Adam W. Mazur, George D. Hiler, II
  • Patent number: 4757320
    Abstract: A method for the radioelectric synchronization of slave stations by a master station, especially for a MLS type landing control system. The method consists in transmitting by the azimuth station a synchronization data coded in the form of a series of short duration pulses, prior to each MLS cycle, a cycle being constituted by a plurality of successive transmission of MLS functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Bruno Letoquart, Joseph Hetyei
  • Patent number: 4697188
    Abstract: Undesired signals from interfering satellites are separated from desired signals from a target satellite by using a sum beam and a difference beam as in a monopulse radar. Both desired and undesired signals are received by an antenna and separated by different mode couplers from a waveguide. The fundamental mode of the waveguide provides the desired signals along with components from the interfering signals. Both desired and undesired signals are picked up from the waveguide through a fundamental mode coupler. The higher order modes of the waveguide provide the interfering signals alone, representing the difference beam which will be aligned along the boresight. In a circular waveguide, the TM.sub.01.sup.o will yield a difference pattern for vertical polarization in any plane, and a TE.sub.21.sup.o or TE.sub.01.sup.o mode will result in a difference pattern for horizontal polarization. A square or a rectangular waveguide could be used instead of a circular waveguide to achieve the same result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventor: Heng-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 4667202
    Abstract: A mobile radio network comprises a plurality of base stations in a mutual three-dimensional arrangement in the manner of a cellular system. A respective, rigidly prescribed plurality of immediately adjacent, neighboring radio zones forms a radio zone group in which the frequency channels available are repeated. A problem area occurs in the design of radio zones in that the ground-bound radio propagation dependent on terrain and the nature of the built-up area leads to irregular field intensity distributions and radio zone boundaries; however, the radio zones must be designed according to the distributions of the radio traffic density. A solution for the traffic-qualified radio zone boundary is provided which is best suited for the detection of radio zone boundaries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Karl Kammerlander, Anton Haderer, Hans-Juergen v. d. Neyen
  • Patent number: 4667201
    Abstract: An electronic scanning antenna which effects radiation beam scanning based on a phase electronic scanning. The antenna has a plurality of radiation aperture units and power is fed concurrently to the plurality of radiation aperture units within a range of a small elevation angle. Thus, the degradation of a beam is reduced and a narrow beam can be formed with a high efficiency. Further, the antenna is configured wherein an electric field distribution on a radiation aperture plane formed by at least one radiation aperture is set so as to correspond to an electric distribution based on a predetermined design, thereby always normally maintaining aperture efficiency and radiation characteristic of a radiation beam over a range of a predetermined scanning angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1987
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shin-Ichi Itoh
  • Patent number: 4665347
    Abstract: In picture-reproducing equipment with higher scanning frequencies (e.g., flicker-free television, visual display unit), the generation of the horizontal-deflection current is separated in frequency from the generation of the operating voltages by supplying the horizontal-deflection circuit from a DC voltage source which is part of the voltage power supply providing the operating voltages. The supply circuit is preferably connected to the grounded deflection capacitor. This makes it possible to influence the picture geometry in a simple manner, particularly to perform horizontal pincushion correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1987
    Assignee: International Standard Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Walker, Ladislav Holanda
  • Patent number: 4658257
    Abstract: A radar system includes a clock for generating timing signals of a predetermined period, an exciter for generating high frequency signals of predetermined frequencies in sequence and in time series in response to the timing signals, a transfer switch and an antenna. The transfer switch has an input terminal and a plurality of output terminals. The input terminal receives the high frequency signals and provides one of these high frequency signals at each of its outputs in accordance with the received timing signals. The antenna is connected to receive the high frequency signals from the output terminals of the transfer switch to form radar beams corresponding to the high frequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1987
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Izutani, Yuichi Tomita, Hiroshi Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 4654666
    Abstract: A passive imaging system (400) includes a frequency scanning array (412) for receiving radiation emissions from a scene with a flat or known spectrum of emissions over the operating frequency of the array. Different beam directions are addressed by a spectrum analyzer (404). An image coordinate generator (410) may be used where necessary to normalize the image which may be stored or displayed by an appropriate device (406).In one embodiment, the array is planar so as to generate pencil beams. The planar array comprises parallel line-source antenna elements (402), with a common feed (414). The feed has a large "wrap-up" so that frequency-frequency scanning is employed.Alternatively, one-dimensional images can be effected with a single line-source frequency scanning antenna element. Also, one-dimensional frequency scanning may be supplemented by a different scanning approach for resolution orthogonal to that provided by the frequency scanning. In one embodiment, phase gradient scanning is employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventor: Carl A. Wiley
  • Patent number: 4652880
    Abstract: An antenna feed network is described incorporating a plurality of power dividers and a plurality of power combiners to distribute at least two microwave signals over predetermined electrical path lengths to two overlapping subarrays of antenna elements forming an antenna aperture. The invention further provides a module incorporating a plurality of power dividers and power combiners utilizing Wilkenson strip-line power dividers and utilizing zero db branch arm hybrid couplers to provide wiring crossovers on the upper surface of a printed circuit board having a ground plane on its lower surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: Allied Corporation
    Inventors: Alvin W. Moeller, Robert E. Willey, Allen I. Sinsky
  • Patent number: 4651157
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for positively indicating the position of a land-based vehicle, a marine vessel or an aircraft, utilizing a security system provided in the secured mode of transportation monitored by a central station. Navigational information transmitted by LORAN-C transmitters or satellite transmitters are received and then retransmitted to the central station which determines the exact latitude/longitude coordinates of the secured mode of transportation. The secured mode of transportation also includes a security panel for monitoring the condition of various parameters. An interface is connected to the security panel and the navigational receiver for coordinating the transmission of information relating to the conditions monitored by the security panel as well as the information received by the navigational receiver before they are sent to a radio for transmission to the central station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: METS, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald R. Gray, Lawrence R. Green, III, Robert L. Gendler, John A. Carrott
  • Patent number: 4651065
    Abstract: A sweep generator for the delivery of a sweep signal to a deflection system (typically horizontal) of a cathode ray tube, including a sawtooth generator for generating a sawtooth waveform containing a ramp which determines the duration of each sweep. A frequency divider such as a D flip flop is connected to a trigger circuit for generating, when enabled by a holdoff signal, output pulses whose recurrence rate is a submultiple of that of the incoming trigger pulses. Also when enabled by the holdoff signal, a sweep gating flip flop responds to the first output pulse from the frequency divider for causing the sawtooth generator to generate the sweep ramp. Thus, since the sweep gating flip flop does not directly responds to the trigger pulses, but to the output pulses of the frequency divider, no jitter is to take place if the holdoff signal acquires a prescribed state for sweep initiation concurrently with a trigger pulse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsumi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 4645988
    Abstract: A temperature compensated G2 grid drive circuit for use with a video display having a high voltage section supplying a high voltage signal to a cathode, filament and G2 grid of a CRT, wherein the high voltage section has a negative temperature coefficient, includes an input terminal for receiving the high voltage signal and a temperature compensating circuit coupled between the input terminal and the G2 grid of the CRT. The temperature compensating circuit is characterized as having a slightly positive temperature coefficient for maintaining the brightness of the video display substantially constant by driving the G2 grid for compensating for variations with temperature in the high voltage signal supplied to the cathode, filament and G2 grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1987
    Assignee: Zenith Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: George R. Gawell, Richard J. Steinmetz, Leroy A. Sutton
  • Patent number: 4642530
    Abstract: A combined top and bottom pincushion and gullwing distortion correction circuit uses nonlinear reactor to introduce an appropriately modulated horizontal frequency and second harmonic of the horizontal frequency component into the vertical scanning current path. The nonlinear reactor functions as a transformer with a secondary that provides a correction voltage in series with the vertical scanning current path. The transformer effectively has two series opposing primary windings magnetically coupled to the secondary. These primaries, energized by waves at the horizontal frequency and the second harmonic frequency, alternately predominate over each other to a variable degree, and in a manner determined by the vertical scanning current, for inducing corresponding voltage at the secondary winding. The secondary winding is coupled to a first tuned circuit that generates a horizontal rate north-south pincushion correction component voltage of the total correction voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Enrique Rodriguez-Cavazos
  • Patent number: 4642533
    Abstract: A circuit for providing input power to the horizontal deflection coil or yoke for a raster scan type of cathode ray tube. The circuit includes a closed loop current sensor which uses an operational amplifier to compare the sensed current with an adjustable reference voltage to provide a control for the current, thereby providing a constant current power source for a resonant deflection yoke flyback circuit. The current drive and S shaping capacitor are directly coupled to the deflection coil, omitting a coupling transformer and a linearity coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: Ocean Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: John C. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 4642532
    Abstract: A cathode ray tube protection circuit for a projection TV generates a signal which may be used to blank the tubes in response to a loss or reduction in beam deflection. Signals representative of vertical and horizontal deflection currents are provided. A reference signal is combined with the deflection representative signals to provide a signal having a predetermined amplitude. If the deflection current changes in any of the deflection yokes, the combined signal will change in amplitude. This change in amplitude is detected and used to generate a disabling or blanking signal for the kine driver circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1987
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventor: Alan A. Hoover
  • Patent number: 4641063
    Abstract: For an ultra high resolution color picture tube display, a level-shifting circuit is interposed between each of the three video output amplifiers and the three picture tube cathodes receiving video drive. In the level-shifting circuit, d.c. control voltages from adjustment potentiometers are applied to a voltage-controlled current source which provides voltage-compliant control input to a current-controlled voltage source which provides the adjustable d.c. offset voltage interjected between each video output amplifier and a corresponding picture tube cathode, providing individual background adjustment and brightness tracking adjustment compensation for cutoff spreads between the three picture tube guns and providing user brightness control action all independent of operating bias point voltages in the video amplifiers, so that they can be design-optimized for maximum bandwidth to achieve ultra high resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Inventor: Yosif Smushkovich
  • Patent number: 4639644
    Abstract: A cathode-ray tube display system having a dynamic focus circuit to compensate for the inherent defocusing of an electron beam resulting from differences in the distance the beam must travel between an electron gun projecting such beam and a display screen as the beam is moved from position to position about the screen. The circuit is fed by a variable focusing signal having a predetermined bandwidth extending from zero hertz to a predetermined frequency. A combining network is included in the circuit for combining a reference voltage, an amplified, capacitively-coupled first portion of the applied variable focusing signal, and an amplified second portion of the applied signal to produce, at a focus electrode, a composite focusing signal. The produced composite focusing signal has a nominal focusing voltage level produced in response to the reference voltage and selected to provide proper focusing of the beam when the beam is positioned at the center of the screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1987
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Lawrence H. Skow
  • Patent number: 4638321
    Abstract: The angle of arrival (.theta.) of an RF signal is determined using only two widely spaced antennas (A, B). A coarse/fine measurement system (40) is disclosed wherein the actual time delay between zero-crossings responsive to the same RF carrier cycle within the pulse envelope arriving at each antenna is determined. There is no need for additional antenna pairs with different baselines to otherwise resolve ambiguity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1987
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Edwin M. Drogin