Patents by Inventor Anthony Raab

Anthony Raab 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).

  • Deployable double-membrane surface antenna
    Patent number: 5777582
    Abstract: A deployable antenna system comprised of a pair of independently flexible membranes carrying elements of the antenna system, apparatus fixed to corresponding extremity locations of the membranes for stretching the membranes taught and flat, spacers rigidly fixed to corresponding facing locations on the membranes, the locations being selected such that a line passing through each of the spacers is orthogonal to the surface of the membranes when the membranes are stretched, and at another angle to the surface when the membranes are either relaxed or one membrane is shifted laterally to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: CAL Corporation
    Inventor: Anthony Raab