Patents by Inventor Daniel Kikuta

Daniel Kikuta 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).

  • Patent number: 5841391
    Abstract: A radar system which time shares the use of a common radar head to perform functions associated with Air Surveillance Radar (ASR) and Precision Approach Radar (PAR) systems, i.e., for respectively displaying information to an air traffic controller useful for tracking an aircraft's approach to an airport and then guiding said aircraft along a preferred glideslope approach to a runway. In accordance with a significant feature of a preferred embodiment, a common radar head is comprised of an azimuth antenna capable of using radar beams to scan, e.g., electronically, a subsidiary scan arc, i.e., less than .+-.90.degree., mounted on a rotational scan apparatus that directs said radar beams within a principal scan arc, a full circle (360.degree.), by continuously rotating, e.g., mechanically, said azimuth antenna at an essentially constant rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1998
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles D. Lucas, Jr., Jeffrey Nemit, Daniel Kikuta, Gary Kentosh