Patents by Inventor Dean Fowler

Dean Fowler 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: 7032493
    Abstract: A rocket launcher system and a method for controlling a rocket launcher system. The rocket launcher system is placed below deck on a ship to improve the ship's stealth capability and includes a launcher, a charger and a magazine containing one or more different types of rocket missiles. According to the method for controlling the rocket launcher system, an operating signal including preparation data is transferred to the rocket launcher system from one or more operators. The preparation data is transferred to a rocket missile and a charger takes the rocket missile from a magazine and charges a launcher. A hatch in the ship's deck is opened, and the launcher sights the rocket missile at a target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Forsvarets Materielverk
    Inventor: Dean Fowler
  • Publication number: 20040069135
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a rocket launcher system and a method for controlling a rocket launcher system. The rocket launcher system (1) is placed below deck (100) on a ship to improve the ship's stealth capability and comprises a launcher (11, 15), a charger (12, 15) and a magazine (13) containing one or more different types of rocket missiles (3). The method for controlling the rocket launcher system (1) comprises transferring of an operating signal (6), comprising preparation data, to the rocket launcher system from one or more operators (2; 21, 22, 23, 24, 25). The preparation data is transferred to a rocket missile (3) and a charger (12) is caused to fetch the rocket missile from a magazine (13) and charge a launcher (11). A hatch (101) in the ship's deck (100) is opened, and the launcher is caused to sight the rocket missile (3) at a target area (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: April 15, 2004
    Inventor: Dean Fowler
  • Patent number: 6667672
    Abstract: A high power ferrite microwave phase shifter that is both compact and low cost. The ferrite phase shifter includes a waveguide having a first cylinder and a second cylinder, the radius of the second cylinder being less than the radius of the first cylinder. The second cylinder is disposed within the first cylinder such that the two cylinders have a common axis of symmetry. The waveguide includes a first septum formed as a disk and disposed within the second cylinder. The disk has a pie-shaped aperture formed therethrough and is centrally disposed within the second cylinder so that the two cylinders and the disk share the same axis of symmetry. The second cylinder has an opening formed therethrough that is aligned with the pie-shaped aperture. The waveguide further includes a second septum that extends from the first cylinder to the disk center while bisecting the pie-shaped aperture, thereby separating an input from an output of the ferrite phase shifter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: M/A-Com, Inc.
    Inventor: Wayne Dean Fowler
  • Publication number: 20020190813
    Abstract: A high power ferrite microwave phase shifter that is both compact and low cost. The ferrite phase shifter includes a waveguide having a first cylinder and a second cylinder, the radius of the second cylinder being less than the radius of the first cylinder. The second cylinder is disposed within the first cylinder such that the two cylinders have a common axis of symmetry. The waveguide includes a first septum formed as a disk and disposed within the second cylinder. The disk has a pie-shaped aperture formed therethrough and is centrally disposed within the second cylinder so that the two cylinders and the disk share the same axis of symmetry. The second cylinder has an opening formed therethrough that is aligned with the pie-shaped aperture. The waveguide further includes a second septum that extends from the first cylinder to the disk center while bisecting the pie-shaped aperture, thereby separating an input from an output of the ferrite phase shifter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Wayne Dean Fowler
  • Patent number: D836652
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: William Dean Fowler, Jeffrey Warren Shrode, Robert H. Brockelsby, Shawn P. McCarty, Jeffrey W. Massey, Jacob Barrett Colyer, Jason W. Walton, Michele Ann Ottavio