Patents by Inventor Gerald J. Stiles

Gerald J. Stiles 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).

  • Rotating doppler receiver
    Patent number: 6437742
    Abstract: An enhanced Doppler type direction finding system uses two antennas or antenna pairs (1 & 7) that are rotated in two mutually orthogonal circular paths (8 & 13) to intercept incoming RF from an emitting source, whose direction is to be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph W. Niesen, Gerald J. Stiles
  • Surface-based passive millimeter-wave landing aid
    Patent number: 6211809
    Abstract: A passive millimeter-wave imaging system (10) that includes a millimeter-wave camera (12) positioned at the end of an aircraft landing strip (14) to provide an image (20) of the aircraft (16) approaching the landing strip (14) along a landing glidepath (18). The camera (12) broadcasts the image (20) of the aircraft (16) approaching the landing strip (14) to the aircraft (16) and to a control tower (24). With this information, the pilot of the aircraft (16) sees his aircraft's position relative to the glidepath (18), and can make landing adjustments accordingly. Likewise, the tower personnel can monitor the aircraft landing glidepath (18) to insure that the aircraft (16) maintain a safe distance relative to the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald J. Stiles