Patents by Inventor Gregg M. Tanakaya

Gregg M. Tanakaya 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).

  • Light weight stowable phased array lens antenna assembly
    Patent number: 8274443
    Abstract: A light weight stowable antenna lens array assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a stowable lens antenna array including at least one antenna pair including a transmit antenna on a first layered composite, a receive antenna on a second layered composite, a ground plane on a third layered composite, the ground plane being between and spaced apart from the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, and a balanced transmission line coupling the transmit antenna to the receive antenna, and an articulating structure attached to at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite, the articulating structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite includes a polymeric film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Mark Hauhe, Clifton Quan, Gregg M. Tanakaya, Rohn Sauer, Fangchou Yang
  • LIGHT WEIGHT STOWABLE PHASED ARRAY LENS ANTENNA ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20100231479
    Abstract: A light weight stowable antenna lens array assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a stowable lens antenna array including at least one antenna pair including a transmit antenna on a first layered composite, a receive antenna on a second layered composite, a ground plane on a third layered composite, the ground plane being between and spaced apart from the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, and a balanced transmission line coupling the transmit antenna to the receive antenna, and an articulating structure attached to at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite, the articulating structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite includes a polymeric film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventors: Mark Hauhe, Clifton Quan, Gregg M. Tanakaya, Rohn Sauer, Fangchou Yang