Patents by Inventor Howard Hochman

Howard Hochman 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: 4652886
    Abstract: A multilayer antenna aperture polarizer comprises a single continuous electrically conductive trace on a flexible thin dielectric strip, the trace being formed into a plurality of arrays of grid lines with adjacent arrays interconnected by shorting leads and with a ground lead connected to the last or end array. The strip and shorting leads are folded at the locations of the shorting leads to form a stack of plane parallel polarizer panels, each comprising an array on the strip, adjacent panels in the stack being spaced apart in a direction transversely of the planes of the panels by insulator spacers, respectively. The polarizer is inserted in front of the aperture of the antenna and the ground lead is electrically connected to the antenna frame for grounding the several arrays. The shorting and ground leads are located at the corners of the stack in the neutral or minimum field zone of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1987
    Assignee: GTE Government Systems Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Rosser, Howard Hochman