Patents by Inventor James Bruce Thaxter

James Bruce Thaxter 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: 5650670
    Abstract: Complex and multi-cycle microwave pulse waveforms are generated by the transient discharge of an induction charged transmission line using only one fast switch. An essential feature of the transmission line circuit is the distinction between the ground planes of the bias circuit and the microwave circuit. This distinction permits spatial variation of the charge induced on the transmission line over sections of ground plane biased at different potentials. Rapid discharge of the biased ground plane sections produces a complex or multiple cycle voltage wave on the transmission line which results in multicycle microwave pulse generation. The transient discharge is initiated by a fast switch located in the microwave ground plane. The similarity between some operating characteristics of the herein described device and the traditional Frozen Wave Generator (FWG) justify naming the new device and Induction Charged Frozen Wave Generator (ICFWG).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventor: James Bruce Thaxter