Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Carey

Joseph M. Carey 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: 9645222
    Abstract: Provided herein is a compact and economical direction finding antenna using a mono-pulse antenna system, where a plurality of antenna elements are disposed in a circular array. The directional antennas may be formed by any type of antenna element, including a patch or reflector. The antenna beams of the directional antenna elements overlap, so that from any azimuthal direction, the point is covered by more than one antenna beam. Signals from each pair of adjacent antenna elements of the circular array are processed in order to determine the angle of arrival of a received signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Trimble Navigation Limited
    Inventors: Joseph M. Carey, Russell Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20130038487
    Abstract: Provided herein is a compact and economical direction finding antenna using a mono-pulse antenna system, where a plurality of antenna elements are disposed in a circular array. The directional antennas may be formed by any type of antenna element, including a patch or reflector. The antenna beams of the directional antenna elements overlap, so that from any azimuthal direction, the point is covered by more than one antenna beam. Signals from each pair of adjacent antenna elements of the circular array are processed in order to determine the angle of arrival of a received signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Joseph M. Carey, Russell Brinkmann
  • Patent number: 6894657
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for providing a bi-directional vector modulator in which the signal can travel in either direction while the phase shift remains constant. In addition to the functionality of being a phase shifter, the disclosed invention acts as a vector modulator by having the ability to continuously control both the amplitude and phase of a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Fidelity Comtech, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph M. Carey
  • Publication number: 20040246193
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system for providing a bi-directional vector modulator in which the signal can travel in either direction while the phase shift remains constant. In addition to the functionality of being a phase shifter, the disclosed invention acts as a vector modulator by having the ability to continuously control both the amplitude and phase of a signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventor: Joseph M. Carey
  • Patent number: 5729824
    Abstract: A low power, low cost distributed digital loop (DDL) carrier system that combines television and voice telephone signal transmission over coaxial cables. The DDL system employs a passive/active tap module (114) that controls the steering of the video and telephone signals. The high frequency down stream telephone signal is not processed until a routing terminator (110) converts it to lower frequency signal for transmission in the lower frequency subsplit channel. The telephone signal is then transmitted back up through the subsplit where the active circuitry of each tap intercepts the telephone signal, selects the needed signal and transmits it down to a network interface unit (120) located at the subscriber premises.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1998
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: John F. O'Neill, J. Mark Elder, Stephen H. Diaz, Joseph M. Carey, James A. Pinyan