Patents by Inventor Mark Steapleton

Mark Steapleton 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).

  • Optimized coaxial transmission line and method for overcoming flange reflections
    Patent number: 9865910
    Abstract: An optimized coaxial transmission line having joined segments of coaxial transmission lines is provided. First insulating supports positioned at flange joints within the joined segments are provided. Second insulating supports are positioned a distance x, where x = 1 4 ? ? + n · 1 2 ? ? , from the first insulating supports to cancel reflections created by the insulating supports. Preferably, x=¼?, and the second insulating supports are positioned for one quarter of a wavelength at either FM frequencies, VHF frequencies, UHF frequencies, or IBOC frequencies. A method for optimizing a transmission line by frequency is also provided. First, segments of coaxial transmission lines are joined together, each segment having a first insulating support positioned at a flange joints within the joined segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Electronics Research, Inc.
    Inventors: Nicholas A. Paulin, Mark Steapleton
  • OPTIMIZED COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE AND METHOD FOR OVERCOMING FLANGE REFLECTIONS
    Publication number: 20170301973
    Abstract: An optimized coaxial transmission line having joined segments of coaxial transmission lines is provided. First insulating supports positioned at flange joints within the joined segments are provided. Second insulating supports are positioned a distance x, where x = 1 4 ? ? + n · 1 2 ? ? , from the first insulating supports to cancel reflections created by the insulating supports. Preferably, x=¼?, and the second insulating supports are positioned for one quarter of a wavelength at either FM frequencies, VHF frequencies, UHF frequencies, or IBOC frequencies. A method for optimizing a transmission line by frequency is also provided. First, segments of coaxial transmission lines are joined together, each segment having a first insulating support positioned at a flange joints within the joined segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: NICHOLAS A. PAULIN, Mark Steapleton