Patents by Inventor Michel Coustere

Michel Coustere 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).

  • High temperature skin antenna
    Patent number: 5039992
    Abstract: The invention relates to a space reentry vehicle high-temperature skin antenna comprising a printed antenna embedded in a tile for providing thermal protection, and fed by electromagnetic coupling. The invention is particularly applicable to space telecommunications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1991
    Assignee: Alcatel Espace
    Inventors: Regis Lenormand, Michel Coustere, Gerard Raguenet, Olivier Remondiere
  • Electronically scanned antenna
    Patent number: 5038147
    Abstract: An electronically scanned antenna comprising an array (11) of elementary sources, an energy-focusing reflector (10), and feed and control electronics, with the array (11) being situated in the focal zone of the reflector, and in which elementary sources that are not used simultaneously are grouped together in classes (Ci) in which only one source can be active at a time, with all of the sources in each class (Ci) being interconnected by a passive combiner (40) for that class. The invention is applicable in particular to space telecommunications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: Alcatel Espace
    Inventors: Albert Cerro, Michel Coustere, Benoit Hanin, Regis Lenormand, Jean-Philippe Marre