Patents by Inventor Thomas W. French

Thomas W. French 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).

  • Vehicle closure member mounting
    Patent number: 8365381
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a vehicle closure member (62) on a vehicle body (40) utilizes vision sensing of a master gauge location (42) of the vehicle body, of coordination formations (48) on the vehicle body, and of opening extremities of a closure member opening of the vehicle body, and the sensing is used by a controller (34) to provide mounting of a hinge at a proper location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Utica Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carter, Timothy J. Marx, Thomas W. French
  • VEHICLE CLOSURE MEMBER MOUNTING
    Publication number: 20120017413
    Abstract: A system and method for mounting a vehicle closure member (62) on a vehicle body (40) utilizes vision sensing of a master gauge location (42) of the vehicle body, of coordination formations (48) on the vehicle body, and of opening extremities of a closure member opening of the vehicle body, and the sensing is used by a controller (34) to provide mounting of a hinge at a proper location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: UTICA ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carter, Timothy J. Marx, Thomas W. French
  • Switched beam antenna architecture
    Patent number: 6642908
    Abstract: A multiple beam array antenna system comprises a plurality of radiating elements provided from stripline-fed open-ended waveguide coupled to a Butler matrix beam forming network. The Butler matrix beam forming network is coupled to a switched beam combining circuit. The antenna can be fabricated as a single Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Joseph S. Pleva, Caroline Breglia, Thomas W. French, Walter Gordon Woodington, Michael Joseph Delcheccolo, Mark E. Russell, H. Barteld Van Rees
  • SLOT ANTENNA ELEMENT FOR AN ARRAY ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20030011519
    Abstract: A multiple beam array antenna system comprises a plurality of radiating elements provided from stripline-fed open-ended waveguide coupled to a Butler matrix beam forming network. The Butler matrix beam forming network is coupled to a switched beam combining circuit. The antenna can be fabricated as a single Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Inventors: Caroline Breglia, Joseph S. Pleva, Thomas W. French, Walter Gordon Woodington, Michael Joseph Delcheccolo, Mark E. Russell, H. Barteld Van Rees
  • Slot antenna element for an array antenna
    Patent number: 6492949
    Abstract: A multiple beam array antenna system comprises a plurality of radiating elements provided from stripline-fed open-ended waveguide coupled to a Butler matrix beam forming network. The Butler matrix beam forming network is coupled to a switched beam combining circuit. The antenna can be fabricated as a single Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Caroline Breglia, Joseph S. Pleva, Thomas W. French, Walter Gordon Woodington, Michael Joseph Delcheccolo, Mark E. Russell, H. Barteld Van Rees
  • Switched beam antenna architecture
    Publication number: 20020163478
    Abstract: A multiple beam array antenna system comprises a plurality of radiating elements provided from stripline-fed open-ended waveguide coupled to a Butler matrix beam forming network. The Butler matrix beam forming network is coupled to a switched beam combining circuit. The antenna can be fabricated as a single Low Temperature Co-fired Ceramic (LTCC) circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph S. Pleva, Caroline Breglia, Thomas W. French, Walter Gordon Woodington, Michael Joseph Delcheccolo, Mark E. Russell, H. Barteld Van Rees