Patents Represented by Attorney Irwin D. Garfinkle
  • Patent number: 5007721
    Abstract: A mechanical Doppler shifting device for a high frequency radiated beam comprises a rotating helical reflector having its axis of rotation parallel to the beam and a plane stationary mirror mounted parallel to the axis. The helix has a smooth reflective surface which is at a 45 degree slope with respect to the axis so that the distance to the surface from the source of the beam varies with the rotation of the helix. The beam is reflected from the helix to the plane stationary reflector and back upon itself to the source at a Doppler shifted frequency. Also disclosed is a system using 2 helical reflectors, the second being a mirror image of the first and being oppositely rotated synchronously therewith for reflecting the beam to a receiver spaced from the source of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: John B. Morris, Uve H. W. Lammers, Richard A. Marr