Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm John J. Karacek
  • IR radiation-seeker missile jammer
    Patent number: 6359710
    Abstract: Means and method for jamming IR radiation-seeking threat missiles comprising means for generating wavetrains of randomized pulses of radiation of the same wavelengths at which the threat missiles are operating. The apparatus consists generally of radiation-generating means, means for pulse-modulating the radiation-generating means or the radiation itself with a wavetrain of random or pseudo-random pulses, and means for directing the modulated radiation at a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Edward H. Takken, William V. Goodell, Joseph E. Pasko