Patents Assigned to Thales Communications Inc.
  • BACKWARD COMPATIBLE MULTICHANNEL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20140206239
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing configured to accommodate a plurality of contact pins, the housing including a plurality of contact pin locations, wherein the plurality of contact pin locations include a first set of contact pin locations designated for a first channel and a second set of contact pin locations designated for a second channel, a first set of contact pins disposed at the first set of contact pin locations, the first set of contact pins configured to carry a first signal associated with the first channel, and a second set of contact pins disposed at the second set of contact pin locations, the second set of contact pins configured to carry a second signal associated with the second channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: THALES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Haidong WANG, Douglas Bell, Steven Kutchi
  • Matching circuit for a multi-band antenna and multi-band radio incorporating the same
    Patent number: 8554155
    Abstract: A device for multiple band frequency communication may include a chassis, a transceiver for receiving and transmitting voice and data communications over any one of multiple frequency bands, an antenna assembly comprising a single radiator and an antenna matching unit, and an antenna connector provided on the chassis for mounting the antenna assembly to the device and connecting the antenna assembly to the transceiver via a transmission line, wherein the antenna matching unit is provided between the radiator and the antenna connector and comprises a reactive circuit to filter the communications and transform an impedance between the radiator and the antenna connector to match an impedance between the transceiver and the antenna connector for each of the multiple frequency bands. A method and system is disclosed for communicating voice and data communications over multiple frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Thales Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew Gobien
  • Device, method, and system for extended frequency band communication
    Patent number: 8135358
    Abstract: A communication device may include a manpack, and a radio removably attached to the manpack, the radio serving as a communications element of the manpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Thales Communications Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Hesse, Benjamin Stern, Glen Parker, Mitchell H. Herbets
  • MATCHING CIRCUIT FOR A MULTI-BAND ANTENNA AND MULTI-BAND RADIO INCORPORATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110195705
    Abstract: A device for multiple band frequency communication may include a chassis, a transceiver for receiving and transmitting voice and data communications over any one of multiple frequency bands, an antenna assembly comprising a single radiator and an antenna matching unit, and an antenna connector provided on the chassis for mounting the antenna assembly to the device and connecting the antenna assembly to the transceiver via a transmission line, wherein the antenna matching unit is provided between the radiator and the antenna connector and comprises a reactive circuit to filter the communications and transform an impedance between the radiator and the antenna connector to match an impedance between the transceiver and the antenna connector for each of the multiple frequency bands. A method and system is disclosed for communicating voice and data communications over multiple frequency bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicant: THALES COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew GOBIEN
  • Modular universal battery charger
    Patent number: D727256
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Thales Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Mehrdad Badie, Dennis M. Crossen, Jr., Brad Poston