Patents Examined by D. E. Hayes
  • Patent number: 4719465
    Abstract: A monopulse radar equipment is developed which comprises first and second radiators arranged in symmetrical positions with respect to the boresight axis to radiate radar pulses in a predetermined cycle and thus to produce first and second directional radiation patterns, a beam forming network for synthesizing in an in-phase and opposite-phase relation the first and second directional radiation patterns of the first and second radiations into sum and different patterns, and a multichannel receiver for forming from the sum and difference patterns an off-boresight signal representing a deviation of a target object from the boresight direction and a sidelobe suppressed signal resulting from suppressing a sidelobe response of the sum pattern. The first and second directional couplers are interposed on the sum and difference pattern signal transmission channels between the beam forming network and the multichannel receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1988
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Yuichi Kuroda
  • Patent number: 4713665
    Abstract: An ultrasonic ground speed sensor has a vehicle-mounted transmitter and a receiver for receiving signals reflected from the transmitter to the receiver by terrain over which the vehicle travels. An attenuated and phase-shifted transmit frequency is superimposed upon an output of the receiver to cancel cross talk, thus providing a substantially pure reflected frequency. A phase-locked loop converts the reflected frequency to a voltage which represents the direction and speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1987
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventor: James J. Phelan