Patents by Inventor Alan E. Durkota

Alan E. Durkota 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).

  • Automated far field antenna pattern test facility
    Patent number: 5396255
    Abstract: An antenna test and measurement system (100) performs measurements of the transmitted or received signal strength of a vehicle mounted transmit or receive antenna (102) with respect to all aspects of the system with respect to the vehicle mounted antenna, and vehicle state parameters (131, 139), i.e., position and attitude, are simultaneously recorded (185, 186). The antenna measurements are correlated with the state parameter measurements such that variations in the measured signal strength caused by changes in vehicle state are apparent. A graphical display (189, 190) of antenna signal strength and vehicle state parameters are presented for the entire 360.degree. azimuth of an antenna test so that variations in the signal strength caused by changes in vehicle state parameters may be identified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Alan E. Durkota, Robert E. Botsford, Joseph J. Kotomski, Jr.