Patents by Inventor Albert Fromm

Albert Fromm 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).

  • Patent number: 4724436
    Abstract: A corner radar reflector that backscatters cross-polarized returns from a linearly polarized source is formed by three mutually perpendicular surfaces forming a concave structure. At least one of the surfaces has a depolarizing characteristic. The depolarizing surface is comprised of a grid of thin mutually parallel wires closed spaced. These wires reflect the parallel tangential component of the incident field but do not reflect the orthogonal component. Beneath the wires is a sheet of microwave absorbing material to absorb the energy that was not reflected by the wire grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1988
    Assignee: Environmental Research Institute of Michigan
    Inventors: Elmer L. Johansen, Albert Fromm