Patents by Inventor Anne Rice

Anne Rice 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).

  • Antenna apparatus including compound curve antenna structure and feed array
    Patent number: 6542118
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that includes a beam control system and a beam collimating system having a compound curve antenna structure is provided. The compound curve antenna structure can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. In one embodiment, the curve is parabolic and the compound curve antenna structure includes first and second parabolic reflector sections that are spaced from each other. A feed array of the beam control system is disposed therebetween at the base ends of the two parabolic reflector sections. When the compound curve antenna structure is three-dimensional, the two parabolic reflector sections are part of a body of revolution. The control system also includes memory storage that stores predetermined data related to controlling activation of each of a plurality of feed elements of the feed array. The predetermined data is based on information obtained using a reference beam with the compound curve antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Farzin Lalezari, P. Keith Kelly, Ian S. Rumsey, Anne Rice
  • ANTENNA APPARATUS INCLUDING COMPOUND CURVE ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND FEED ARRAY
    Publication number: 20030038745
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that includes a beam control system and a beam collimating system having a compound curve antenna structure is provided. The compound curve antenna structure can be two-dimensional or three-dimensional. In one embodiment, the curve is parabolic and the compound curve antenna structure includes first and second parabolic reflector sections that are spaced from each other. A feed array of the beam control system is disposed therebetween at the base ends of the two parabolic reflector sections. When the compound curve antenna structure is three-dimensional, the two parabolic reflector sections are part of a body of revolution. The control system also includes memory storage that stores predetermined data related to controlling activation of each of a plurality of feed elements of the feed array. The predetermined data is based on information obtained using a reference beam with the compound curve antenna structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Farzin Lalezari, P. Keith Kelly, Ian S. Rumsey, Anne Rice