Patents by Inventor Baird E. Perry

Baird E. Perry 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: 10389033
    Abstract: A horn antenna comprises an electrically conductive shell having an inner surface, a cavity formed in the shell, an aperture defined at one end of the cavity, a throat section coupled to the electrically conductive shell in communication with another end of the cavity opposite the aperture, and a spatially and frequency dependent radio frequency (RF) attenuator disposed within the cavity, such that an attenuation of RF energy propagating through the cavity between the throat section and the aperture more rapidly increases in an outward direction towards the inner surface of the electrically conductive shell as the frequency of the RF energy increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas P. Morgan, Baird E. Perry
  • Patent number: 10309999
    Abstract: A compact test range system for testing an article located within a test zone comprises a reflector defining a surface and a focus, a feed horn configured to emit radio waves, one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the processor. The radio wave includes an infinite number of rays, where the rays of the radio wave include an uppermost ray, a middle ray, and a lowermost ray directed towards the surface of the reflector. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by processors, causes the compact range test system to receive as input a plurality of field tilt angles. In response to receiving the field tilt angles, the system determines three points of intersection between the uppermost radio wave, the middle radio wave, and the lowermost radio wave that correspond to a first test position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Douglas P. Morgan, Baird E. Perry, Sean Michael Raffetto
  • Publication number: 20190107567
    Abstract: A compact test range system for testing an article located within a test zone comprises a reflector defining a surface and a focus, a feed horn configured to emit radio waves, one or more processors, and a memory coupled to the processor. The radio wave includes an infinite number of rays, where the rays of the radio wave include an uppermost ray, a middle ray, and a lowermost ray directed towards the surface of the reflector. The memory stores data comprising a database and program code that, when executed by processors, causes the compact range test system to receive as input a plurality of field tilt angles. In response to receiving the field tilt angles, the system determines three points of intersection between the uppermost radio wave, the middle radio wave, and the lowermost radio wave that correspond to a first test position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: Douglas P. Morgan, Baird E. Perry, Sean Michael Raffetto
  • Publication number: 20180131098
    Abstract: A horn antenna comprises an electrically conductive shell having an inner surface, a cavity formed in the shell, an aperture defined at one end of the cavity, a throat section coupled to the electrically conductive shell in communication with another end of the cavity opposite the aperture, and a spatially and frequency dependent radio frequency (RF) attenuator disposed within the cavity, such that an attenuation of RF energy propagating through the cavity between the throat section and the aperture more rapidly increases in an outward direction towards the inner surface of the electrically conductive shell as the frequency of the RF energy increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas P. Morgan, Baird E. Perry