Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Cannon

Benjamin L. Cannon 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: 11196184
    Abstract: Antenna arrays, including a broadband single or dual polarized, tightly coupled radiator arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Cubic Corporation
    Inventors: Jared W Jordan, Kenneth J Vanhille, Timothy A Smith, William Stacy, Benjamin L Cannon, David W Sherrer
  • Publication number: 20210203085
    Abstract: Antenna arrays, including a broadband single or dual polarized, tightly coupled radiator arrays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Jared W Jordan, Kenneth J Vanhille, Timothy A Smith, William Stacy, Benjamin L Cannon, David W Sherrer
  • Patent number: 10256545
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: NUVOTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Publication number: 20180309205
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Patent number: 10027030
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled broadband radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NUVOTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Patent number: 10008779
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Nuvotronics, INC
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Publication number: 20170256859
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Patent number: 9666947
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled broadband radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: NUVOTRONICS, INC
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Patent number: 9362615
    Abstract: A radome is provided and includes a dielectric wall and metallic layers embedded within and/or disposed on the monolithic wall. Each of the metallic layers is configured to act as a sub-resonant reactive impedance surface at a lower frequency and as a frequency selective surface at an upper frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Cannon, Jared W. Jordan
  • Patent number: 9231299
    Abstract: A radome is provided and includes a dielectric wall and one or more inductive metallic grids embedded in and/or disposed on the dielectric wall. Each of the one or more grids includes compressed grid arms and is tuned to permit bandpass transmission at upper and lower frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Jared W. Jordan, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Publication number: 20150162665
    Abstract: Dielectric-free, metal-only, dipole-coupled broadband radiating array aperture with wide field of view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Anatoliy O. Boryssenko, Kenneth Vanhille, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Patent number: 9054403
    Abstract: A stripline includes a first ground plane; a second ground plane; a first signal trace located between the first ground plane and the second ground plane; and a center via that extends through the stripline and is in electrical contact with the first ground plane and the first signal trace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Clifford E. Blanton, Benjamin L. Cannon, Kelly R. Stewart, Jared Jordan
  • Patent number: 8810468
    Abstract: A beam-shaping element is provided to shape RF feed energy for reflector-based antennas. The RF beam-shaping element is located between the primary reflector and the antenna feed and configured to direct RF energy from the feed away from a blockage created by the feed itself towards unblocked regions of the primary reflector. The beam-shaping element allows for a simplified feed design. The feed may comprise one or more feed elements, each comprising a radiating element and a feed to the radiating element such as a cavity-backed slot radiator and stripline trace. In a monopulse tracking system, each quadrant may include only a single feed element. In common aperture systems, the RF beam-shaping element may be formed on only the rear surface of the secondary reflector that allows transmission at the predefined RF wavelength while reflecting energy of a second predetermined wavelength to another sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Cannon, Byron B. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20140118218
    Abstract: A radome is provided and includes a dielectric wall and one or more inductive metallic grids embedded in and/or disposed on the dielectric wall. Each of the one or more grids includes compressed grid arms and is tuned to permit bandpass transmission at upper and lower frequencies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Jared W. Jordan, Benjamin L. Cannon
  • Publication number: 20140118217
    Abstract: A radome is provided and includes a dielectric wall and metallic layers embedded within and/or disposed on the monolithic wall. Each of the metallic layers is configured to act as a sub-resonant reactive impedance surface at a lower frequency and as a frequency selective surface at an upper frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Cannon, Jared W. Jordan
  • Patent number: 8669771
    Abstract: A system and method for providing electromagnetic imaging through electroquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of capacitive sensor electrodes that source electric fields that interact with the sample, and wherein the electrodes are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the electrodes are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David L. Trumper, Jeffrey H. Lang, Benjamin L. Cannon, Markus Zahn
  • Publication number: 20130342280
    Abstract: A stripline includes a first ground plane; a second ground plane; a first signal trace located between the first ground plane and the second ground plane; and a center via that extends through the stripline and is in electrical contact with the first ground plane and the first signal trace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Clifford E. Blanton, Benjamin L. Cannon, Kelly R. Stewart, Jared Jordan
  • Patent number: 8482300
    Abstract: A system for providing electromagnetic imaging through magnetoquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of inductive loops that source magnetic fields that interact with the sample, wherein the inductive loops are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the inductive loops are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David L. Trumper, Jeffrey H. Lang, Benjamin L. Cannon, Markus Zahn
  • Publication number: 20120326939
    Abstract: A beam-shaping element is provided to shape RF feed energy for reflector-based antennas. The RF beam-shaping element is located between the primary reflector and the antenna feed and configured to direct RF energy from the feed away from a blockage created by the feed itself towards unblocked regions of the primary reflector. The beam-shaping element allows for a simplified feed design. The feed may comprise one or more feed elements, each comprising a radiating element and a feed to the radiating element such as a cavity-backed slot radiator and stripline trace. In a monopulse tracking system, each quadrant may include only a single feed element. In common aperture systems, the RF beam-shaping element may be formed on only the rear surface of the secondary reflector that allows transmission at the predefined RF wavelength while reflecting energy of a second predetermined wavelength to another sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: BENJAMIN L. CANNON, Byron B. Taylor
  • Publication number: 20100253332
    Abstract: A system for providing electromagnetic imaging through magnetoquasistatic sensing contains an electromagnetic sensor for imaging a sample. The electromagnetic sensor contains drive/sense electronics and a pixelated sensor array having an array of inductive loops that source magnetic fields that interact with the sample, wherein the inductive loops are individually drivable by the drive/sense electronics in a coordinated manner to establish a desired temporal and spatial pattern in which electrical properties of the inductive loops are used to generate an image. Other components of the system include a precision motion controller, sensor head and associated electronics, and a computer for performing data acquisition and signal inversion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: David L. Trumper, Jeffrey H. Lang, Benjamin L. Cannon, Markus Zahn