Patents by Inventor Carl W. Gerst, Jr.

Carl W. Gerst, Jr. 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).

  • Automatic tracking methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 4331960
    Abstract: A tracking antenna system includes coarse (CEA), medium (MEA) and fine (FEA) antenna arrays symmetrically disposed with respect to a boresight (BST) and controllably connectable to signal processing units (SPU) such that the antenna platform (PTF) is moved to point the boresight in the direction of a target while progressively increasing the resolution of the angular difference between the boresight and target. There are provisions for backtracking to decrease the resolution if the angular difference goes out of selected ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1982
    Assignee: Anaren Microwave, Incorporated
    Inventors: Carl W. Gerst, Jr., Hugh A. Hair