Patents by Inventor Christopher P. Amend

Christopher P. Amend 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).

  • Radio Frequency Antenna Structure with a Low Passive Intermodulation Design
    Publication number: 20150349430
    Abstract: A low passive intermodulation antenna structure having a flexible antenna reflector with a plurality of reflector gores and with capacitively coupled RF joints between adjacent reflector gores. The coupling is accomplished by overlapping adjacent gores so a dielectric material between the conductive layers of the overlapping gores forms a capacitor, allowing RF currents to flow from one gore to another with very little disturbance. The structure can be a deployable parabolic multicarrier reflector system for a satellite antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: The Government of the US, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Michael W. Nurnberger, Christopher P. Amend
  • Deployable satellite reflector with a low passive intermodulation design
    Patent number: 9112282
    Abstract: A passive intermodulation modulation reducing structure for a multicarrier reflector system, including a plurality of flexible reflector gores, each gore having a thin layer of conductive metal, a first layer of dielectric material laminated to one face of the conductive metal, and a second layer of dielectric material laminated to an opposite face of the conductive metal. Capacitive coupling joins the reflector's RF components. The structure can be a deployable parabolic reflector for a satellite antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Michael W. Nurnberger, Christopher P. Amend
  • Deployable Satellite Reflector with a Low Passive Intermodulation Design
    Publication number: 20130141307
    Abstract: A passive intermodulation modulation reducing structure for a multicarrier reflector system, including a plurality of flexible reflector gores, each gore having a thin layer of conductive metal, a first layer of dielectric material laminated to one face of the conductive metal, and a second layer of dielectric material laminated to an opposite face of the conductive metal. Capacitive coupling joins the reflector's RF components. The structure can be a deployable parabolic reflector for a satellite antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Michael W. Nurnberger, Christopher P. Amend