Patents by Inventor Eric Andrew Soshea

Eric Andrew Soshea 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).

  • Low cost reduced-loss printed patch planar array antenna
    Patent number: 6271792
    Abstract: An antenna has a relatively thick primary dielectric between a ground plane and a conducting radiating element being fed by a conducting transmission line, first and second thin dielectrics on opposite sides of the primary dielectric, the relatively thick primary dielectric having a relatively lower dielectric constant than that of at least the second thin dielectric to increase the bandwidth transmission capability of the transmission line for a given impedance, the second thin dielectric couples substantially less power than is coupled with the primary dielectric and the second thin dielectric is of relatively higher dielectric constant promoting surface wave coupling and reduction of wave losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2001
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corp.
    Inventors: Robert John Sletten, Eric Andrew Soshea, Walter Leo Storkus, Bernhard A. Ziegner