Patents by Inventor Ernst Frei

Ernst Frei 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: 4780719
    Abstract: The proposed surveillance system for surveilling a given scenario in azimuth and in elevation comprises an infrared surveillance detection device passively operating in the infrared region and a radar search and/or tracking device operating in the active mode for range determination. The targets or target information data are obtained as video signals from the infrared surveillance detection device during each search cycle and are processed in an infrared data processor. The video signals are discriminated and stored in an infrared signal processor with respect to their elevation angle values (.lambda.) and azimuth angle values (.alpha.). The values of the azimuth angle (.alpha.) are simultaneously fed to a radar activation and contol unit for triggering a momentary or short-time emission by the radar search and/or tracking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1988
    Assignee: Contraves AG
    Inventors: Ernst Frei, Hansjorg Schlaepfer
  • Patent number: 4160515
    Abstract: The invention relates to a wire clothes hanger having an upwardly projecting hook, and two cantilever arms extending from the hook in opposite directions. The free end of each of the arms is bent to form a downwardly projecting pair of spring jaws which are capable of gripping an article of clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1979
    Inventor: Ernst Frei