Patents by Inventor Fernand Van Genechten

Fernand Van Genechten 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: 6114956
    Abstract: An electronic device including a wave transmitter covering a determined spatial sensing field, and a wave receiver for controlling an automatic device; a radiating antenna including a waveguide having lateral faces and slots arranged on one of the lateral faces, wherein the slots radiate in planes substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the waveguide, and wherein the wave transmitter and the wave receiver are arranged at one end of the waveguide; a matched load arranged at an opposite end of the wave guide; substantially identical reflectors arranged over substantially the whole length of the waveguide, wherein the reflectors extend essentially symmetrically with respect to longitudinal plane of symmetry of the waveguide and making a predetermined angle with one another, and wherein the waveguide and the reflectors are composed of at least one piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Belgian Electronic Research S.A.
    Inventor: Fernand Van Genechten