Patents by Inventor Francis W. Cipolla

Francis W. Cipolla 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 profile hemispherical lens antenna array on a ground plane
    Patent number: 5781163
    Abstract: An array of hemispherical dielectric lenses antenna on a ground plane for focusing radiation from an array of point sources, each point source being located adjacent to its respective hemispherical lens. Dual polarization point sources provide dual orthogonally polarized radiation patterns, including right and left hand circularly polarized radiation patterns. The entire antenna and ground plane may be rotated and the array of point sources may be moved relative to the hemispherical lenses so as to scan the antenna beam over a hemisphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: Datron/Transco, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon J. Ricardi, Francis W. Cipolla