Patents by Inventor Frank N. MAKRIDES

Frank N. MAKRIDES 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).

  • Calibration technique for determining laser beam location after azimuth mirror
    Patent number: 10886688
    Abstract: A laser pointing apparatus and a method of calibration therefor utilizing a precision machined, highly reflective alignment cube to precisely calibrate the laser pointing system is provided. The calibration method can allow the calculation of the position of a transmitted beam after it leaves an azimuth mirror to high degree of accuracy over large distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Peters, Chapin T. Johnson, Frank N. Makrides, Kurt P. Neeb
  • ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED PERIODIC STRUCTURES TO ACHIEVE EFFECTIVE LOW-K MATERIALS IN RF APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20190232555
    Abstract: A method for forming three-dimensional periodic lattice structures through the use of additive manufacturing to achieve engineered, application specific, effective material properties that differ from that of the bulk host 3d-printable material for radio frequency (RF) applications including radomes and antenna apertures. Such structures remain mechanically robust while offering access to a range of material properties not available otherwise through the engineering of detailed wave-propagation characteristics through such lattice structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michael J. SHAW, Michael D. BLAZEJ, Andrew R. CUTTS, Frank N. MAKRIDES, Patrick D. McKIVERGAN, Athanasios E. PASHOS