Patents by Inventor Frederick F. Reed

Frederick F. Reed 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: 4148064
    Abstract: A circuit for transmitting a jamming signal for disruption of a television signal transmitted along a cable or other guided path toward a television receiver, the circuit having a first oscillator means providing an audio frequency signal which is used to frequency modulate a second oscillator means between the signal video and audio carrier frequencies inclusively and having a third oscillator means providing square-wave horizontal-sweep-frequency signal which is used with an amplitude-modulating means for amplitude-modulating the output of the second oscillator means to produce a jamming signal for directional coupling into the guided path for the purpose disrupting both audio and video content of the television signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventor: Frederick F. Reed