Patents by Inventor Gary Lehto

Gary Lehto 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).

  • Satellite communication system
    Patent number: 7751779
    Abstract: A payload (108) to be mounted onto a satellite (102) can include a first steerable antenna (302) providing a downlink to and an uplink from a first user terminal; a second steerable antenna (304) providing a downlink to and an uplink from a second user terminal; a switching network (306) coupling the first steerable antenna to the second steerable antenna; and a payload control unit (120) controlling the switching network to select one of the downlink to the first user terminal provided by the first steerable antenna and the downlink to the second user terminal provided by the second steerable antenna, and one of the uplink from the first user terminal provided by the first steerable antenna and the uplink from the second user terminal provided by the second steerable antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Hau H. Ho, Ethan A. Stein, Michael Fashano, Peter J. Hadinger, Gary Lehto
  • Satellite communication system
    Publication number: 20080153414
    Abstract: A payload (108) to be mounted onto a satellite (102) can include a first steerable antenna (302) providing a downlink to and an uplink from a first user terminal; a second steerable antenna (304) providing a downlink to and an uplink from a second user terminal; a switching network (306) coupling the first steerable antenna to the second steerable antenna; and a payload control unit (120) controlling the switching network to select one of the downlink to the first user terminal provided by the first steerable antenna and the downlink to the second user terminal provided by the second steerable antenna, and one of the uplink from the first user terminal provided by the first steerable antenna and the uplink from the second user terminal provided by the second steerable antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Hau H. Ho, Ethan A. Stein, Michael Fashano, Peter J. Hadinger, Gary Lehto