Patents by Inventor Gary Rait

Gary Rait 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: 6268827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and apparatus for carrying signals having different frequencies in a space-deployed antenna system. When the antenna system is in a first mode, DC power, command information and RF signals (1) are multiplexed via a multiplexer, (2) propagate along a RF transmission line and (3) are appropriately demultiplexed by a demultiplexer associated with each T/R module. Similarly, when the antenna system is in a second mode, telemetry data and RF signals (1) are multiplexed via a multiplexer, (2) propagate along the RF transmission line and (3) are appropriately demultiplexed by a demultiplexer at a driver stage. By using the RF transmission lines associated with each T/R module to deliver (1) DC power, (2) command data and (3) RF signals in the first mode and to deliver (1) telemetry data and (2) RF signals in the second mode, the DC power and command/telemetry wire harnesses (and their respective conductors) may be eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Dean Paschen, Dan Becker, Gary Rait, Paul Burlingame