Patents by Inventor Heath A. Strickland

Heath A. Strickland 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for thermal testing of antennas
    Patent number: 9891258
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for thermal testing of an antenna. Embodiments enable positioning a unit under test having an antenna in an anechoic chamber and, manipulating a RF transparent heat chamber over the antenna. A system can raise a temperature in the heat chamber to a selected temperature and obtain antenna performance information while the antenna is heated in the heat chamber. Temperature affects on antenna performance can be determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Roger C. Esplin, Heath A. Strickland
  • Methods and Apparatus for Thermal Testing of Antennas
    Publication number: 20170016944
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for thermal testing of an antenna. Embodiments enable positioning a unit under test having an antenna in an anechoic chamber and, manipulating a RF transparent heat chamber over the antenna. A system can raise a temperature in the heat chamber to a selected temperature and obtain antenna performance information while the antenna is heated in the heat chamber. Temperature affects on antenna performance can be determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Applicant: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Roger C. Esplin, Heath A. Strickland