Patents by Inventor Herve Coppier

Herve Coppier 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: 5063363
    Abstract: A pick-up for electromagnetic energy radiation guided between at least two parallel ground plates includes a plane conductive tongue positioned between the two ground plates in a plane parallel to these plates and pointed in the direction of propagation of the guided electromagnetic energy, and obstacles interposed between the ground plates and the tongue converting the electromagnetic energy guided between the two ground plates, propagated in transverse electromagnetic mode, into an electromagnetic energy that is propagated in transverse asymmetrical electromagnetic mode in a strip line structure formed by the tongue and the two ground plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Herve Coppier, Jean-Louis Pourailly, Joseph Roger
  • Patent number: 5049893
    Abstract: This distributor relates to radar antennas. It is used notably for making multiple-beam antennas. It is of the optical Blass matrix type. It has a horn-shaped guide with two energy leading-in central strips that radiate directly in space by means of excitation obstacles which are cylindrical studs arranged in pairs on the inner surfaces of the side walls to obtain the desired directivity. By means of this distributor, it is possible to simultaneously achieve sum and difference patterns or again different directions of aim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Herve Coppier, Jean-Louis Pourailly, Joseph Roger