Patents by Inventor Jacques Blondel

Jacques Blondel 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).

  • Apparatus and method for monitoring objects in space
    Patent number: 11965954
    Abstract: A system for detecting objects in space comprises an array of satellite nodes. The array of satellite nodes comprise at least one transmitter module for transmitting an electromagnetic signal, and a plurality of receiver modules for receiving diffractions from electromagnetic waves scattered from objects in space. The system comprises a control module for focussing the plurality of receiver modules to receive diffractions from a focussed virtual aperture in space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF BATH
    Inventors: Philippe Blondel, Jacques Yves Guigne, Carole Mundell
  • Microwave down converter
    Patent number: 4270224
    Abstract: The converter consists of a waveguide through which passes at right-angles a dielectric wafer for a microstrip. On each side of the waveguide this strip forms a microstrip line section. In the waveguide two chip diodes in series connecting the middles of the large walls of the guide have their common point connected to the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Jacques Blondel, Jean-Rene Mahieu