Patents by Inventor James Kissell

James Kissell 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).

  • On board receiver
    Patent number: 4761556
    Abstract: An infrared receiver for detecting a communications signal during a fixed reception period in a high noise environment that includes a sensor having a cooled detector mounted upon a substrate upon the end of a cold well tube that further includes a cooling gas tube having a fixed orifice to emit a cooling gas upon the interior surface of the substrate. The receiver further includes a signal processor that receives the detector signals and determines if the detector signals include prdetermined signal characteristics of the communications signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: LTV Aerospace & Defense Company
    Inventors: Fynlon G. Simpson, Robert L. Fisher, James Kissell