Patents by Inventor James W. Curtis

James W. Curtis 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: 4274098
    Abstract: A system for, and a method of, scanning a collimated beam of electromagnetic radiation with a very large primary reflector of an antenna system without loss (i.e., with zero phase error) and without moving the primary reflector. The system is a two dimensional scan, loss-free, Cassegrain antenna system which comprises a stationary, parabolic-shaped, primary reflector, and a smaller, movable, parabolic-shaped subreflector, and also a movable, plane wave, electromagnetic radiation beam source interposed between the two reflectors. It is shown that, without moving the primary reflector, the beam can be scanned over wide angles with no phase error in the plane of scan, provided that the source and the subreflector are rotated about the focal point of the antenna in a specific manner. A unique angular relationship between the source and the subreflector is required for each scan angle, and is taught.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Jacques Renau, James W. Curtis, Donald S. Nicholson, Frank L. Hennessey