Patents by Inventor Jesse L. Butler

Jesse L. Butler 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).

  • Metamorphic parallel plate antenna
    Patent number: 6404401
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost, steerable antenna formed with a dielectric medium separating a pair of conductive plates and a centrally located signal feed. Switches selectively interconnect the conductive plates through the dielectric medium in patterns, which determine the direction of operation of the antenna. The directionality of the antenna may be fixed or rapidly changed, depending upon the application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Roland A. Gilbert, Jesse L. Butler
  • Metamorphic parallel plate antenna
    Publication number: 20020003497
    Abstract: The present invention provides a low-cost, steerable antenna formed with a dielectric medium separating a pair of conductive plates and a centrally located signal feed. Switches selectively interconnect the conductive plates through the dielectric medium in patterns, which determine the direction of operation of the antenna. The directionality of the antenna may be fixed or rapidly changed, depending upon the application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2001
    Publication date: January 10, 2002
    Inventors: Roland A. Gilbert, Jesse L. Butler
  • Reduced side lobe antenna system
    Patent number: 4553146
    Abstract: A directional antenna system having a passive arrangement for reducing the amplitude of signals received in the direction of one of the side lobes of the antenna pattern. The system includes a main directional antenna and two or more auxiliary antennas, each of which has less directivity than the main antenna. The auxiliary antennas are aimed in the direction of a selected side lobe of the main antenna whose effect is to be diminished. The outputs of all the antennas are combined in a network having appropriate amplitude and phasing adjustments to cause the combined outputs of the auxiliary antennas to interfere destructively with the energy received by the main antenna in the direction of the selected side lobe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1985
    Assignee: Sanders Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Jesse L. Butler