Patents by Inventor John D. Picone

John D. Picone 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).

  • Reset circuit in a magnetic modulator
    Patent number: 4684821
    Abstract: In a magnetic modulator circuit (13) for a radar system, a switching reactor arrangement comprising a switching reactor (17) including input and output coils (respectively 16 and 36), the low side (16') of the input coil (16) being electrically connected to a capacitor (41) through reactor 39, said switching reactor effective for driving a pulse forming network (53), and said capacitor (41) being effective for resetting the switching reactor (17) into saturation with a linear inductor (15) spanning the input coil (16) of the switching reactor (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John D. Picone, Edward A. Cronauer