Patents by Inventor John Gerrits

John Gerrits 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: 7236509
    Abstract: Useful information taking the form of an analog or digital voltage is communicated between a transmitter and a receiver using UWB signals. The transmitter includes a subcarrier modulator, a high frequency oscillator and a transmission antenna and the receiver includes a reception antenna and an amplifier and a demodulator for discriminating the useful information in a signal received at the reception antenna. On transmission, the method generates a narrow frequency band high frequency carrier, modulates the high frequency carrier using a subcarrier with a modulation index at least equal to 10, and modulates the subcarrier using the useful information. On reception, the method demodulates the carrier to extract therefrom the subcarrier and demodulates the subcarrier to extract therefrom the useful information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignee: CSEM Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique SA- Recherche et Developpement
    Inventors: John Gerrits, Alexandre Pollini, John Farserotu
  • Publication number: 20040146114
    Abstract: Useful information taking the form of an analog or digital voltage is communicated between a transmitter and a receiver using UWB signals. The transmitter includes a subcarrier modulator, a high frequency oscillator and a transmission antenna and the receiver includes a reception antenna and an amplifier and a demodulator for discriminating the useful information in a signal received at the reception antenna. On transmission, the method generates a narrow frequency band high frequency carrier, modulates the high frequency carrier using a subcarrier with a modulation index at least equal to 10, and modulates the subcarrier using the useful information. On reception, the method demodulates the carrier to extract therefrom the subcarrier and demodulates the subcarrier to extract therefrom the useful information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: John Gerrits, Alexandre Pollini, John Farserotu
  • Publication number: 20030032548
    Abstract: Process for the preparation of a catalyst support material comprising the steps of: (a) subjecting a used titania-on-silica catalyst to a decoking treatment, (b) washing the decoked catalyst with a washing liquid selected from an aqueous solution of a mineral acid, an aqueous solution of an ammonium salt and combinations thereof, and (c) drying and calcining the washed and decoked catalyst to yield the catalyst support material. The support material thus obtained is suitably used as support material for titania in a heterogeneous catalyst for the epoxidation of olefins into alkylene oxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Crocker, Carl John Gerrit Van Der Grift, Johnnes Jacobus Maria Van Vlaaderen