Patents by Inventor Joseph T. Durcanin

Joseph T. Durcanin 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).

  • Pick-up horn for high power thermal vacuum testing of spacecraft payloads
    Patent number: 7598919
    Abstract: A pick-up horn for absorbing radiation emitted by a transmit antenna is provided. The pick-up horn includes at least one outer metal wall forming a metal body and at least one interior surface disposed in the metal body, forming at least one chamber in the metal body. The pick-up horn further includes a front metal surface disposed at a front end of the metal body, having at least one opening corresponding to the at least one chamber, and at least one high-power absorbing load disposed within the at least one chamber and in contact with the at least one interior surface. The pick-up horn may further include a serpentine coolant path disposed within the metal body between an outer surface of the at least one outer metal wall and the at least one high-power absorbing load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Sudhakar K. Rao, Clency Lee-Yow, Philip Venezia, Rodolfo Lozano, Jr., David V. Gardner, Joseph T. Durcanin
  • Pick-up horn for high power thermal vacuum testing of spacecraft payloads
    Publication number: 20070159406
    Abstract: A pick-up horn for absorbing radiation emitted by a transmit antenna is provided. The pick-up horn includes at least one outer metal wall forming a metal body and at least one interior surface disposed in the metal body, forming at least one chamber in the metal body. The pick-up horn further includes a front metal surface disposed at a front end of the metal body, having at least one opening corresponding to the at least one chamber, and at least one high-power absorbing load disposed within the at least one chamber and in contact with the at least one interior surface. The pick-up horn may further include a serpentine coolant path disposed within the metal body between an outer surface of the at least one outer metal wall and the at least one high-power absorbing load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Sudhakar K. Rao, Clency Lee-Yow, Philip Venezia, Rodolfo Lozano, David V. Gardner, Joseph T. Durcanin