Patents by Inventor Kent M. Erickson

Kent M. Erickson 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).

  • Emergency locating system and method using spread-spectrum transceiver
    Patent number: 8183999
    Abstract: An emergency locating system can include emergency transceivers and locator transceivers. The emergency transceivers can be capable of transmission of spread-spectrum encoded messages, and can be actuated by a user to send a distress message. A locator transceiver can be capable of receiving the distress messages and performing two-way ranging to determine a distance between the locator transceiver and the emergency transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: L-3 Communications, Corp.
    Inventors: Thomas R. Giallorenzi, Eric K. Hall, Michael D. Pulsipher, Kyle L. Henderson, Kent M. Erickson, Marc J. Russon