Patents by Inventor Lawrence E. Wharton

Lawrence E. Wharton 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).

  • Transverse mode electron beam microwave generator
    Patent number: 5373263
    Abstract: An electron beam microwave device having an evacuated interaction chamber to which are coupled a resonant cavity which has an opening between the resonant cavity and the evacuated interaction chamber and an electron gun which causes a narrow beam of electrons to traverse the evacuated interaction chamber. The device also contains a mechanism for feeding back a microwave electromagnetic field from the resonant cavity to the evacuated interaction chamber in such a way as to modulate the direction of propagation of the electron beam, thereby further amplifying the microwave electromagnetic field. Furthermore, provision is made for coupling the electromagnetic field out of the electron beam microwave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1994
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventor: Lawrence E. Wharton