Patents by Inventor Lester R. Yates

Lester R. Yates 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).

  • ADF antenna
    Patent number: 4087817
    Abstract: A combined loop, sense and communications antenna for aircraft automatic direction finding radio receiver and communications transceiver. A blade-like antenna and a loop antenna are combined in a unitary, streamlined housing of insulating material. The blade antenna serves the dual purpose of providing sense signals to the ADF receiver and of providing a transmitting and receiving antenna for the communications transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph J. Sawicki, Lester R. Yates, Reeves T. Shepherd