Patents by Inventor Malcolm F. Crawford

Malcolm F. Crawford 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: 5808578
    Abstract: A method for calibrating the radar system includes the steps of: replacing stored statistically generated "average" error correction coefficients with error correction coefficients personal to a missile under test. More particularly, stored in the missile's memory are: (a) first personalized error correction coefficients generated in response to test signals produced internal to the missile and injected into a monopulse arithmetic unit for the missile's receiver/processor; and (b) a second set of personalized error coefficients generated in response to test signals external to the missile and injected through the missile's antenna to the receiver/processor. The missile includes a radio frequency (R.F.) energy test signal generator for performing a test during the missile's flight to determine "in-flight" personalized error correction coefficients. The test is performed in-flight by injecting the R.F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Inventors: Peter F. Barbella, Malcolm F. Crawford, William M. Kaupinis, Jeffrey E. Carmella, Michael A. Davis
  • Patent number: 5359934
    Abstract: A directional ordnance for a missile. The missile contains circuitry to determine the direction of a target relative to the missile and to selectively detonate directing charges to force the blast from the warhead towards the target. The circuitry for determining the direction of the target includes two transmit antennas, each transmitting a different pseudo noise sequence, and two receive antennas; each coupled to a receiver which can determine the level of each pseudo noise sequence at each receive antenna. The relative strengths of the different pseudo noise sequences tell the direction of the target relative to the transmit and receive antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Alex J. Ivanov, James A. Driscoll, Richard P. Linnehan, Malcolm F. Crawford, A. Robert Chinchillo, Ernest Goldberg