Patents by Inventor Manuel F. Fernandez

Manuel F. Fernandez 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: 8736484
    Abstract: A system and method for increasing the effective angular resolution of a multi-function phased array radar system is provided. The system is operative to simultaneously transmit a plurality of overlapping sub-beams covering a representative central beam. A de-convolution process is applied to received return signals. The process includes determining the reflectivity within sub-beamwidth resolution cells defined by the overlapping sub-beams. Generated sub-beamwidth data provides the radar system with an effective angular resolution beyond that of any single transmitted beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Bor Yu, Manuel F. Fernandez, Svetlana M. Bachmann
  • Publication number: 20120038504
    Abstract: A system and method for increasing the effective angular resolution of a multi-function phased array radar system is provided. The system is operative to simultaneously transmit a plurality of overlapping sub-beams covering a representative central beam. A de-convolution process is applied to received return signals. The process includes determining the reflectivity within sub-beamwidth resolution cells defined by the overlapping sub-beams. Generated sub-beamwidth data provides the radar system with an effective angular resolution beyond that of any single transmitted beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Kai-Bor Yu, Manuel F. Fernandez, Svetlana M. Bachmann
  • Patent number: 5570450
    Abstract: A junction and modular optical sharing terminal assembly incorporates a vertically-extending frame having a plurality of frame plates vertically mounted thereon and a plurality of horizontally-extending, telescopic tray guides mounted on the frame plates and which are movable between a retracted position and a horizontally-extended position. Horizontal tray modules rest on the tray guides and are movable between a retracted position and a horizontally-extended position. The tray modules include warehousing, junction, and connector trays, each having identical perimeters and terminating at their sides with identical anchoring bands which removably rest on the tray guides, and each including a molded part at its front edge. A resilient trigger band is mounted on each of the anchoring bands, and interacts with the molded part and the tray guides to lock the tray modules in their extended and retracted positions. A housing encloses the frame, the frame plates, the tray guides, and the tray modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: Telefonica De Espana, S.A.
    Inventors: Manuel F. Fernandez, Jesus D. Cortijo