Patents by Inventor Margaret A. Mead Gill

Margaret A. Mead Gill 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).

  • Dynamically allocated broadband multi-tap antenna
    Patent number: 9985352
    Abstract: A dynamically allocated broadband multi-tap antenna comprises a plurality of sub-wavelength conductors used for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency (RF) signals; a plurality of antenna taps, each of which is connected to one or more of the conductors; a plurality of RF switches, each of which is connected to one of the antenna taps; and a plurality of combiners (which also function as splitters), each of which is connected to one or more of the RF switches. The RF switches are controlled to dynamically allocate and interconnect the antenna taps with a selected combiner, to communicate the RF signals between the conductors connected to the antenna taps and the selected combiner. The RF signals received by the conductors are combined into an output signal at the selected combiner, while an input signal at the selected combiner is split for transmission as the RF signals by the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Margaret A. Mead Gill, Matthew G. Rivett
  • System and method for jamming cellular signals using aerial vehicles
    Patent number: 9860014
    Abstract: A system and method for jamming cellular signals using aerial vehicles is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the aerial vehicles are unmanned aerial vehicles. A plurality of aerial vehicles are coordinated together to send signals to a predetermined area to jam the cellular network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Margaret A. Mead Gill, Sean P. Gill
  • DYNAMICALLY ALLOCATED BROADBAND MULTI-TAP ANTENNA
    Publication number: 20170310010
    Abstract: A dynamically allocated broadband multi-tap antenna comprises a plurality of sub-wavelength conductors used for transmitting and/or receiving radio frequency (RF) signals; a plurality of antenna taps, each of which is connected to one or more of the conductors; a plurality of RF switches, each of which is connected to one of the antenna taps; and a plurality of combiners (which also function as splitters), each of which is connected to one or more of the RF switches. The RF switches are controlled to dynamically allocate and interconnect the antenna taps with a selected combiner, to communicate the RF signals between the conductors connected to the antenna taps and the selected combiner. The RF signals received by the conductors are combined into an output signal at the selected combiner, while an input signal at the selected combiner is split for transmission as the RF signals by the conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Margaret A. Mead Gill, Matthew G. Rivett
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JAMMING CELLULAR SIGNALS USING AERIAL VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20160094309
    Abstract: A system and method for jamming cellular signals using aerial vehicles is provided. In a preferred embodiment, the aerial vehicles are unmanned aerial vehicles. A plurality of aerial vehicles are coordinated together to send signals to a predetermined area to jam the cellular network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Margaret A. Mead Gill, Sean P. Gill