Patents by Inventor Oswald Bender

Oswald Bender 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).

  • Microstrip antenna
    Patent number: 5061938
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna has an electrically conductive base plate carrying an electrically insulating substrate on top of which are a plurality of radiating patches, the improvement comprises establishing a relatively large spacing between the electrically insulating substrate and the base plate at lateral dimensions larger than lateral dimensions of the patches and in the vicinity of the patches and either through local elevations of the insulating substrate or by local indents in the base plate being vertically aligned with the patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Dornier System GmbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Zahn, Hans W. Schroeder, Christian Borgwardt, Albert Braig, Gunter Helwig, Joachim Boukamp, Oswald Bender, Chung-chi Lin, Werner Scherber
  • Topographic mapping
    Patent number: 4922254
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for topographically mapping the surface of the Earth under utilization of measuring the altitude by means of radar, and under further utilization of a synthetic aperture for the radar, as well as an electronically controlled antenna lobe. In accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is suggested to conically pivot the antenna lobe around a nadir, whereby pivoting of the center line follows a path such that the line constitutes the geneatrix of a cone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1990
    Assignee: Dornier System GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Schuessler, Oswald Bender