Patents by Inventor Paul E. Ransom, Jr.

Paul E. Ransom, Jr. 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: 7557747
    Abstract: According to typical practice of an inventive radar system, a switching device is capable of activating a receiver array one at a time so that when a receiver is activated the remaining receivers are inactivated. A switch control circuit is pre-programmed with control logic that is based on the counting of radio pulses that are emitted by a signal generator (for transmission by a transmitter). The control logic dictates, via the switching device, the rapid sequential cycling through of the arrayed receivers so that each receiver is activated for the same prescribed period of time, which corresponds to a pre-programmed number N of emitted radio pulses wherein N=[the number of frequencies in the wave table]×[the number of pulse integrations in the wave table]×[1 polarization or 2 polarizations]. Radio pulse input from the receivers is interleaved in a manner associable with individual receivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Jerry Rosson Smith, Jr., Donald G. Morgan, Paul E. Ransom, Jr.