Patents by Inventor Paul F. Vidal

Paul F. Vidal 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).

  • Dielectric structures for radomes
    Patent number: 4467330
    Abstract: A structure, useful, for example, as a radome, which in a preferred embodiment comprises a dielectric material which has placed within it a plurality of ring-shaped elements, each forming a completely closed loop configuration, such elements producing an inductive effect substantially equal to the capacitive effect of the dielectric material so as to match the electrical characteristics of the structure to a selected range of frequencies of electromagnetic energy which is to be transmitted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Radant Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul F. Vidal, Fred N. S. Goodrich