Patents by Inventor Paul M. Dishop

Paul M. Dishop 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: 6924772
    Abstract: A tri-mode co-boresighted seeker including a primary collecting mirror assembly having a parabolic surface and a forwardly located dielectric secondary mirror assembly including a dielectric mirror coating which reflects infrared (IR) energy to an IR detector assembly located on a central longitudinal axis on one side of the secondary mirror while providing substantially unobstructed propagation of millimeter wave RF energy and laser energy in a joint or common signal path therethrough to means located on the other side of the secondary mirror for extracting and diverting laser energy away from the common RF-optical signal path to a laser sensor assembly while causing little or no disturbance to the RF signal as it propagates to a co-located bifurcated waveguide assembly which couples the RF energy to an RF sensor means located behind the primary mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Sherwood C. Kiernan, Jr., Donald J. Walker, Daniel E. Stamm, William B. Yablon, Paul M. Dishop