Patents by Inventor Raphael Hernandez

Raphael Hernandez 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: 4490723
    Abstract: An antenna system is provided for producing a plurality of differently directed beams of electromagnetic energy, each one of such beams being associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of beam ports, each one of such beams being produced from a common array of antenna elements. The antenna system includes a radar frequency energy lens assembly having a plurality of array ports coupled to the plurality of antenna elements. The lens assembly includes a radio frequency lens having a plurality of lens ports disposed about peripheral portions thereof. Each one of a first portion of such plurality of lens ports is coupled to a corresponding one of the antenna elements through a corresponding one of the array ports and each one of a second, opposing portion of the plurality of lens ports being coupled to a corresponding one of the beam ports. Each one of the lens ports in one of the portions thereof includes a pair of tapered feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1984
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: George S. Hardie, Raphael Hernandez, Michael J. Maybell