Patents by Inventor Richard W. Burden

Richard W. Burden 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: 3996518
    Abstract: A communication system for the transmission of the sound portion of motion pictures or the like in drive-in theaters directly to automobile radios by means of an induction cable buried beneath the ground in the reception area in which automobiles viewing the motion picture are to be parked. The cable is of such design that when properly positioned and combined with an amplitude-modulated radio frequency signaling means, a relatively uniform amplitude-modulated electromatic field of the desired strength and of a frequency which is within the normal reception range of car radios (i.e. the standard broadcast band) is established throughout only the area where the automobiles are parked.To limit signal reception outside the designated parking area of a drive-in theater an interfering signal is transmitted by coupling audio-modulated radio-frequency energy to nearby electric power lines of overhead type or by means of a transmission line or cable adjacent and outside the theater area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1974
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Carrier Communication, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Halstead, Richard W. Burden