Patents by Inventor Robert A. Maher

Robert A. Maher 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: 4485383
    Abstract: A global position system (GPS) capable of multiple (two or more space vehicles) space vehicle (SV) multiplexing comprises an RF energy receiver for receiving high and low frequencies (L.sub.1 and L.sub.2) from a plurality of SVs on different codes, a switching means for alternately switching the RF receiver between the coded L.sub.1, L.sub.2 signals for detection, a digital processing means, replica coded L.sub.1, L.sub.2 signal producing hardware, and a coherent time and frequency synthesis means, said digital processing means connected to the RF receiver, coherent time and frequency synthesis means, and replica coded L.sub.1, L.sub.2 signal producing hardware for producing for the RF receiver replica coded L.sub.1, L.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1984
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert A. Maher
  • Patent number: 4468793
    Abstract: A global positioning system comprises an RF receiver for receiving L.sub.1, L.sub.2 p-code or ca code modulated frequency outputs from one or more space vehicles, a multiplexer operably connected to the receiver multiplexes the L.sub.1 and L.sub.2 signals to the receiver, and code and carrier tracking loops operably connected to the receiver, each loop including a plurality of filters, one for tracking line-of-sight dynamics and another for determining ionosphere effects on the L.sub.1 and/or L.sub.2 signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles R. Johnson, Phillip W. Ward, Joe H. Lindley, Robert A. Maher, Jerry D. Holmes, Troy D. Fuchser