Patents by Inventor Robert J. Klepach

Robert J. Klepach 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: 4063240
    Abstract: An electronic docking system utilizing a multiplicity of sensing subsystems to derive and display docking parameters during the docking operation is disclosed. The parameters displayed include bow and stern velocities ship's velocity perpendicular and parallel to the jetty and ship's orientation to the jetty during the docking maneuver. Parameters are derived from data gathered by sensors that include a receive only monopulse and a receive only doppler system which determine the angular position of a selected reference location aboard the ship and a signal with a frequency representative of the ship's velocity from a signal radiated from a beacon antenna aboard the ship. Range measurements are accomplished by utilizing baseband pulse radar systems capable of determining range to accuracies in the order of one foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Assignee: Sperry Rand Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Isbister, Robert J. Klepach, Robert F. Riggs, Terry A. Tucker