Patents by Inventor Robert J. Rupp

Robert J. Rupp 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).

  • Radiating element for radar array
    Patent number: 7289079
    Abstract: A radiating element for a radar array has a conductive shell defining a cavity having an aperture; a dielectric material at least partially covering the aperture, and an excitation device coupled to the cavity for exciting the cavity in a radar band. A radar array has an extended ground plane having openings therein and a radiating element situated in each of the openings, the radiating elements having a conductive shell defining a cavity with an aperture therein, dielectric material at least partially covering the aperture, and an excitation device coupled to the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Rupp, Gregory T. Johnson