Patents by Inventor Robert K. Zimmerman, Jr.

Robert K. Zimmerman, Jr. 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).

  • Electromagnetic wave-potential communication system
    Patent number: 8165531
    Abstract: A wave-potential detector and a wave-potential radiator are provided that detect and radiate wave-potential signals having longitudinally polarized A vectors, respectively. Wave-potential receivers and transmitters incorporating the wave-potential detector and wave-potential radiator, respectively, are also provided. The wave-potential detector includes a biased plasma device, having at least a portion of its bias current that is parallel to the direction of propagation of a wave-potential signal having a longitudinally polarized A vector. Both omnidirectional and directive wave-potential radiators are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: McMaster University
    Inventors: Natalia K. Nikolova, Robert K. Zimmerman, Jr.
  • ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE-POTENTIAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090034657
    Abstract: A wave-potential detector and a wave-potential radiator are provided that detect and radiate wave-potential signals having longitudinally polarized A vectors, respectively. Wave-potential receivers and transmitters incorporating the wave-potential detector and wave-potential radiator, respectively, are also provided. The wave-potential detector includes a biased plasma device, having at least a portion of its bias current that is parallel to the direction of propagation of a wave-potential signal having a longitudinally polarized A vector. Both omnidirectional and directive wave-potential radiators are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Natalia K. Nikolova, Robert K. Zimmerman, JR.