Patents by Inventor Robert Schappelle

Robert Schappelle 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: 5483169
    Abstract: A non-destructive test system that displays time domain amplitude returns from multi-frequency, multi-phase, constant magnitude RF signals, that are reflected by differences in characteristic impedance of a wire over ground plane transmission line. The reflections are used to detect RF discontinuities or faults in conductive areas that form the ground plane which preferably are resolved using a generalized pencil-of-points algorithm. The nondestructive testing system so constructed is especially useful in testing field repairs of radar absorbing material (RAM) and other features of a conductive object or vehicle whose radar return is to be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: McDonnell Douglas Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald R. Despain, Don J. Dougherty, Jack Nachamkin, Robert Schappelle, Jon M. Stinson, Vanessa M. Weslow