Patents by Inventor Ron Killpack

Ron Killpack 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automatic high power tube recovery
    Patent number: 7750573
    Abstract: The invention consists, generally, of a method for automatically reducing power to an electron emitting cathode by sensing an operating condition of the electron emitting cathode, calculating a condition number based upon the operating condition, comparing the condition number to a threshold value, and reducing the power to the electron emitting cathode when the condition number is greater than the threshold. The apparatus and method may be implemented upon a system having a high voltage power source, an RF tube, a control processor, and a signal processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Enterprise Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: James J. Stagliano, Jr., James Larry Alford, James Rogers Helvin, Dean A. Nelson, Ron Killpack
  • Method and apparatus for automatic high power tube recovery
    Publication number: 20080012656
    Abstract: The invention consists, generally, of a method for automatically reducing power to an electron emitting cathode by sensing an operating condition of the electron emitting cathode, calculating a condition number based upon the operating condition, comparing the condition number to a threshold value, and reducing the power to the electron emitting cathode when the condition number is greater than the threshold. The apparatus and method may be implemented upon a system having a high voltage power source, an RF tube, a control processor, and a signal processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: James J. Stagliano, James Larry Alford, James Rogers Helvin, Dean A. Nelson, Ron Killpack