Patents by Inventor Ronald Gilbert Ferrie

Ronald Gilbert Ferrie 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: 4057761
    Abstract: A system, which selects the most desired signal from similar signals provided by two or more radio receivers, includes a separate arrangement of a signal quality detector, a signal selection gate, and a comparison circuit for each of the similar signals. Each detector provides an output signal level indicative of the quality of the particular one of the similar signals to which it is responsive. The comparison circuits determine from the various detector output signal levels the better signal among the similar signals and provide a control signal to the selection gate in the arrangement including the detector indicating the better signal. The selection gate in the arrangement responsive to the better signal in response to the control signal passes the better signal out of the system. A priority bus is common to all of the above-mentioned arrangements responsive to the respective similar signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1977
    Assignee: RCA Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Duane Harbert, Ronald Gilbert Ferrie