Patents by Inventor Ross Edward Wakeman Hines

Ross Edward Wakeman Hines 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 system for generating an omnidirectional antenna pattern from a directional antenna array
    Patent number: 11196152
    Abstract: An antenna system. The system includes a feed network with first input/output terminals and second output/input terminals, and antenna elements forming an array. In a first configuration: each of the second plurality of output/input terminals is connected to one of the antenna elements, the array operating according to a different radiation pattern based on which one of the first plurality of input/output terminals carries a signal into the feed network. In a second configuration: a selected antenna element is disconnected from the second plurality of output/input terminals and receives a direct signal, bypassing the feed network, and operates according to its independent radiation pattern. Also, in the second configuration each remaining antenna element is disconnected from the second plurality of output/input terminals and connected directly to a detuning network, causing these antenna elements to have a minimal effect on the independent radiation pattern of the selected antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: AVIDYNE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dean Eric Ryan, Robert Michael Barts, Lawrence Landis Ludwig, III, Ross Edward Wakeman Hines
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AN OMNIDIRECTIONAL ANTENNA PATTERN FROM A DIRECTIONAL ANTENNA ARRAY
    Publication number: 20210367329
    Abstract: An antenna system. The system includes a feed network with first input/output terminals and second output/input terminals, and antenna elements forming an array. In a first configuration: each of the second plurality of output/input terminals is connected to one of the antenna elements, the array operating according to a different radiation pattern based on which one of the first plurality of input/output terminals carries a signal into the feed network. In a second configuration: a selected antenna element is disconnected from the second plurality of output/input terminals and receives a direct signal, bypassing the feed network, and operates according to its independent radiation pattern. Also, in the second configuration each remaining antenna element is disconnected from the second plurality of output/input terminals and connected directly to a detuning network, causing these antenna elements to have a minimal effect on the independent radiation pattern of the selected antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Dean Eric Ryan, Robert Michael Barts, Lawrence Landis Ludwig, III, Ross Edward Wakeman Hines