Patents by Inventor Serge Samson

Serge Samson 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).

  • Three axis reflector deployment and pointing mechanism
    Patent number: 10665929
    Abstract: A reflector deployment and pointing mechanism, for deploying and pointing a reflector of an antenna movably mounted on a structure, has a first actuator mounted on the structure, a second actuator mounted on the first actuator, and a third actuator mounted on the second actuator and connected to the reflector. The first or second actuator is the deployment actuator, and, respectively, the second or first, and the third actuators are the pointing actuators and have their axis of rotation generally intersecting a feed oriented point of a signal reflecting surface of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yves Gaudette, Serge Samson, Luis Martins-Camelo, Jasmin McFadden
  • THREE AXIS REFLECTOR DEPLOYMENT AND POINTING MECHANISM
    Publication number: 20170294707
    Abstract: A reflector deployment and pointing mechanism, for deploying and pointing a reflector of an antenna movably mounted on a structure, has a first actuator mounted on the structure, a second actuator mounted on the first actuator, and a third actuator mounted on the second actuator and connected to the reflector. The first or second actuator is the deployment actuator, and, respectively, the second or first, and the third actuators are the pointing actuators and have their axis of rotation generally intersecting a feed oriented point of a signal reflecting surface of the reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yves GAUDETTE, Serge SAMSON, Luis MARTINS-CAMELO, Jasmin McFADDEN
  • RF microwave bellows tuning post
    Patent number: 5986526
    Abstract: An adjustable RF microwave tuning post for use in an RF cavity is disclosed. It is comprised of a flexible integrally-formed hollow tuning post disposed in the RF cavity. A drive shaft extending internally of the tuning post is provided to vary the dimensions of the tuning post. The drive shaft is connected to the tuning post at the top end thereof and connected at the other end of the drive shaft to an adjusting nut. The tuning post is made flexible by the use of bellows, which in a preferred embodiment of the invention is located along the side walls thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: EMS Technologies Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: Josef Kopal, Gerard Senechal, Andre Bouvrette, Jean-Michel Levesque, Kanti Patel, Christopher Yong, Yves Patenaude, Alexander Csaki, Yvan Cote, Gerard Carrier, Serge Samson