Patents by Inventor Sterling Hardison Redd

Sterling Hardison Redd 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: 6724349
    Abstract: A splashplate antenna system configured using hybrid mode-matching techniques has improved secondary beam characteristics, including improved sidelobe performance, improved electric and magnetic plane correlation, reduced cross-polarization, improved electric and magnetic plane phase center correlation, and improved overall matching between the waveguide and the splashplate (sub-reflector). Internally, the waveguide contains a wall constructed from a series of varying dimensioned cross-sections that cause signals introduced to radiate in a multiple mode, Gaussian-like field pattern. The Splashplate is configured so that the waves received from the waveguide maintain the circular pattern symmetry, as well as other characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: L-3 Communications Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Mark Baird, Sterling Hardison Redd, Douglas Harry Ulmer