Patents by Inventor Steven R. Seiler

Steven R. Seiler 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: 10811777
    Abstract: An antenna array including a foldable substrate having a plurality of fold lines arranged in a Miura-ori folding pattern, and a plurality of antenna elements interconnected by an electrical trace and disposed on the substrate, wherein the substrate containing the plurality of antenna elements is to fold according to a one-step Miura-ori folding pattern sequence, and wherein the plurality of antenna elements directs an antenna beam with a range of directivities caused by a folding of the substrate according to the one-step Miura-ori folding pattern sequence. The plurality of antenna elements may be non-overlapping prior to the folding of the substrate. The antenna beam may include a tunable radiation pattern that changes based on various stages of folding of the substrate containing the plurality of antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Kazuko Fuchi, Steven R. Seiler, Giorgio Bazzan, Philip R. Buskohl, Gregory W. Reich