Patents by Inventor Stuart R. Ducker, IV

Stuart R. Ducker, IV 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).

  • Antenna with compact LRU array
    Patent number: 7508338
    Abstract: An element support and thermal control arrangement for an active array antenna, preferably modular, using line-replaceable units (LRUs), includes a radiating-side liquid-cooled cold plate lying parallel with a liquid-cooled TR coldplate. Antenna elements are supported and cooled by the radiating cold plate, and a beamformer lies between the radiating and TR coldplates. A plurality of column coldplates are attached to the rear of the TR coldplate and define bays or volumes in which power LRUs can be fitted in thermal communication with the TR coldplate, the column coldplates, or both.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Pluymers, Marc T. Angelucci, John Fraschilla, Stuart R. Ducker, IV, Thomas E. McGuigan, Robert B. Lewis, Richard J. Heinrich, Daniel W. Harris