Patents by Inventor Sumant Sharma

Sumant Sharma 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).

  • Reflector installations for radar-based navigation
    Patent number: 12038497
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a landing and approach navigation system. The navigation system can use a radar system onboard an aircraft to transmit radio energy. A rotating reflector at a landing area can reflect the radio energy back to the radar system with an amplitude-modulation that is due to the rotation. With synchronized timing between the reflector and the radar system, and known rotation characteristics of the reflector, the radar system can use the reflected radio energy to calculate the bearing of the aircraft relative to the reflector and landing area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: Wisk Aero LLC
    Inventors: Adam Berger, Andy Smith, Sumant Sharma, Geoffrey Alan Long