Patents by Inventor Theodorus H. Smakman

Theodorus H. Smakman 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).

  • Receiver comprising a search tuning circuit
    Patent number: 4556987
    Abstract: Receiver for a search tuning circuit which in a wave range effects a presearch operation to determine a receiving condition criterion and effects thereafter in that waverange a search operation to find a transmitter satisfying the receiving condition criterion, the receiver comprising a circuit (124) whereby the presearch operation is limited to a frequency range less than one fifth of the wave range and the subsequent search operation starts at a frequency which is removed by at least the receiver bandwidth from the transmitter last received when no receivable transmitter is detected during the presearch operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1985
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Theodoor A. J. Schlosser, Theodorus H. Smakman