Patents by Inventor Thomas C. TULLOCH

Thomas C. TULLOCH 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: 11742577
    Abstract: Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna having a feed bore and a feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure that extends through the feed bore, a sub-reflector, and a first dielectric block that is positioned between the coaxial waveguide structure and the sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. One of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide extends further from the feed bore towards the sub-reflector than the other of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Craig Mitchelson, Ronald J. Brandau, Thomas C. Tulloch, Griogair Whyte
  • Patent number: 11588232
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiator element configured for operation at a first microwave frequency range and at a second microwave frequency range that is higher than the first microwave frequency range, and a reflector including the radiator element attached thereto. The reflector includes an enclosure that houses the radiator element and a radiating aperture. The antenna structure further includes a radome assembly adjacent the radiating aperture. The radome assembly includes a flexible radome having a thickness that is less than a wavelength corresponding to the first or second microwave frequency ranges, and a tensioning member that extends along a perimeter of the flexible radome and maintains tension in a surface of the flexible radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Tulloch, Griogair Whyte, Donald B. Gardner, Matthew Lewry, Craig Mitchelson, Steven William Bell
  • Publication number: 20220352631
    Abstract: Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna having a feed bore and a feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure that extends through the feed bore, a sub-reflector, and a first dielectric block that is positioned between the coaxial waveguide structure and the sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. One of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide extends further from the feed bore towards the sub-reflector than the other of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Craig MITCHELSON, Ronald J. BRANDAU, Thomas C. TULLOCH, Griogair WHYTE
  • Patent number: 11424538
    Abstract: Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna having a feed bore and a feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure that extends through the feed bore, a sub-reflector, and a first dielectric block that is positioned between the coaxial waveguide structure and the sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. One of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide extends further from the feed bore towards the sub-reflector than the other of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Craig Mitchelson, Ronald J. Brandau, Thomas C. Tulloch, Griogair Whyte
  • Publication number: 20210384623
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiator element configured for operation at a first microwave frequency range and at a second microwave frequency range that is higher than the first microwave frequency range, and a reflector including the radiator element attached thereto. The reflector includes an enclosure that houses the radiator element and a radiating aperture. The antenna structure further includes a radome assembly adjacent the radiating aperture. The radome assembly includes a flexible radome having a thickness that is less than a wavelength corresponding to the first or second microwave frequency ranges, and a tensioning member that extends along a perimeter of the flexible radome and maintains tension in a surface of the flexible radome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas C. Tulloch, Griogair Whyte, Donald B. Gardner, Matthew Lewry, Craig Mitchelson, Steven William Bell
  • Publication number: 20210265740
    Abstract: Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna having a feed bore and a feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure that extends through the feed bore, a sub-reflector, and a first dielectric block that is positioned between the coaxial waveguide structure and the sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. One of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide extends further from the feed bore towards the sub-reflector than the other of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Craig MITCHELSON, Ronald J. BRANDAU, Thomas C. TULLOCH, Griogair WHYTE