Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Macher

Thomas J. Macher 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).

  • Publication number: 20040150398
    Abstract: A Lorentz force-driven mechanical resonator apparatus that utilizes a high-Q resonant structure as both a mixing device and a high-Q bandpass filter. Specifically, an external time varying, but quasistatic, magnetic field is applied to the resonating device while simultaneously running a time varying electrical current through the device. The resulting Lorentz force (I×B) is proportional to the vector product of the electrical current in the bar (I) and the external magnetic field (B). Integrating such a resonant device with a magnetic field coil produces the functionality of an ideal radio frequency (RF) mixer coupled with a high-Q intermediate frequency (IF) filter. Wide tunability provides the capability to scan, or even step, an array of filters having very narrow bandwidths via a common local oscillator to a desired frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: John L. Champion, Robert Osiander, Robert Givens, Dennis K. Wickenden, Daniel G. Jablonski, Scott T. Radcliffe, Margaret A. Darrin, Thomas J. Macher, Douglas A. Oursler