Patents by Inventor Thomas Paul Lashua

Thomas Paul Lashua 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 compensation for differential thermal expansion rates
    Patent number: 5896112
    Abstract: An antenna (1) has a radome (2) and a conducting ground plane (6) bridging between conducting end caps (4), a circuit board (5) supported on the ground plane (6), rf antenna elements (7) on the circuit board (5), opposite ends of the ground plane (6) being slidable relative to respective end caps (4) in response to thermal expansion of the ground plane (6), and the circuit board (5) being slidable relative to the ground plane (6) in response to thermal expansion of the ground plane (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Wayne Francis Bickford, Albert David Kozlovski, Thomas Paul Lashua