Patents by Inventor Thomas W. Hoban

Thomas W. Hoban 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).

  • Electronic countermeasure system
    Patent number: 4823139
    Abstract: A countermeasure method and apparatus for use by two mutually cooperating aircraft against a radar-homing anti-aircraft missile, and including the steps of transferring doppler shifted radar signals received at a respective one to the other of the two mutually cooperating aircraft, and retransmitting the transferred radar signals toward the homing missile, thus simulating a target having the doppler characteristics of each of the two aircraft and further having a centroid located between the two aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1968
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Rockwell International Corporation
    Inventors: William Eisner, Thomas W. Hoban, Robert M. Klees, Richard L. Smith