Patents by Inventor Verner E. Suomi

Verner E. Suomi 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: 5140336
    Abstract: An antenna system particularly suited for wind profiling produces a radio beam which can be oriented in each of four directions and optionally in a fifth, vertical direction and four intermediate directions. The antenna has a single array of strings of coaxial-colinear antenna elements. The strings are formed into sections, with each section having a first string portion formed of cable elements which are longer than one-half wavelength of the radio frequency drive signal in the cable and a second string portion formed of cable elements which are shorter than one-half the wavelength of the drive signal, with the two strings being connected together and mounted parallel to and above and below one another. Power is directed to the strings so that the radio frequency power flows in opposite directions in each string portion. The beam radiated from each string portion in each section adds to produce a beams tilted from the normal to the string portions by the same angle for both string portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
    Inventor: Verner E. Suomi