Patents by Inventor Vernon B. Westburg

Vernon B. Westburg 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).

  • Rectangular aperture reflector for radar cross section and antenna pattern compact ranges
    Patent number: 5270726
    Abstract: A compact range system includes a feed antenna offset from the rectangular-aperture paraboloidal reflector. The reflector has blended edges and smoothed corners to reduce contamination of propagated electromagnetic plane waves by diffracted energy. The continuous, smooth surface of the reflector maximizes the purity and uniformity of the plane waves from the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James C. Axtell, Vernon B. Westburg, Hwai-Kee Tsiang