Patents by Inventor Vincent M. Ortiz

Vincent M. Ortiz 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: 10122062
    Abstract: A metamaterial resonator structure having a size for resonating a predetermined frequency band. The resonator structure includes one or more dielectric slabs each having a top surface and a bottom surface. A conductive resonator element is configured on the top surface of each dielectric slab and has a crescent shape including a center portion and opposing rounded end portions defining a gap therebetween, where the center portion has a wider dimension then the end portions so that a width of the element gradually tapers from the center portion to the end portions, and where the conductive element has a diameter that is a fraction of a wavelength of the frequency band. Several dielectric slabs can be stacked on top of each other, where each slab has a different size and each conductive resonator element is a different size so that each resonator resonates a different portion of the frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Scott R. Sorbel, Vincent M. Ortiz
  • Patent number: 6867725
    Abstract: The invention is a protective cover assembly having at least one part for a surface of a structure. In detail, the invention includes a first flexible layer of heat resistant material bonded to the structure having an outer surface with a radar cross-section reducing shape. A second layer of radar signature reducing material is bonded to outer surface of the first flexible layer and includes 1) a film of conductive material bonded to the first flexible layer; and 2) a film of radar absorbing material bonded to the film of conductive material. A third layer of heat resistant material is bonded to the second layer, the third layer made of a dielectric material having a thickness selected to provide a reduction in the radar cross-section of the cover when combined with the film of radar absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Cary T. Breeden, Vincent M. Ortiz, William A. Moore
  • Publication number: 20040257260
    Abstract: The invention is a protective cover assembly having at least one part for a surface of a structure. In detail, the invention includes a first flexible layer of heat resistant material bonded to the structure having an outer surface with a radar cross-section reducing shape. A second layer of radar signature reducing material is bonded to outer surface of the first flexible layer and includes 1) a film of conductive material bonded to the first flexible layer; and 2) a film of radar absorbing material bonded to the film of conductive material. A third layer of heat resistant material is bonded to the second layer, the third layer made of a dielectric material having a thickness selected to provide a reduction in the radar cross-section of the cover when combined with the film of radar absorbing material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Cary T. Breeden, Vincent M. Ortiz, William A. Moore