Patents by Inventor Walter Wall

Walter Wall 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).

  • Thermal protection system including high temperature radio frequency aperture
    Patent number: 12009568
    Abstract: A thermal protection system includes: an outer skin; a thermally insulating material under the outer skin; and a high temperature radio frequency (RF) aperture. The RF aperture includes a plurality of waveguides separated from each other and extending through the outer skin and the thermally insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Quarfoth, Walter Wall, Shanying Cui, Christopher Roper, Jonathan Lynch
  • Phononic comb enhanced atomic clock
    Patent number: 11863194
    Abstract: An atomic clock stabilized or disciplined by tooth selected from a phononic comb of frequency teeth. A method of stabilizing an atomic clock having a reference oscillator, the method comprising selecting a particular tooth from a phononic comb of frequency teeth and applying a correction signal to said reference oscillator, the correction signal being based the selected tooth of said phononic comb. The disclosed technology is not limited to stabilizing reference oscillators associated with atomic clocks and thus may be utilized to stabilize reference oscillators whether or not they are interfaces with an atomic clock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Randall Kubena, Walter Wall