Patents by Inventor Wilhelm Gruener

Wilhelm Gruener 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: 9917374
    Abstract: A dual-Band phased array antenna with built-in grating lobe mitigation includes an array of radiating elements capable of working at both bands and arranged at distances small enough, avoiding grating lobes with respect to the lower band within the desired field of view. The radiating elements are arranged in planar subarrays that can be steered independently from each other and each of the subarrays has a different boresight normal vector, so that grating lobes in the upper band is mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS DS ELECTRONICS AND BORDER SECURITY GMBH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Gruener, Peter Feil
  • Publication number: 20160380360
    Abstract: A dual-Band phased array antenna with built-in grating lobe mitigation includes an array of radiating elements capable of working at both bands and arranged at distances small enough, avoiding grating lobes with respect to the lower band within the desired field of view. The radiating elements are arranged in planar subarrays that can be steered independently from each other and each of the subarrays has a different boresight normal vector, so that grating lobes in the upper band is mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Wilhelm GRUENER, Peter FElL
  • Patent number: 9476967
    Abstract: A method of kinematic ranging for finding the range R of a jammer moving on a trajectory involves measuring the bearing of the jammer and the rate of change thereof using an airborne detector radar at a first position (24), causing the airborne detector radar to carry out a manoeuvre such that is it displaced in the horizontal plane by a displacement having orthogonal components ?x, ?y, and measuring the bearing of the jammer at a second position subsequent to the manoeuvre. By making an appropriate choice for the components ?x, ?y, the range R may be found with a desired relative range accuracy, and the error in R may be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Nagel, Wilhelm Gruener, Christian Kulig
  • Patent number: 9470786
    Abstract: Methods for detecting the flight path of projectiles involve a sequence of N target detections that include detecting the measured velocities and azimuthal angle bearings of the projectile along the flight path of the projectile by Doppler radar at the times tn, wherein n=1 . . . N, and determining the flight path and the direction of motion of the projectile are from these measurements. The measurements are adapted in a first nonlinear parameter fit to an analytical relationship of the time curve of the radial velocity of the projectile while the projectile passes through the detection range of the radar and so that the absolute projectile velocity, minimum distance of the project flight path from the radar, time at which the projectile passes the point having the minimum distance, flight path direction in azimuth, and flight path direction in elevation can be estimated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Schneider, Georg Weiss, Wilhelm Gruener
  • Publication number: 20150204967
    Abstract: A method of kinematic ranging for finding the range R of a jammer moving on a trajectory involves measuring the bearing of the jammer and the rate of change thereof using an airborne detector radar at a first position (24), causing the airborne detector radar to carry out a manoeuvre such that is it displaced in the horizontal plane by a displacement having orthogonal components ?x, ?y, and measuring the bearing of the jammer at a second position subsequent to the manoeuvre. By making an appropriate choice for the components ?x, ?y, the range R may be found with a desired relative range accuracy, and the error in R may be minimized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Inventors: Dieter NAGEL, Wilhelm GRUENER, Christian KULIG
  • Publication number: 20140009321
    Abstract: Methods for detecting the flight path of projectiles involve a sequence of N target detections that include detecting the measured velocities and azimuthal angle bearings of the projectile along the flight path of the projectile by Doppler radar at the times tn, wherein n=1 . . . N, and determining the flight path and the direction of motion of the projectile are from these measurements. The measurements are adapted in a first nonlinear parameter fit to an analytical relationship of the time curve of the radial velocity of the projectile while the projectile passes through the detection range of the radar and so that the absolute projectile velocity, minimum distance of the project flight path from the radar, time at which the projectile passes the point having the minimum distance, flight path direction in azimuth, and flight path direction in elevation can be estimated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: EADS Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Robert Schneider, Georg Weiss, Wilhelm Gruener
  • Publication number: 20050110675
    Abstract: A method and a system for scanning a definable field with respect to the azimuth and range direction according to the FMCW radar principle. A first Fourier transform of the receive signal is carried for the resolution of a receive signal in the azimuth direction, and another Fourier transform is carried out for each azimuth direction for the resolution in the range direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Applicant: EADS DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
    Inventors: Wilhelm Gruener, Josef Burger, Manfred Patzwahl
  • Patent number: 5497157
    Abstract: Monitoring an area with the aid of a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar includes emitting a frequency-modulated continuous-wave transmitting signal with at least one transmitting antenna having a directional pattern whose main azimuthal direction depends on the frequency of the transmitting signal. Related to a predeterminable direction, an azimuthal region is selected, and in the selected region, an azimuthal swivelling of the directional pattern of the transmitting antenna is carried out by changing the frequency of the transmitting signal. Also in the selected region, each azimuthal value is assigned a frequency value of the transmitting signal. The selected region is divided into a predeterminable number of azimuthal increments adjoining one another, and in each of the increments, a monotonous change of the frequency of the transmitting signal occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Deutsche Aerospace AG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Gruener, Tiang-Gwan Liem