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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2018
Applicant:
Richard Anthony Bishel, Beaverton, OR (US);
Inventor:
Richard Anthony Bishel, Beaverton, OR (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/00 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60W 60/001 (2020.02); B60W 2420/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and guidance system guides a land vehicle () along a pathway () using a downward-looking, lateral position-sensing, radar guidance apparatus on the vehicle and a microwave reflector () distributed along the pathway (). A radar sensor () transmits radar signals () downward towards the pathway () surface along which the vehicle () travels. The signals () are reflected back to the vehicle by the microwave reflector () distributed along the pathway ().