Communication System
GCA Indicator for airplanes
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,479,195,
Aug. 16, 1949 (Application filed Apr. 7, 1945)
Radio Distance and Direction Indicator
Eagle blind bombing
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,480,208, Aug. 30, 1949 (Application
filed June 27, 1944)
Airway Monitoring And Control System
TRICON,
Part II, traffic control
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,514,436, July 11, 1950 (Application filed June 18, 1948)
Radio Beacon and Discrimination Circuit Therefor
Minor circuit
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,527,474 Oct. 24, 1950 (Application
filed Oct. 14, 1943)
Radio-Echo Detection And Location Apparatus for Approaching
Hostile Craft
Vixen
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,530,418
Nov. 21, 1950 (Application filed Dec. 15, 1943)
Linear Accelerator
The first proton linear accelerator
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,545,595 Mar. 20, 1951 (Application
filed May 26, 1947)
Aircraft Control System
GCA
LW Alvarez with L.H. Johnson - US Patent
2,555,101 May
29, 1951 (Application filed Feb. 25, 1944)
Radio Beacon and System Utilizing It
The basic microwave transponder
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,568,265 Sept, 18, l951 (Application
filed March 18, 1943)
Antenna System With Variable Directional Characteristic
Scannable
microwave linear arrays used in GCA, EAGLE and MEW
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,605,413 July 29, 1952 (Application filed Nov. 10, 1943)
Pulse Discrimininating Circuit
Circuit
for method of delayed coincidences
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,626,352 Jan. 20, 1953 (Application filed Aug. 14, 1949)
Radio Navigation System
TRICON, Part I, navigational
features
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,668,287 Feb. 2, 1954 (Application
filed June 18, 1948)
Thermionically Emissive Element
For satellite use but made obsolete
by the transistor
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,672,567 Mar. 16, 1954 (Application
filed Nov. 12, 1949)
Radioactivity measurement
Magnetic memory for short-lived
radioactivies
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,685,027 July 27, 1954 (Application
filed July 11, 1946)
Vertical Determination Device
Uses cosmic rays to sense the effect
of gravity on the atmosphere
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,706,793 Apr. 19, 1955 (Application
filed May 15, 1946)
Coded Pulse Generating Circuit
Coding circuit for microwave
beacon transmitter
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,717,960 Sept. 13, 1955 (Application
filed Sep. 26, 1951)
Electrode Construction for Cathode-Ray Tubes
For Lawrence color TV tubes
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,777,083
Jan. 8, 1957 (Application filed Apr. 19, 1954)
Suppressed Side-Lobe Radio Receiving System
Eliminates side lobes in
radar antennas
LW Alvarez - US Pat. 2,804,614 Aug 27, 1957
(Application filed Feb. 23, 1951)
Golf
Training Device
Stroboscopic device
LW Alvarez – US Patent 2,825,569 Mar. 4, 1958 (Application filed Nov. 2, 1953)
Color Television Display Screen
Low-Z scattering to suppress
electron scattering
LW Alvarez - US Patent 2,878,411 March 17, 1959 (Application
filed Dec. 29, 1955)
Electronuclear Reactor
The MTA accelerator
EO Lawrence, EM McMillan, LW Alvarez- US Patent
2,933,442 Apr. 19, 1960 (Application filed July 11, 1958)
X-Ray Spectroscopic System Comprising Plural Sources,
Filters, Fluorescent Radiators, and Comparative Detectors
X-ray detector for explosives in
airline baggage
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,114,832 Dec. 17, 1963 (Application
filed July 28, 1960)
Optical Range Finder with Variable-Angle Exponential Prism
Stadimetric range finder, nautical
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,299,768,
1967 Jan. 24,
1967 (Application filed Aug. 15, 1962)
Two-element Variable-power Spherical Lens
Variable focus lens, elements move
transverse to optic axis
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,305,294
Feb. 21, 1967 (Application
filed Dec. 3, 1064)
Scanning Apparatus for Aiding in the Determination of Point
Co-ordinates of Paths of Charged Particles as Recorded on Photographic Film
The Scanning and Measuring
Projector, SMP
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,366,794
Jan. 30, 1968 (Application
filed June 26, 1963)
Gyroscopically Controlled Accidental Motion Compensator for
Optical Instruments
The first inertially stabilized optical system.
Assigned to Bell and Howell
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,378,326
Apr. 16, 1968 (Application filed
Sept. 12, 1963)
Gyroscopic Lens
EYEBALL, a aversion of the previous
patent. Assigned to Bell and Howell
LWA Berkeley - US Patent 3,434,771 March 25, 1969 (Application
filed May 11, 1966)
Stabilized Zoom Optical Device
A stabilized mono-binocular
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,468,596 Sept. 23, 1969 (Application filed Jan. 26, 1966)
Variable-power Lens and System
Improved variable focus lens
LW Alvarez, WE Humphrey - US Patent 3,507,565
Apr. 21, 1970 (Application filed Feb. 21, 1967)
Subatomic Particle Detector with Liquid Electron
Mutliplication Medium
Liquid xenon counters
LW Alvarez, SE Derenzo, RA Muller, RG Smits, H Zaklad - US Patent 3,659,105 Apr. 25, 1972 (Application filed Oct. 21, 1970)
Aircraft Warning System
Uses ultraviolet light in the
"solar blind" region
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,563,651 Feb. 16, 1971 (Application
filed July 22, 1968)
Method of Making Fresnelled Optical Element Matrix
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,739,455 June 19, 1973 (Application filed Apr. 5, 1971)
Method of Forming an Optical Element of Reduced Thickness
LW Alvarez - US Patent 3,829,536 Aug. 13, 1974 (Application filed Apr. 30, 1973)
Deuterium-tagged Articles such as Explosives and Method for Detection Thereof
Uses (gamma,neutron)-reaction
on deuterium with neutron detection
LW Alvarez - U.S. Patent 4,251,726
Feb. 17, 1981 (Application filed Feb. 26, 1979)
Color Television Viewer
Hand-held color TV system with large
image
LW Alvarez - US Patent 4,301,468
Nov. 17, 1981 (Application filed Mar. 10, 1980)
Stabilized Zoom Binocular
Impractible system, evolved into
stabilized zoom monobinoculars
LW Alvarez, AJ Schwemin - US Patent 4,316,649 Feb. 23, 1982 (Application
filed Nov. 26, 1979)
Stand Alone Collision Avoidance System
For use on large commercial
aircraft
LW Alvarez - US Patent 4,317,119 Feb. 23, 1982 (Application filed Dec. 12, 1979)
Television
Viewer
Field sequential projection system
for use with computers
LW Alvarez – U.S. Patent 4,399,455
Apr. 15, 1983 (Application filed June 18, 1981)
Stabilized Zoom Binocular
A stabilized binocular
LW Alvarez, AJ Schwemin - US Patent 4,417,888
Nov. 29, 1983 (Application filed Sept. 18, 1980)
Dead Reckoning Range Finding Device for Cart
For a golf cart with computer output
showing distance to the green
LW Alvarez - US Patent 4,480,310 Oct. 30, 1984 (Application
filed July 9, 1982)
Optically Stabilized Camera Lens System
LW Alvarez, AJ Schwemin - US Patent 4,615,590 Oct 7, 1986 (Application filed Jul. 17, 1984)
Nitrogen Detection
An apparatus for detecting concentrations
of nitrogen in amounts common in explosives
LW Alvarez - US Patent 4,756,866 Jul. 12,1988 (Application
filed Oct. 9, 1985)
Inertial Pendulum Optical Stabilizer
A device for stabilizing the lens
train of an optical instrument
LW Alvarez, SF Sporer - US Patent 4,911,541
Mar. 27, 1990
(Application filed Apr. 6, 1988)
