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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120038525 | FLUSH-MOUNTED LOW-PROFILE RESONANT HOLE ANTENNA The invention relates to a flush-mounted aircraft, UAV or missile antenna system, which is an integral part of the fuselage (3) of an aircraft, UAV or missile. The antenna system comprises a surface (3) made of a conductive material and a resonant recess (... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20110282521 | Aviation Application Setting Antenna Array and Integrated Temperature Sensor An antenna array for use in an aviation application setting comprises an external covering and at least four radio frequency antennas that are disposed underneath and that are protected by the external covering. A deposit of phosphor material is also disposed beneath th... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279335 | TRANSPARENT, FLAT ANTENNA, SUITABLE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF Transparent, flat antenna (A) for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, comprising
| 11/17/2011 |
| 20110215976 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH BROADBAND ANTENNA A communication system including an antenna array with feed network coupled to communication electronics. In one example, a communication subsystem comprises a plurality of antennas each adapted to receive an information signal and a plurality of orthomode transducers c... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110215975 | SATELLITE ANTENNA CONNECTION An example satellite assembly includes a cover and an antenna attached to the cover. The satellite assembly further includes a base and a satellite module attached to the base such that the antenna is connected to the satellite module when the cover is secured to the ba... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110122033 | COOLING SYSTEM FOR PANEL ARRAY ANTENNA The present invention relates to panel array antennas, and more particularly to a cooling system for an antenna such as a jet stream conformal panel array antenna. In one embodiment, a panel array antenna for an aircraft includes a closed-loop fluid flow path that passe... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110095951 | Conformal High Frequency Antenna Antennas, integrated driveshaft covers, and methods are disclosed. A particular antenna includes a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer has a first curved surface and a second curved surface opposite the first curved surface. A conductive body has a curved outer surfa... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110074642 | HIGH POWER, LOW PROFILE, BROADBAND ANTENNA An antenna may include an enclosure formed by a front wall and a back wall opposite to the front wall, and a front face and a back face opposite to the front face. Both the front face and the back face extend between the front wall and the back wall to form a cavity wit... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110057848 | Antenna apparatus and methods of use therefor Antenna apparatus and methods of using the same that employ a broadband, planar, single feed ultra high frequency satellite communication (UHF SATCOM) antenna device which may be mounted on composite or other non-metallic and non-electrically conductive surfaces. The an... | 03/10/2011 |
| 20110050516 | RADOMES, AIRCRAFT AND SPACECRAFT INCLUDING SUCH RADOMES, AND METHODS OF FORMING RADOMES Radomes include an outer wall having a first average thickness and an inner wall having a second average thickness that is different from the first average thickness. At least a major portion of the inner wall is separated from at least a major portion of the outer wall... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110053607 | SYSTEM FOR CONNECTION TO MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS A system (10) for providing connectivity to a mobile phone network having a plurality of towers providing wireless access to the network, includes a base (16) having one or more control motors (20, 22) connected to the base to rotate the base and on... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110006957 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPACT VOLUMETRIC ANTENNA A wide-bandwidth antenna (e.g., a rib-dipole antenna) includes a first pole formed by a first conductive member and/or a second pole formed by a second conductive member. The antenna also includes an antenna feed between the first conductive member and the second conduc... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100328169 | Ducted Fan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Conformal Antenna A conformal antenna for an unmanned aerial vehicle is provided that may be applied to a surface of the vehicle. The conformal antenna may be integrated with a surface on the vehicle, and is used to effectively transmit and receive video, command and/or control signals. ... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100314488 | FOLDABLE AND DEPLOYABLE PANEL A foldable deployable panel device (12) attached to a body (16) of an object is disclosed. The device includes a panel pivotally attached to the body by a first pivot element (40/42) at a first pivot position and a second pivot element (29) a... | 12/16/2010 |
| 20100311335 | DEVICES FOR POINT-TO-POINT WIRELESS HIGH-OUTPUT DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PARKED VEHICLE AND A FIXED INFRASTRUCTURE A wireless high-rate communication device for a vehicle, adapted for data exchange between at least one computer system of the vehicle and at least one computer system of a structure separate from the vehicle. The device includes at least one antenna connected to at lea... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100271274 | SELF-STABILIZING ANTENNA BASE An antenna device with a system for automatic stabilization and positioning control. The antenna device incorporates micro-electromechanical (MEMs)-based accelerometer and gyroscopic integrated circuit (IC) sensors directly into the antenna base in a vehicle-mounted ant... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100214183 | TRANSMITTING POWER AND DATA Apparatus, systems and methods to transmit power and data are provided. A particular apparatus to transmit power and data includes a transmission medium. The transmission medium includes at least one first frequency selective surface (FSS) layer, at least one second FSS... | 08/26/2010 |
| 20100090881 | FORE/AFT LOOKING AIRBORNE RADAR An antenna system for an airborne radar system with a dorsal unit having two opposing long sides extending in a height direction (Z) and a longitudinal direction (X), and two opposing short sides extending in a lateral direction (Y) and the height direction (Z), and an ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100079347 | Selectable beam antenna A selectable beam antenna of generally linear, polygonal, planar or polyhedral form, able to operate at microwave and millimetre wave frequencies, and constructed from associated networks that incorporate radio frequency switches, time delays and amplitude weights posit... | 04/01/2010 |
| 20100066616 | WINDOW MOUNTED ANTENNA FOR A VEHICLE AND A METHOD FOR USING THE SAME An antenna assembly for installation in a vehicle, such as an aircraft, and a method for using the same. The antenna assembly includes at least one window mounted antenna for an aircraft for enabling the aircraft to communicate wirelessly with a network, such as a Metro... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100053003 | MICROWAVE POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM FOR AN AIRBORNE RADAR SYSTEM An antenna system for an airborne radar system. The antenna system has a number of first antenna elements and a microwave power distribution system comprising a plurality of first T/R-units being coupled to the first antenna elements for distribution of microwave power ... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100052975 | COMPACT ACTIVE PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA FOR RADARS A radar system, including: a compact, active phased array antenna for transmission and reception of a focused radiation beam, circuits for providing signals to produce or detect a radiation beam by the phased array antenna and to control or detect the direction of the r... | 03/04/2010 |
| 20100045544 | AIRBORNE RADAR NOTABLY FOR A DRONE The present invention relates to an airborne radar (3) notably for a drone (1). The airborne radar (3) has: A first structure (4) is, mechanically attached to an aircraft (1) carrying the radar (3). The first structure (4... | 02/25/2010 |
| 20090322147 | AIRCRAFT WITH ISOLATED GROUND An aircraft having an airframe made of a composite material is provided with an isolated ground in order to reduce the threat of electrical fires. The aircraft includes a voltage source and at least one electronic device mounted on the airframe. Further, a power wire is... | 12/31/2009 |
| 20090284427 | Unit comprised of a glidepath aerial and a support organ The invention concerns a unit having a glidepath aerial (1) and a support organ (2) designed to be mounted on the front landing gear of an aircraft, with said landing gear forming an electrically conductive ground plane. According to the invention: 11/19/2009 | |
| 20090278754 | ELECTRICALLY SMALL ANTENNA An electrically small antenna (ESA) for resolution of subwavelength features is disclosed. The ESA is on the order of meters and has an efficient transmit/receive capability. The ESA is 1/10 of the length of the equivalent dipole length, and may be scaled down to 1/10,0... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090273527 | LOW-PROFILE FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE BASED DEVICE AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME A frequency selective surface-based (FSS-based) device (200) for processing electromagnetic waves providing at least a third-order response. The FSS-based device includes a first FSS (202), a second FSS (210), and a high quality factor (Q) FSS (2... | 11/05/2009 |
| 20090242696 | DEVICE FOR LOCKING A MOVABLE COMPONENT OF AN AIRCRAFT The present invention relates to a device for locking a movable component of an aircraft. The device includes an electronic tag adapted for receiving a polling signal and returning an identification signal. The present invention also involves an on-board system allowing... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090231218 | FRAME ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL BOND A frame assembly for a composite panel includes a first frame having a first frame contact surface transverse to a first frame mount surface and a second frame having a second frame contact surface transverse to a second frame mount surface, the first frame mount surfac... | 09/17/2009 |
| 20090206204 | SPIN-STABILIZED LANDER The invention provides a novel, low-cost, spin-stabilized lander architecture capable (with appropriate system scaling tailored to the attributes of the target) of performing a soft-landing on a solar-system body such as Earth's Moon, Mars, Venus, the moons of Mars, Jup... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090174621 | Methods and Apparatus for Multilayer Millimeter-Wave Window Methods and apparatus for a multilayer millimeter-wave window according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with a multilayer window that is substantially transparent to a passing millimeter-wave. The window may include multiple perforatio... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090128430 | CONFORMAL END-FIRE ARRAYS ON HIGH IMPEDANCE GROUND PLANE A conformal end-fire antenna with a high impedance ground surface structure and an array of radiating elements formed thereon. The ground surface structure includes an array of metal protrusions on a electrically conductive sheet, the metal protrusions arranged in a two... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090102705 | Spectrometric synthetic aperture radar This invention relates to improved ultra-wideband synthetic aperture radar and inverse synthetic aperture radar, capable of simultaneously and independently imaging a plurality of spectral and polarimetric channels covering multiple radio frequency octaves. Advances in ... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090096687 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE STRUCTURES Methods and apparatus for components according to various aspects of the present invention operate in conjunction with reaction bonded silicon nitride (RBSN). In one embodiment, a missile radome comprises a wall defining the radome body, including a base and a tip. The ... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20090009411 | HIGH EFFICIENCY ANTENNA HAVING COMPACT DIMENSIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR INSTALLATION ON A VEHICLE, SUCH AS AN AIRCRAFT OR A HIGH VELOCITY TRAIN OR A MOTOR VEHICLE This invention is related to a high efficiency antenna (1) having compact dimensions, particularly for installation on a vehicle, such as an aircraft or a high velocity train or a motor vehicle, comprising a main circular reflector (5), an illuminator (... | 01/08/2009 |
| 20080316124 | Hull or fuselage integrated antenna An antenna structure integrated in a hull or fuselage. The hull or fuselage can be the outer surface of an aircraft, artillery shell, missile or ship. The antenna structure includes an array antenna. The array antenna includes a number of antenna elements. Each antenna ... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080303726 | UNDERCARRIAGE FITTED WITH A COMMUNICATION DEVICE BETWEEN A WHEEL AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage including at least one axle having at least one wheel mounted to rotate thereon, the undercarriage including a communication device for connecting a sensor mounted on a rim of the wheel to stationary processor means mou... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080291096 | Cruciform Antenna Comprising Linear Sub-Antennas and Associated Processing for Airborne Radar The invention relates to an antenna (1) including:
| 11/27/2008 |
| 20080259317 | Angle Calibration of Long Baseline Antennas A method for calibrating a sensor mounted on an aircraft includes the steps of: using an optical device to create reference points which define a reference line that is parallel to both horizontal and vertical planes of the sensor, and using the reference line to calibr... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080246670 | Aviation Application Setting Antenna Array Method and Apparatus An antenna array (501) for use in an aviation application setting comprises an external covering (503) and at least four radio frequency antennas that are disposed underneath and that are protected by the external covering. This external covering is at lea... | 10/09/2008 |
