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Class 333/256 - Movable


Subclass of Class 333 - Wave transmission lines and networks
Definition: Subject matter including structure which allows relative
No. of patents: 34
Last issue date: 10/14/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7436275Waveguide quick disconnect clamp
A waveguide quick disconnect clamp includes a first arm and a second arm, both arms having a first end, a second end, and a jaw pivotally connected to the second end. Each of the first and second arm jaws has a generally flat engaging face defining two generally par...
10/14/2008
7352929Rotary joint for data and power transfer
A rotary joint is disclosed. The rotary joint comprise a power transfer interface for transferring power between a first portion having a first magnetic core and a second portion having a second magnetic core and rotatable relative to the first portion. The rotary j...
04/01/2008
7243677Air exchange assembly
An air exchange assembly that allows for the passage of large volumes of air through a continuously rotating joint. The large cross section of the passageways in the air exchange assembly allow for a large volume of low pressure air to pass through in both direction...
07/17/2007
7216516Wobble joint
A wobble joint particularly useful for supporting a wash plate in a wash basket of an automatic washing appliance includes inner and outer races formed with mating part-spherical surfaces having common centers of curvature about a longitudinal axis of the joint. Ant...
05/15/2007
7180218Compression journal
A compression journal for transfer of microwave signals across a rotating interface of a rotary joint comprises a silver impregnated graphite split ring stator which surrounds and is in contact with a coin silver sleeve of a shaft rotor when a rotor assembly is posi...
02/20/2007
7012437Device for the determination and/or monitoring of the filling level of the charge in a container
The invention relates to a TDR fill level measuring device. A surface waveguide, along which the measuring signals are guided, is composed of a plurality of segments, which are arranged to telescope into, and out of, one another. ...
03/14/2006
6995638Structural augmentation for flexible connector
A flexible connection extending between two objects which have relative motion is subject to deleterious electrical performance or damage due to fatigue or resonance. The connection is structurally augmented and therefore stiffened without affecting the range of mot...
02/07/2006
6985057Quick turn-lock waveguide transition assembly
A turn-lock waveguide transition assembly mountable to, for example, the feed assembly of an antenna. The transition assembly having a clamping groove which engages, for example, the heads of a plurality of clamping screws upon seating of the transition assembly ont...
01/10/2006
6927654Corrosion resistant waveguide system and method
A waveguide device that includes a waveguide device body having interior surfaces, a deposited aluminum coating disposed on the interior surfaces of the waveguide device body, a protective coating disposed on the deposited aluminum coating. ...
08/09/2005
6870448Adjustable coaxial support
A movable support for a coaxial structure, such as a coaxial feed-through, connector, or cable, allows adjusting the height of a center pin of the coaxial structure relative to the surface of a high-frequency planar microcircuit mounted on a base. The height of the ...
03/22/2005
6850128Electromagnetic coupling
An orthogonal electrical coupling relies on electromagnetic coupling for the inner connection, as opposed to direct contact between conductors. A conductor on one of the lines is connected to a ground plane which is adjacent to a resonant slot. Microwave energy is c...
02/01/2005
6501351Radioelectric transmission system provided with a rotating part and a part fixed to an antenna extending over two circles
The installation comprises a part (1) rotating about a fixed part (2) and provided with measurement instruments (3) with antennas (5) aimed radially towards a fixed antenna (6). This antenna comprises two pairs of arms (9, 10, 14, 15) in two concentric ci...
12/31/2002
6380822Waveguide switch for routing M-inputs to M of N-outputs
A satellite signal routing system includes a satellite using one or more waveguide switches for routing M-inputs to M of N-outputs. A waveguide switch includes a first waveguide, used as a stationary input coupled to a rotary joint. A joint rotation devic...
04/30/2002
6133887Antenna device, and transmitting/receiving unit
An antenna device and a transmitting and receiving unit using the device which are capable of simultaneously polarizing each direction of a plurality of beams are provided without increasing the size of the whole device. For example, when the detection is...
10/17/2000
6005453Method of tuning summing network of base station filters via connector with moveable part
A method of tuning a summing network of a base station and a band-pass filter provided in such base station. Tuning is performed by arranging a moveable part made of a low-loss dielectric material or ferrimagnetic material in a space between an inner cond...
12/21/1999
5892411Data transmission device
A data transmission device has a first module and a second module moveable relative to one another. One of the modules functions as a sending module and the other functions as a receiving module for transmitting data between first and second modules. One ...
04/06/1999
5877660Phase shifting device with rotatable cylindrical case having driver means on the end walls
Input is applied to a two-partition circuit that substantially equally distributes input power into two partitions having a phase difference of 90°, and the thus-distributed output is applied to a first driver that generates circularly polarized wave. Th...
03/02/1999
5434548Coaxial-waveguide rotary coupling assemblage
A coaxial-waveguide assemblage is disclosed herein of the invention includes a first coaxial transmission line having a first inner and a first outer conductor. The inventive assemblage further includes a waveguide electromagnetically coupled to the first...
07/18/1995
5245301Mobile microwave link using waveguides
This microwave link connects a fixed set of electronic equipment to a mobile set of electronic equipment that can be shifted between two extreme positions, at least one of which is an operating position. The link is, for example, one between a radar trans...
09/14/1993
5140289Combined microwave and optic rotary joint
This combined microwave and optic rotary joint has a fixed part and a rotating part in rotation about an axis Ɗ in relation to the fixed part. It has at least one pair of microwave guide inputs, one of which is positioned in the fixed part while the othe...
08/18/1992
4896005Method and apparatus for the continuous heating, pasteurization or sterilization of foodstuffs or the like by microwave energy
An appliance for the continuous treatment of foodstuffs or the like by means of microwaves in a treatment chamber, which allows individual adaptation to different product-pack heights and geometrical product forms, while at the same time ensuring the best...
01/23/1990
4794401Rotation mechanism for a waveguide feeder
A rotation mechanism for a waveguide feeder is disclosed which is applicable to an antenna rotating section of a satellite tracking antenna system and others. The mechanism includes two flexible waveguides which extend parallel to each other. The flexible...
12/27/1988
4757281Rotary microwave joint device
The invention relates to a rotary microwave joint device comprising a main circular waveguide constituted by two portions (10, 11) situated as extensions to each other and rotatable relative to one another about their axis of symmetry, each of said two po...
07/12/1988
4717898Power combiner, polarizer and structure including a waveguide section rotated by a stepper motor arrangement
In a waveguide structure, there is provided a waveguide section rotatable about its longitudinal axis and an electric DC stepper motor arrangement. The rotor of such an arrangement is constituted by magnetic returns fixedly mounted on the waveguide sectio...
01/05/1988
4677400Variable line extender for wave guide
A variable line extender for wave guide comprising an elongated electrically conductive housing member and an electrically conductive slide member, the slide member having a convex shaped rounded end and a U-shaped recess extending transversely continuous...
06/30/1987
4654613Radar rotary joint
A radar rotary joint usable at all frequencies, but particularly useful at millimeter wavelengths includes an inner housing, an outer housing, bearings for rotatably interconnecting the inner and outer housing, and irises for converting the mode of incomi...
03/31/1987
4647884Controlled travel articulated linkage for waveguide and cabling support
An articulated linkage is disclosed for supporting waveguide and electrical cabling through a predetermined range of movement. The linkage comprises a plurality of elongated rigid sections, joined by articulated joint sections. The joints comprise at leas...
03/03/1987
4543549Multiple channel rotary joint
A modular matrixed cylindrical rotary joint for transferring channeled electromagnetic energy from the stationary part of a radar system to its rotatable portion and an inner modular stator which supports the outer portion on redundant bearing modules....
09/24/1985
4538125Device for microwave transmission between two bodies which are rotatable relative to each other
The invention relates to a device for transmitting microwaves between two bodies which are rotatable relative to each other. Two annular waveguides are arranged on a common axis. Each waveguide has a coupling slot along its circumference. A transmitting a...
08/27/1985
4533887Rotary waveguide coupling having arcuate shaped deflecting elements with 2-D blocking structures
A rotary waveguide coupling including coupling members which are coaxially rotatable with respect to one another and comprise waveguide sections produced by dividing an annular waveguide in a longitudinal sectional plane. Inputs and outputs of the wavegui...
08/06/1985
4327334Multi-channel rotary joint for electromagnetic detection equipment
A multi-channel rotary joint, designed to couple a stationary and a rotary component of a radar system to each other, comprises a main channel centered on the axis of rotation and a plurality of axially spaced ancillary channels coaxially surrounding the ...
04/27/1982
4280720Horizontally developing multi-functions rotating connection
A rotating connection device for a plurality of conduits in which a fixed part is constituted by a disc limited by a lower face and an upper face, each of the faces having a common axis of revolution, and at least one part able to move rotatingly around t...
07/28/1981
4103262Dual channel transmission of microwave power through an interface of relative rotation
Similar input and output mode exciters are each comprised of a coaxial line having an inner conductor and an outer conductor. The coaxial lines have proximal ends coupled through a coupling assembly whereby one of the mode exciters is axially rotatable re...
07/25/1978
4020431Multiaxis rotary joint for guided em waves
An electromagnetic wave guiding rotary joint admitting of rotary motion about two or more axes. A spherical journal and a complementary spherical race afford electromagnetic communication between two wave guiding means....
04/26/1977
 
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