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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8077099 | Multi-band symmetric phase center folded monopole antenna for GPS/proximity munitions fuse applications The present invention is a folded monopole antenna assembly. The folded monopole antenna assembly includes a dielectric substrate, the dielectric substrate being configured for receiving at least one input. The folded monopole antenna assembly further includes a fol... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8063837 | System for providing a pressure vessel, radome, RF sub-system box and electrically small, wideband omni and/or adaptable beam antenna The present invention is a system which includes an interposer. The interposer may include a mounting plate for mounting the interposer to a fuselage of an aircraft. The interposer may interface with the fuselage to form a seal for maintaining pressure within the ai... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8059043 | 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 M... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7889141 | Dual function composite system and method of making same A dual function composite system includes a first electronic subsystem, a second electronic subsystem, and a composite member between the first and second electronic subsystems. The composite member includes plies of fabric, and resin impregnating the plies of fabri... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7889142 | Aerodynamic wingtip device with integral ground plane An aircraft wing that includes a conductive ground plane adjacent the wingtip, where the ground plane conforms to an aerodynamic surface of the wing. Because the ground plane conforms to the aerodynamic surface, it has minimal impact on the aerodynamics of the wing.... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7701403 | Wall element with an antenna device A wall element for emitting high-frequency radiation for an aircraft comprises an antenna device. The antenna device is adapted for emitting high frequency radiation. Furthermore, the antenna device is integrated in the wall element. ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7642975 | 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 su... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7642974 | 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 M... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7633451 | Wideband antenna systems and methods Antenna system embodiments are shown which are especially suited for mounting on aircraft and for operation across widely-spaced frequency bands. Embodiments include blade members positioned in a ring arrangement and tuning circuits that are each coupled between a r... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7619574 | Tunable antenna A tunable antenna comprises a conductor, a shunt inductance tuning element, a switch that controls the shunt inductance tuning element and the conductor, and a local ground connected to the shunt inductance tuning element. The switch is capable of activating the shu... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7605767 | Space-fed array operable in a reflective mode and in a feed-through mode A space-fed array is selectively operable in a reflective mode or in a feed-through mode. The array includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a primary array; and a feed array. The primary array includes a first side set of radiating elements, a first set of phase shift... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7532170 | 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... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7525496 | Mobile platform window choke rings for controlling electromagnetic interference with electronics systems A choke ring apparatus for attenuation of electromagnetic waves in a mobile platform fuselage includes a ground plane mounted on a surface of the fuselage. The choke ring has an axial circular window and a series of concentric circular ring segments on the ground pl... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7511674 | Shunt antenna for aircraft A shunt antenna mountable on an aircraft comprises a lower plate, an antenna element formed above the lower plate and integrated within a dorsal fin of the aircraft where the antenna element is substantially slant relative to the lower plate; one or more couplers fo... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7432872 | Compact aviation vertically polarized log periodic antenna A reduced height log periodic antenna that may safely be positioned under the rotating blades of a helicopter sitting on the ground and still resonate in the frequency range at which the antenna was originally designed to resonate. The antenna comprises a pair of an... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7409235 | Vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system communicating with a user portable communication device housed in a shielding environment A vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system having an electromagnetic field shielding case installed in the vehicle and for housing a user portable communication device, which has a first communication module permitting, via a first antenna, short... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7385560 | Aircraft directional/omnidirectional antenna arrangement A directional/omnidirectional antenna system is disclosed. A first printed circuit board has capacitive hats disposed thereon. Each capacitive hat is in association with one of an array of folded monopoles. A second printed circuit board has a switched beam forming ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7385555 | System for co-planar dual-band micro-strip patch antenna An antenna assembly includes a conducting ground plane, a single dielectric substrate layer or a plurality of dielectric substrate layers each with different dielectric constants mounted to the conducting ground plane. A central patch element is mounted to the diele... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7375688 | Electromagnetic compatability with window-choke rings A choke ring apparatus for attenuation of electromagnetic waves in a mobile platform fuselage includes a ground plane mounted on a surface of the fuselage. The choke ring has an axial circular window and a series of concentric circular ring segments on the ground pl... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372414 | Apparatus for emission and/or reception of electromagnetic waves for aerodynes This invention relates to an apparatus for emission and/or reception of electromagnetic waves for aerodynes, characterised in that it comprises a blade antenna on the top of the fuselage of the aerodyne, a principal reflect-array arranged horizontally at the bottom ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369084 | Two-sectional controlling method and device for satellite antenna A controlling device for a satellite antenna is provided. The controlling device includes a first signal generating device generating an inertial compensating signal having a compensating direction; a second signal generating device assembling a received signal from... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7359703 | Adaptive communications system and method System and method for the adaptive control of VHF communications in aircraft. In one embodiment, the invention includes an adaptive communications system for an aircraft having a communications processor that accesses a communications switching model to select a pre... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355553 | Ten inch diameter microstrip antenna A microstrip antenna configured to wrap around approximately 270 degrees a projectile's body without interfering with the aerodynamic design of the projectile. The microstrip antenna has two identical grounded quarter wavelength microstrip antenna elements positione... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352331 | Space telecommunications integrated antenna system for mobile terrestrial stations (Satcoms) An integrated antenna system for telecommunications comprises at least one substantially flat and circular antenna provided with a rotation axis coinciding with its axis, the antenna being fixedly joined to a support itself comprising a rotation axis. The rotation a... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7339540 | Sparse and virtual array processing for rolling axle array system A radar signal processing system comprises a processor that determines a respective position of each of a plurality of radiating elements included in a radar array. Each radiating element has a respectively different motion vector from every other one of the plurali... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339537 | Capacitive drive antenna and an air vehicle so equipped Disclosed are antenna embodiments and air vehicles so equipped that include a first antenna component, and a second antenna component, separated by a free space gap, where the antenna embodiments are adapted to capacitively couple the first antenna component and the... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7336241 | GPS radome-mounted antenna assembly In an antenna communications unit which, when installed on trucks, allows two-way communications between a driver and fleet logistic centers, historically, a global positioning system (GPS) antenna within a radome has been housed in a cavity beneath a transceiver's ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336232 | Dual band space-fed array A dual-band, space fed antenna array includes a feed array with a first set of feed radiators for operation in a first frequency band of operation and a second set of feed radiators for operation in a second frequency band of operation. A primary array lens assembly... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7336234 | Antenna apparatus and communication method employing it An antenna apparatus includes a monopole antenna forming an antenna element having a metal shell body, and the antenna element has an approximately conical part, a vertex of which is on the side of a power supply part. ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7333064 | System and method for pointing and control of an antenna A method is disclosed for directing an antenna mounted in a restricted radome on an aircraft. The method can include the operation of determining whether the antenna is directed in a keyhole. A further operation can involve controlling the antenna using an elevation... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333069 | Radiating element designed to operate in a small antenna The present invention relates to a radiating element designed to operate in an electrically small antenna including a conducting strip folded N times like a bellows. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330161 | Antenna, radio device, method of designing antenna, and method of measuring operating frequency of antenna An antenna comprises a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and an LC resonance circuit. The first conductive layer has plural elements and is disposed adjacently to each other. The second conductive layer is disposed at a predetermined distance from th... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7325772 | Aircraft heat sink and electronics enclosure An aircraft component including a first section adapted to be attached at an exterior surface of an aircraft to close an access opening through the exterior surface; and a second section extending outward from the first section and forming heat transfer surfaces to ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324046 | Electronic beam steering for keyhole avoidance An airborne radio frequency (RF) antenna terminal system includes a two-axis gimbals control system and a phased array antenna. The phased array antenna electronically steers the receive and transmit beams using phase shifters. The electronically steered beams provi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312746 | Method and system for calibration of a radio direction finder A calibration method and a system for providing calibration data for use with a direction finder are provided. The method comprises providing a relative motion of a calibration receiver in a circle manner with respect to calibration transmitter at a predetermined di... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295165 | Phased array antenna choke plate method and apparatus A phased array antenna system on an aircraft that incorporates a choke plate that significantly attenuates sidelobes of the antenna beam pattern at elevation angles that would cause RF interference with ground-based terrestrial wireless networks. The choke plate inc... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7292181 | Memory check unit for radar systems and radar system including memory check unit Provided is a RAM check unit capable of checking a RAM included in a radar system even when the radar system is in operation. An LSI instructs a high-frequency unit to output a radar-transmitted signal. When a radar-received signal is received from the high-frequenc... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286095 | Inverted feed discone antenna and related methods The discone antenna includes a conical antenna element, having an apex, and a disc antenna element adjacent the apex of the conical antenna element. An inverted antenna feed structure, such as a flanged coaxial connector or coaxial cable, is connected to the disc an... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283103 | Compact broadband antenna A compact broadband antenna. The antenna includes a first mechanism for receiving input electromagnetic energy. A second mechanism provides radiated electromagnetic energy upon receipt of the input electromagnetic energy. The radiated electromagnetic energy is provi... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7283102 | Radial constrained lens The invention provides apparatuses for a radial constrained lens in a steerable directional antenna system. The radial constrained lens includes a feed array that excites a continuous radiating aperture through a section of radial waveguide. Feed elements of the fee... | 10/16/2007 |
