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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7330160 | Support apparatus for a reflector The present invention relates to a support structure, system and materials for supporting a reflector. A rim stiffening beam is securely attached to the circumference of the reflector. A plurality of support struts is attached to the rim stiffening beam, joining to ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7301508 | Optimization of near field antenna characteristics by aperture modulation The approximate radius of curvature of the spherical phase front at the aperture of a transmitting microwave antenna is controlled by an inner section of the aperture attached to the outer section of the aperture by a small number of programmable transducers, thereb... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7199766 | Structure for an edge of a disk body of an antenna An improved structure for an edge of a disk body of an antenna. The antenna includes the disk body and a side portion. The side portion has a supporting ring and a containing slot surrounding the circumference of the disk body. The supporting ring is on a top of the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7180469 | System and method for providing antenna radiation pattern control An antenna for providing radiation pattern control contains an antenna housing having a series of reflective steps and at least one rod located above the series of reflective steps. The antenna also contains a radiation element situated within the antenna housing so... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7123411 | Reflective multi-image surface A surface containing a plurality of individually-addressable encoded images comprises an array of curved specular reflectors. Reflectance modifying treatment is applied to a first region of at least one of the curved specular reflectors, such that beamable energy th... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7084836 | Flat panel antenna array A flat plate reflective assembly for receiving and focusing incident microwave signals having a wavelength (λ), comprising a series of adjacent reflecting surfaces, each having a separate focal points offset from one another in focal length by one wavelength or a m... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7030832 | Multi-beam-reflector dish antenna and method for production thereof A multi-beam-reflector dish antenna system. Signals from different satellites are simultaneously received using a single compound LNBF module. The antenna dish includes a reflector with N-th order projected aperture and a single compound LNBF module constituting mul... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023398 | Reflector for a mobile radio antenna A reflector for a mobile radio antenna comprises at least two reflector modules which are or can be assembled. The reflector module is produced using a casting method, deep-drawing, thermoforming or stamping method, or using a milling method. Two integrally connecte... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6930651 | Reflector for a mobile radio antenna An improved reflector for a mobile radio antenna is produced using a casting method (e.g., a deep-drawing, thermoforming or stamping method, or using a milling method). The reflector's two longitudinal face boundaries, with at least one end-face transverse face boun... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6919863 | Integrated reflector and boom An integral reflector-boom assembly (1) for a deployable antenna includes a facesheet (9) of stiff reflective material and a stiff lattice or grid structure bonded to the facesheet to form a reflector (3) portion of the assembly and a boom (5... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6828949 | Solid surface implementation for deployable reflectors A deployable reflector includes a support structure having a plurality of support members. The support members are movable from a compact stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. Selected portions of the support members define a prescribed surface when in t... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6795039 | Antenna system and method for manufacturing the same An antenna system is provided with an antenna panel 1 which has fine bumps and dips 4 formed on a mirror surface side, which is one of surfaces opposing to each other, by etching, wherein the fine bumps and dips scatter sunlight entering the mirror sur... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6731249 | Multi-beam-reflector dish antenna and method for production thereof A multi-beam-reflector dish antenna system. Signals from different satellites are simultaneously received using a single compound LNBF module. The antenna dish includes a reflector with N-th order projected aperture and a single compound LNBF module constituting mul... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6570528 | Antenna system for multiple orbits and multiple areas A synthesized reflector surface (12) for directing communication signals (27) in a communication system (10) that operates in a plurality of orbital slots and to a plurality of regions (28) within a first coverage area (30) is provided. The synthesized re... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6489929 | Centrally fed antenna system and method for optimizing such an antenna system A centrally fed reflector antenna system has an effective reflector surface shaped so that the maximum of the copolar far field lies on the illuminated coverage area corresponding to the far field requirements, and the minimum of the copolar near field li... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6429823 | Horn reflect array In summary the present invention discloses a horn reflect array antenna system and a method for producing a signal using a horn reflect array antenna. The system comprises at least one reflective element illuminated by an incident radio frequency (RF) sig... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6219009 | Tensioned cord/tie attachment of antenna reflector to inflatable radial truss support structure A collapsible conductive material includes a generally mesh-configured, collapsible surface, that defines the intended reflective geometry of an antenna. A distribution of tensionable cords and ties form radial truss elements with a plurality of inflatabl... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6211842 | Antenna with continuous reflector for multiple reception of satelite beams An antenna receives beams from telecommunication satellites in geostationary orbit close to the equator. The continuous concave reflecting surface of the reflector of the antenna has an equation deduced from a paraboloid by adding thereto the equation of ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6031506 | Method for improving pattern bandwidth of shaped beam reflectarrays A method for shaping reflected radio frequency signals includes geometrically shaping a reflector surface of an antenna to focus the beam, and reflectively shaping the reflector surface with phasing elements that emulate geometric shaping to configure the... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5920294 | Tensioned cord attachment of antenna reflector to inflated support structure A collapsible conductive material includes a generally mesh-configured, collapsible surface, that defines the intended reflective geometry of an antenna, and a distribution of tensionable cords and ties, which attach the reflective mesh to an inflatable s... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5812331 | Reflector for a polarimetric radar in particular for use as a calibrator or as a beacon A reflector is constituted by a right pseudo-dihedral, a ridge (C) of which is in the form of a portion of a helix so as to provide a calibrator or a beacon.... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5606334 | Integrated antenna for satellite and terrestrial broadcast reception A compact and flat antenna that provides both Direct Broadcast Satellite and local off-air reception. The flat reflector is made of a composite material with multiple reflective radiating surfaces. The multi-stepped reflector combines both diffraction and... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5532710 | Satellite dish stacking system A system is described for vertically stacking a plurality of satellite dishes for bulk transport and storage using minimal space. Each satellite dish has a parabolic dish with a stacking rim attached to its outer periphery at an angle of about 125 degrees... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5389944 | Phase correcting reflection zone plate for focusing microwave A zone plate for focusing microwave energy is provided comprising a plurality of reflective portions corresponding to zones of the zone plate, each reflective portion reflecting energy λ/P out of phase with respect to adjacent reflective portions, where ... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5334990 | Ku-band satellite dish antenna A compact, portable satellite dish antenna system comprises a dish-shaped member having an inner surface that includes a central circular flat area and a plurality of annular parabolically-shaped segments concentric with the central circular flat area for... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5333003 | Laminated composite shell structure having improved thermoplastic properties and method for its fabrication A laminated composite shell structure having quasi-isotropic thermal expansion and contraction characteristics and a method for its fabrication. The laminated composite shell structure includes multiple layers of overlapping strips of composite material c... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5309167 | Multifocal receiving antenna with a single aiming direction for several satellites The receiving antenna comprises at least two sectors or sections of paraboloids focusing the radiation onto their axes at points F1 and F2 respectively offset by a whole number of wavelengths of the received radiation. Each sector or... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5298911 | Serrated-roll edge for microwave antennas The invention presents an optimum method and mean for reducing the side robes of microwave antennas whether mounted or through the serrated-roll treatment of their edges. The reduction of side robes leads to the enhancement of the main robe, the suppressi... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5283591 | Fixed-reflector antenna for plural telecommunication beams The antenna particularly for domestic, collective or community installations, receives plural telecommunication beams and comprises a preferably paraboloidal fixed reflector with an axis of symmetry. At least one grating of annular diffraction members is ... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5270726 | Rectangular aperture reflector for radar cross section and antenna pattern compact ranges A compact range system includes a feed antenna offset from the rectangular-aperture paraboloidal reflector. The reflector has blended edges and smoothed corners to reduce contamination of propagated electromagnetic plane waves by diffracted energy. The co... | 12/14/1993 |
| 5202700 | Array fed reflector antenna for transmitting & receiving multiple beams An array fed reflector antenna includes a reflector and a distributed feed array. The reflector has a portion with a dual parabolic shape. The distributed feed array transmits and receives a plurality of electromagnetic energy beams simultaneously, and is... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5175562 | High aperture-efficient, wide-angle scanning offset reflector antenna A single offset reflector antenna is disclosed which provides &#b1;30° of horizontal scanning and 0° to +15° of vertical scanning without aperture blockage, while maintaining high aperture efficiency, and 0° to -30° of vertical scanning with mod... | 12/29/1992 |
| 5136294 | Multibeam antenna A multibeam antenna capable of communicating with a plurality of satellites on stationary orbits at the same time includes a single main reflector, and a plurality of primary radiators for radiating electromagnetic waves toward the main reflector. The mai... | 08/04/1992 |
| 4827277 | Antenna with a main reflector and a subreflector The antenna has a main reflector (1), a subreflector (4a, 4b, 5a, 5b), and a feed radiator (2) which are all rotationally symmetric about a common axis (10). In a section in the direction of this axis of symmetry (10), the subreflector has the shape of tw... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4825223 | Microwave reflector assembly The present invention relates to a reflective assembly for use in an antenna for receiving an incident microwave signal having a wavelength λ. The reflective assembly is comprised of a sequence of microwave reflective surfaces facing in a common directio... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4743919 | Microwave frequency selective surface having fibrous ceramic body A frequency selective surface having a fibrous ceramic material body and a metallic grid on a reflecting face thereof. The body is formed by bonding a mass of silicon dioxide fibers together at their intersection points, as with a fusing agent such as bor... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4712111 | Antenna system An antenna system includes a reflector which is a part of a paraboloid of revolution or parabolic cylinder, a primary radiator for clockwise circularly polarized wave, and a primary radiator for counterclockwise circularly polarized wave. The reflector is... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4689637 | Parabola antenna having increased mechanical strength A parabola antenna has a parabola surface whose thickness is uniformly decreased from an outer circumferential portion to a central portion of the parabola surface. The thickness of the parabola surface is smallest at the central portion.... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4656484 | Radar reflector and scanner with electromagnetic programmable drive Elements of a radar antenna are provided with one or more electromagnetic actuators capable of moving the elements (scanner or parabolic reflector), independently of the support system in response to electrical signals applied to the coils of the electrom... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4651160 | Earth station antenna shield A shield for a satellite earth station located in a dense radio frequency environment. The shield includes a satellite earth station antenna position in a pit. Surrounding the pit is a tear-shaped earthen berm. Positioned on top of the berm is a wall made... | 03/17/1987 |
