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Integrated airframe bulkhead and cavity antenna

Assignee: Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
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Filing: 1962-10-11
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Granted: 1965-12-28
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Expires: 1982-10-11
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 John E Brunner
  • 👤 Alton Z Hallum

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 05:02
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/27; H01Q1/28; H01Q1/286

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 127 words
IN A MISSILE HAVING A FORWARD SECTION AND A REARWARD SECTION, AN ANTENNA ASSEMBLY JOINING SAID TWO SECTIONS, SAID ANTENNA ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, A TRANSVERSE BULKHEAD INCLUDING AN ANNULAR FLANGE HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER EQUAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID MISSILE SECTIONS, MEANS JOINING SAID FORWARD AND REARWARD SECTIONS TO SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, A PLURALITY OF DIPOLE RADIATING ELEMENTS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ABOUT SAID FLANGE AND HAVING THEIR OUTERMOST EXTREMITIES WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL PLANE OF SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, A RADOME COVERING EACH SAID ELEMENT AND HAVING ITS OUTER SURFACE LYING IN THE CYLINDRICAL PLANE OF SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, A PLURALITY OF POSTS PROJECTING LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID BULKHEAD, AN AUGMENTER SECURED TO AND SUPPORTED ONLY BY SAID POSTS, AND COAXIAL TRANSMISSION MEANS CONNECTING SAID RADIATING ELEMENTS TO SAID AUGMENTER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 127 words
IN A MISSILE HAVING A FORWARD SECTION AND A REARWARD SECTION, AN ANTENNA ASSEMBLY JOINING SAID TWO SECTIONS, SAID ANTENNA ASSEMBLY COMPRISING, A TRANSVERSE BULKHEAD INCLUDING AN ANNULAR FLANGE HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER EQUAL TO THE OUTSIDE DIAMETER OF SAID MISSILE SECTIONS, MEANS JOINING SAID FORWARD AND REARWARD SECTIONS TO SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, A PLURALITY OF DIPOLE RADIATING ELEMENTS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY SPACED ABOUT SAID FLANGE AND HAVING THEIR OUTERMOST EXTREMITIES WITHIN THE CYLINDRICAL PLANE OF SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, A RADOME COVERING EACH SAID ELEMENT AND HAVING ITS OUTER SURFACE LYING IN THE CYLINDRICAL PLANE OF SAID ANNULAR FLANGE, A PLURALITY OF POSTS PROJECTING LONGITUDINALLY FROM SAID BULKHEAD, AN AUGMENTER SECURED TO AND SUPPORTED ONLY BY SAID POSTS, AND COAXIAL TRANSMISSION MEANS CONNECTING SAID RADIATING ELEMENTS TO SAID AUGMENTER.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-12-27 1969-06-28 1969-12-28 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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