Structurally integrated antenna aperture and fabrication method
CA 2584313 C · Owner: The Boeing Company · Inventors: Marshall, Joseph A.; Herndon, Gerald F.; Vos, Robert G.
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A phased array antenna aperture able to form a structural load bearing , portion of another structure for example, a portion of a mobile platform. The antenna aperture is formed with a plurality of radiating elements sandwiched between prepreg fabric plies to form independent wall sections having a plurality of electromagnetic radiating elements embedded therein. The wall sections are secured in a honeycomb arrangement to form an array of cells of radiating elements. The manufacturing methods described herein enable arrays of widely varying sizes and shapes to be created and used as structural load , bearing portions of a wing, fuselage door panel or other area of a mobile , platform. …
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- Filed October 7, 2005 and granted March 25, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 7, 2025.
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