Societa Italiana Telecomunicazioni Siemens S.p.a.

Arcangelo Passaglia

Guido Busacca

Vincenzo Meli

Michele Sanfilippo

A resonant cavity of a microwave generator, such as a magnetron oscillator, is provided with a tuning piston which is rectilinearly displaceable between two terminal positions, corresponding to respective limiting frequencies, by means of a rotating crankshaft whose eccentric portion constitutes the inner race of a ball or roller bearing. The outer race of that bearing rolls, directly or through the intermediary of a captive spherical or cylindrical coupling member, on a transverse face of the tuning piston held in contact therewith by spring pressure.

Crankshaft tuning mechanisms for microwave oscillators

A resonant cavity of a microwave generator, such as a magnetron oscillator, is provided with a tuning piston which is displaceable between two terminal positions, corresponding to respective limiting frequencies, by means of a rotating crank-shaft whose eccentric portion is hugged by a nonrotatable follower ring suspended between two flexible wires or blades extending generally radially outward from diametrically opposite points of the ring. A yoke spacedly surrounding the ring is provided with two oppositely extending tubular arms in which the wires or blades are received with clearance while being fastened to the ends of these arms remote from the yoke; the tuning piston is rigidly connected with one of the two arms.

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Palermo, Italy

Arcangelo Passaglia