Raytheon Company

Thomas Brennan

Larry L Lai

Kyle W Maxhimer

Robert Brett Williams

Clifton Quan

Fangchou Yang

Robert B Williams

An inflatable structure mount is used for mounting a device to an inflatable structure. An example is mounting of radar panels to an inflatable structure within an airship. The mount includes the device, and inserts coupled to the back side of the device, which mechanically couple to flexures mounted on the inflatable structure. Some of the flexures may have slotted holes, used in positioning the inserts on the inflatable structure at positions that will allow the flexures to mate with the inserts. A jig or tool may be used as part of the installation process, to locate the flexures at points where they will properly engage the inserts. The flexures may also each face a center point that is underneath the device to be mounted. The flexures may engage the inserts in ways that allow for quick installation and de-installation of devices, and may allow for visual inspection of proper installation.

Device mount for an inflatable structure

An integrated stiffener and RF reflector (stiffener/reflector) () for a RF emitter which includes: a plurality of vertical ribs () constituting side walls of the stiffener/reflector; a plurality of horizontal ribs () formed in a width direction of the stiffener/reflector; a top cover () including metallization layer (), the top cover being electrically coupled to a ground layer () of the RF emitter and configured in such a way to direct all of RF energy in an opposite direction to the top cover. Each of the vertical () and horizontal () ribs has a sandwich structure, which includes: a foam core layer () disposed on a layer of the RF emitter (); a thin film layer () bonded to sides and top of the rib to form facesheets of the sandwich structure.

Lightweight stiffener with integrated RF cavity-backed radiator for flexible RF emitters

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Marina Del Rey, CA, United States of America

Thomas Brennan