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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2017
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
David W. Cripe, Mount Vernon, IA (US);
Bryan S. McCoy, Windsor Heights, IA (US);
Jeffrey L. Box, Farmersville, TX (US);
ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Abstract
An antenna assembly includes a rotor, a first end component, and a second end component. The rotor includes a rotor body and a plurality of magnets configured to output a first magnetic field. The rotor body defines a plurality of slots extending radially inward from an exterior surface of the rotor body. Each magnet is disposed in a corresponding slot. The first end component includes a first end component body and a plurality of first extensions extending from the first end component body and contacting a first set of the plurality of magnets. The second end component includes a second end component body and a plurality of second extensions extending from the second end component body and contacting the first set. The first end component and the second end component are configured to output an electromagnetic signal.