The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Ying J. Feria, El Segundo, CA (US);
David A. Whelan, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Phillip R. Grajek, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 7/04 (2017.01); H01Q 3/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 21/22 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/285 (2013.01); H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 1/287 (2013.01); H01Q 3/26 (2013.01); H01Q 21/22 (2013.01); H01Q 25/002 (2013.01); H04B 7/0617 (2013.01); H04B 7/18506 (2013.01); H04B 7/18513 (2013.01); H04B 7/18573 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aircraft includes a fuselage, wings coupled to the fuselage, and a transceiver. The aircraft further includes a plurality of planar phased array antennas coupled to the transceiver and fixedly attached to the fuselage or to at least one of the wings. The plurality of planar phased array antennas include a first planar phased array antenna having a first normal vector and a second planar phased array antenna having a second normal vector. The first normal vector is not parallel to the second normal vector.