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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2016
Applicant:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Inventors:
W. Neill Kefauver, Littleton, CO (US);
James L. Lovejoy, Jr., Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Thomas Patrick Cencich, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 11/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/48 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 11/08 (2013.01); H01Q 1/243 (2013.01); H01Q 1/288 (2013.01); H01Q 1/36 (2013.01); H01Q 1/48 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communications system such as a global position system (GPS) device, a spacecraft tracking device, a handheld radio, or any other communications device may include one or more helix antennas. Each helix antenna may include a conductive circular ring at a distal end of one or more helical arms. In a helical antenna with multiple arms, the arms may be shorted together at the distal end by the conductive circular ring.