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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2020
Applicant:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Inventors:
Joseph T. Graf, Center Point, IA (US);
James B. West, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/287 (2013.01); H01Q 1/50 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0428 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mobile platform communication system includes one or more HF antennas disposed in the surface of the mobile platform. The HF antenna may comprise one or more mesh screens. Alternatively, or in addition, the HF antennas may comprise characteristic mode transducers to excite metallic features on the mobile platform skin. The mobile platform skin includes a lightning strike protection layer that is disposed within the mobile platform skin around in internal surface of the antenna such that the antenna does not distend the mobile platform skin and increase drag.