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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:
Jun. 20, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Alexander D. Johnson, Waltham, MA (US);
James F. Fung, Manchester, NH (US);
William K. Grefe, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/01 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/30 (2006.01); H01Q 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/08 (2013.01); H01Q 1/30 (2013.01); H01Q 13/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
The system for a collapsible direction finding antenna. The antenna comprising a rigid central portion and a plurality of foldable arms. The antenna is aerial/kite lifted once launched from a tube to provide increased line of sight above a surface. The antennas being launchable from a UUV, a user in the field, and the like. The antenna being a full azimuth direction finding antenna. In some cases, operating at a wide matched frequency of 1 to 6 GHz.