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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2019
Applicant:
John Mezzalingua Associates, Llc, Liverpool, NY (US);
Inventors:
Evan Wayton, Tully, NY (US);
Lance Bamford, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC, Liverpool, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 3/14 (2006.01); H01Q 3/44 (2006.01); H01Q 15/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 19/06 (2013.01); H01Q 3/14 (2013.01); H01Q 3/446 (2013.01); H01Q 15/08 (2013.01); H01Q 21/205 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is an antenna having a toroidal gradient index lens, whereby a radiator may be disposed within the inner hole of the toroid. The antenna may include a mechanism that translates the radiator along the z-axis whereby an 'upward' translation of the radiator along the z-axis tilts the antenna's elevation beam pattern downward. The radiator disposed within the hole of the toroid lens may be a dipole or a multi-sector radiator, such as a tri-sector radiator. Disclosed are two variations of the toroidal lens: a toroid shape, and a cylindrical toroidal shape.