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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:
Jan. 26, 1982
Filed:
Sep. 05, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles W Westerman, El Toro, CA (US);
Assignee:
Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343771 ; 343770 ;
Abstract
This specification discloses a nondissipative load termination for a traveling wave antenna array whereby energy incident at the end of the antenna array is applied directly to the main beam of the array with the same polarization as the main beam so that the gain of the antenna is improved.