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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:
Oct. 17, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
James E Olivenbaum, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tideland Signal Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361117 ; 361-1 ; 361111 ; 174-2 ; 343872 ;
Abstract
A lightning protected antenna in which at least one metallic antenna and its connected electronic housing is enclosed in a pressurized non-magnetic enclosure. A conductive path for lightning is provided which does not interfere with the radiation pattern of the antenna. The path includes a metal tip on top of the enclosure, and the antenna itself is used as a conductive path for the antenna grounding system.