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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. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2005
Applicants:
Kevin M. O'brien, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Jonathan A. Tekawy, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin M. O'Brien, Los Alamitos, CA (US);
Jonathan A. Tekawy, Newport Coast, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/185 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for computing a lever arm correction between a wide beam coverage antenna and a steerable spot beam antenna of a navigational satellite is disclosed. A navigation receiver computes the lever arm correction using information from the navigational satellite that allows both the position of the navigational satellite and the navigational receiver to be determined using a known geometry of the steerable spot beam antenna and a prescribed satellite attitude maneuver profile.