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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. 05, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2006
Applicants:
Mark A. Curry, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Frank R. Brogden, Auburn, WA (US);
Fong Shi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark R. Davis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mark A. Curry, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Frank R. Brogden, Auburn, WA (US);
Fong Shi, Bellevue, WA (US);
Mark R. Davis, Bellevue, WA (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for steering a beam from a phased array antenna mounted on a mobile platform. Rate sensors mounted on the phased array antenna are used to update lower bandwidth data from the mobile platform, resulting in improved pointing performance.