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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Applicants:
John Curran, Kircaldy, GB;
Roy Campbell, Ladybank, GB;
Inventors:
John Curran, Kircaldy, GB;
Roy Campbell, Ladybank, GB;
Assignee:
Andrew LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 19/19 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reflector antenna feed RF seal between an antenna base, a feed hub and a vertex plate. The RF seal formed via a generally annular gasket of compressible material adapted to seat around an outer diameter of the feed hub. The gasket having an outer diameter greater than a diameter of a joint between the feed hub and the antenna base and less than an outer diameter of the vertex plate. The gasket compressed within a cavity formed between the antenna base, the feed hub and the vertex plate as the feed hub is seated within the antenna base.