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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2012
Michael Bruce Knight, Enterprise, AL (US);
John Charles Fanning, Enterprise, AL (US);
James Rogers Helvin, Ozark, AL (US);
Mark Alan Jones, Daleville, AL (US);
Norman Edwin Lawrence, Iii, Enterprise, AL (US);
Damon Schmidt, Largo, FL (US);
Michael Bruce Knight, Enterprise, AL (US);
John Charles Fanning, Enterprise, AL (US);
James Rogers Helvin, Ozark, AL (US);
Mark Alan Jones, Daleville, AL (US);
Norman Edwin Lawrence, III, Enterprise, AL (US);
Damon Schmidt, Largo, FL (US);
Enterprise Electronics Corporation, Enterprise, AL (US);
Abstract
A transportable weather radar, including radar electronics functionally located above the elevational joint, a frame superstructure rotationally connected to an elevational assembly supporting the elevational joint, a rotational drive assembly mounted below and supporting the elevational assembly, and at least one harmonic drive for positioning the radar antenna. The radar includes a fiber optic rotary joint positioned above a slip ring assembly which is positioned within a lower portion of the elevational assembly so that as the elevational assembly rotates a fiber optic cable connected to the lower end of the fiber optic rotary joint is stationary relative to the rotating elevational assembly. The slip ring assembly permits electrical signals to traverse through traditional metal cables from the pedestal to the frame superstructure where electronics are held.