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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2010
Applicant:
Thaddeus M. Jones, Bremen, IN (US);
Inventor:
Thaddeus M. Jones, Bremen, IN (US);
Assignee:
MSX, Incorporated, South Bend, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 15/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
An antenna system having a dish, a heating element and a shaped plate. The dish has a concave shape on one side and a generally convex shape on the opposite side. The shaped plate has the heating element applied to a first side. The shaped plate has a second opposite side. The shaped plate is coupled to the opposite side of the dish. The shaped plate being formed from a flat plate having at least one slot cut therein, each slot having edges that are overlapped to thereby cause the flat plate to become the shaped plate.