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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2014
Applicant:
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Richardson Pinney, Long Beach, CA (US);
John C. Waldrop, III, St. Peters, MO (US);
John Scott Kruse, Florissant, MO (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 1/42 (2013.01); H01Q 1/281 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aerial vehicle includes at least one antenna configured to at least one of transmit and receive a signal and a radome assembly at least partially covering the antenna. The radome assembly includes a shell having an inner surface that defines an opening therein and a tip comprising an extension portion coupled to the shell. The radome assembly also includes a component that engages a portion of the extension portion such that the extension portion is impeded from exiting the opening.