US 11,728,574 B2
Modular base for an antenna array
Nicholas J. Furman, Overland Park, KS (US); Kyle Byers, Leawood, KS (US); and Daniel Salzman, Lee's Summit, MO (US)
Assigned to HONEYWELL FEDERAL MANUFACTURING & TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed by Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC, Kansas City, MO (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,363.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046006 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/08 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/084 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A base configured to be joined with other bases to form a substrate for an antenna array, the base comprising:
a body including a front surface and a rear surface and a plurality of edges positioned therebetween, the front surface or the rear surface configured to retain an antenna; and
a plurality of male interconnecting features and a plurality of female interconnecting features, wherein the male interconnecting features of a first base connect with the female interconnecting features of a second base when the first base is joined with the second base to form the substrate or a portion of the substrate,
the male interconnect features including a plurality of spaced apart knuckles positioned along opposing edges of the body,
the female interconnect features including a plurality of spaced apart openings formed in opposing edges of the body,
a successive one of a portion of the knuckles positioned within a successive one of a portion of the openings when the first base is joined with the second base, and
each edge of the body in which openings are formed including a chamber that is cylindrically shaped and positioned along the length of the edge.