US 11,901,606 B1
Pan/tilt assembly for antenna apparatus
Erik N. Littleton, Los Angeles, CA (US); and Duncan Edwin Adams, Redmond, WA (US)
Assigned to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/065,743.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/959,133, filed on Jan. 9, 2020.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); F16M 11/12 (2006.01); F16M 11/18 (2006.01); H01Q 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/125 (2013.01) [F16M 11/126 (2013.01); F16M 11/18 (2013.01); H01Q 3/08 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna apparatus having a housing enclosing antenna components and a leg extending from the housing, the antenna apparatus comprising:
a pan/tilt assembly comprising:
a first actuator for rotating a first gear;
a second actuator for rotating a second gear;
a third gear coupled to the leg and engaged by the first and second gears; and
a tee having a first portion substantially transverse to a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first end rotatably received within the first gear and a second end rotatably received within the second gear, wherein the second portion is rotatably received within the third gear, wherein the first and second gears can be rotated in a direction, wherein the housing tilts relative to the leg when the first and second gears are rotated in a same direction, and wherein the housing pans relative to the leg when the first and second gears are rotated in opposite directions.