US 12,009,568 B1
Thermal protection system including high temperature radio frequency aperture
Ryan Quarfoth, Malibu, CA (US); Walter Wall, Calabasas, CA (US); Shanying Cui, Malibu, CA (US); Christopher Roper, Malibu, CA (US); and Jonathan Lynch, Malibu, CA (US)
Assigned to HRL LABORATORIES, LLC, Malibu, CA (US)
Filed by HRL LABORATORIES, LLC, Malibu, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/031,254.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/992,471, filed on Mar. 20, 2020.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); B64G 1/58 (2006.01); G01S 13/90 (2006.01); H01Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/02 (2013.01) [B64G 1/58 (2013.01); G01S 13/9094 (2013.01); H01Q 1/002 (2013.01); H01Q 21/064 (2013.01); H01Q 1/286 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A thermal protection system comprising:
an outer skin;
a thermally insulating material under the outer skin;
a high temperature radio frequency (RF) aperture, the RF aperture comprising a plurality of waveguides separated from each other and extending through the outer skin and the thermally insulating material; and
a capping layer on the waveguides and on the outer skin, the capping layer and the outer skin being the same material.