US 12,334,630 B2
Radome assembly having nodeless cells
Charbel J. Elian, Torrance, CA (US); Benjamin Eric Alburtus, Redondo Beach, CA (US); and David Milroy, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,245.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,467, filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0145189 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 1/40 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 3/08 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/42 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 1/405 (2013.01); H01Q 1/422 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0457 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 1/125 (2013.01); H01Q 3/08 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radome assembly for use with an antenna assembly, the radome assembly comprising:
a radome body portion having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface, and wherein the radome body portion defines a portion of a housing for an antenna assembly; and
a radome spacer portion extending from the second surface of the radome body portion, the radome spacer portion defining a plurality of cells that are formed from a plurality of cell walls, wherein at least two cell walls of the plurality of cell walls defining each cell of the plurality of cells are positioned adjacent to each other and define a gap therebetween, and wherein each cell wall includes a first end coupled to the second surface and a second end coupled to the antenna assembly, each cell wall having a spacing height between the first and second ends.