US 12,434,807 B2
Antenna cladding for aircraft
Tobias Adugna, Norderstedt (DE); Arno Strotmann, Hamburg (DE); and Matthias Exner, Hamburg (DE)
Assigned to LUFTHANSA TECHNIK AG, Hamburg (DE)
Appl. No. 18/550,691
Filed by Lufthansa Technik AG, Hamburg (DE)
PCT Filed Mar. 14, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/056431
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/194725, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2021 106 321 (DE), filed on Mar. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190553 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/28 (2006.01); B64C 1/36 (2006.01); H01Q 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC B64C 1/36 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/286 (2013.01); H01Q 1/42 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An antenna cladding configured for an aircraft and configured for fastening fuselage fittings protruding from an outer skin of the aircraft, the antenna cladding comprising:
a carrier configured for fastening antenna modules thereto;
a radome fuselage cladding fastened to the carrier for contact on the outer skin of the aircraft; and
a radome cover, which forms a continuous cover and forms a continuous lining for electromagnetic radiation in a predetermined wavelength range with the radome fuselage cladding,
wherein the carrier is an adapter plate made of fiber composite, which has recesses provided with inserts,
wherein there are connection fittings formed in the inserts for connection to the fuselage fittings,
wherein the connection fittings are arranged between upper and lower faces of the adapter plate and are designed in such a way that the connection fittings do not protrude beyond the upper side of the adapter plate and the fuselage fittings do protrude into the adapter plate when connected to the connection fittings, but do not protrude beyond the upper side thereof.