US 12,119,535 B2
Automated feed source changer for a compact test range
William Campbell, Doylestown, PA (US); Thomas McKeown, Medford, NJ (US); Per Iversen, Doylestown, PA (US); Thomas D. Kauffman, Glenside, PA (US); Zachary J. Pelli, Philadelphia, PA (US); and Thomas P. O'Donnell, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Orbit Advanced Technologies, Inc., Warminster, PA (US)
Filed by Orbit Advanced Technologies, Inc., Warminster, PA (US)
Filed on Apr. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/713,293.
Application 17/713,293 is a continuation of application No. 17/065,570, filed on Oct. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,335,988.
Application 17/065,570 is a continuation of application No. 16/611,327, granted, now 10,886,592, issued on Jan. 5, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2019/018393, filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/777,918, filed on Dec. 11, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231397 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 21/20 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/02 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/20 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A feed source changer for use within a test range comprising:
(a) a pair of arms rotatable in use between a first orientation and a second orientation; and
(b) an antenna wheel rotatably mounted to one of said arms, said antenna wheel includes a shroud disposed about a center body, at least two feed sources mounted to an outer side of said center body, each said feed source aligned along a rotational plane of said center body with each said feed source tangentially disposed with respect to said center body.