US 12,463,333 B2
Radome assembly coupling with antenna assembly
Charbel J. Elian, Torrance, CA (US); David Milroy, Kirkland, WA (US); Benjamin Eric Alburtus, Redondo Beach, CA (US); Jackson Shaffner, El Segundo, CA (US); Edison S. Conner, Jr., Torrance, CA (US); and Tad A. Kilbury, Long Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Starbase, TX (US)
Filed by Space Exploration Technologies Corp., Hawthorne, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,221.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,467, filed on Nov. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0142893 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/42 (2006.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 3/08 (2006.01); H01Q 9/04 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/422 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/24 (2013.01); H01Q 1/523 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01); H01Q 21/065 (2013.01); H01Q 1/125 (2013.01); H01Q 3/08 (2013.01); H01Q 9/0457 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A radome body assembly for use with an antenna assembly, the radome body 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 plurality of elongated members each coupled to the second surface of the radome body portion and each having a proximal end at or near the radome body portion and a distal end distal from the radome body portion, wherein the antenna assembly includes a plurality of layers each having a plurality of ports, wherein the plurality of ports of each of the plurality of layers align to define a plurality of thru-holes in the antenna assembly, and wherein the plurality of elongated members is configured to extend through the plurality of corresponding thru-holes defined in the antenna assembly.