公开(公告)号：US20220344793A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17240341

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Court E. Rossman ,  Ronald M. Carvalho, JR. ,  John R. Stuart, III ,  Matthew D. Thoren ,  John M. Veilleux ,  Ross J. Wendell

IPC: H01Q1/04 ,  H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/36

Abstract: An antenna module configured for use on an underwater vehicle is disclosed. The antenna module includes an array of spiral antennas fabricated on a multi-layer substrate that provides wide-band RF communication with direction finding (DF) capability. The antenna module can also include other antennas fabricated on the same multi-layer substrate, such as one or more global positioning system (GPS) receivers, an ultra-high frequency/very-high frequency (UHV/VHF) antenna, or one or more iridium antennas. The antenna module may further include a water-proof housing that is coupled to the outside hull of an undersea vehicle via a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism allows the antenna module to rotate between a stowed position against the hull and a deployed position that extends the antennas out away from the undersea vehicle. The antenna module is curved or flexible so it can stow against a corresponding curved hull of the undersea vehicle.

公开(公告)号：US11001356B1

公开(公告)日：2021-05-11

申请号：US16715481

申请日：2019-12-16

Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Christopher G. Van Valkenburgh ,  Ronald Carvalho ,  Robert J. Nation ,  Charles P. Wason, Jr. ,  Ross J. Wendell

IPC: B63G8/04 ,  H01Q1/34

Abstract: A rollable mast system couplable to an undersea vehicle includes a mast made of a bi-stable composite material configured to roll onto itself in a first state and to stiffen into an elongated stable shape in a second state, and a head structure coupled to a distal end of the mast. The rollable mast system further includes a spool configured to support at least a portion of the bi-stable composite material in its first state and a roller in contact with the bi-stable composite material and configured to pay out the bi-stable composite material from the spool in a direction away from a hull of the undersea vehicle. The bi-stable composite material is in the first state as it passes from the spool to the roller, and the bi-stable composite material is in the second state after it passes the roller.

公开(公告)号：US11522265B2

公开(公告)日：2022-12-06

申请号：US17240341

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Court E. Rossman ,  Ronald M. Carvalho, Jr. ,  John R. Stuart, III ,  Matthew D. Thoren ,  John M. Veilleux ,  Ross J. Wendell

IPC: H01Q1/04 ,  H01Q1/36 ,  H01Q1/12

Abstract: An antenna module configured for use on an underwater vehicle is disclosed. The antenna module includes an array of spiral antennas fabricated on a multi-layer substrate that provides wide-band RF communication with direction finding (DF) capability. The antenna module can also include other antennas fabricated on the same multi-layer substrate, such as one or more global positioning system (GPS) receivers, an ultra-high frequency/very-high frequency (UHV/VHF) antenna, or one or more iridium antennas. The antenna module may further include a water-proof housing that is coupled to the outside hull of an undersea vehicle via a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism allows the antenna module to rotate between a stowed position against the hull and a deployed position that extends the antennas out away from the undersea vehicle. The antenna module is curved or flexible so it can stow against a corresponding curved hull of the undersea vehicle.