公开(公告)号：US11811130B2

公开(公告)日：2023-11-07

申请号：US17178372

申请日：2021-02-18

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Jason E. Bardo ,  Wesley N. Allen ,  Benjamin G. McMahon

IPC: H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q3/00 ,  H01Q1/08

CPC classification number: H01Q1/125 ,  H01Q1/08 ,  H01Q1/1235 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q3/005

Abstract: An antenna positioner provided on a deployable vehicle. The antenna positioner includes a base and a frame having a plurality of plates oriented at an angle relative to one another. Each plate may include a low band antenna and a high band antenna. The base is located inside a chamber of the deployable vehicle. The frame is movable relative to the base between a collapsed position, where the entire frame is positioned within the chamber, and an extended position wherein at least a portion of the frame extends outwardly through an opening in the deployable vehicle's exterior wall. The frame is pivotally engaged with the base and a gearing mechanism pivots the frame between the collapsed position and the extended position to arrange the antennas at a desired orientation relative to the deployable vehicle's exterior wall so as to maximize the antenna's near-vertical Field of View (FoV).

公开(公告)号：US20220263215A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-18

申请号：US17178372

申请日：2021-02-18

Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

Inventor： Jason E. Bardo ,  Wesley N. Allen ,  Benjamin G. McMahon

IPC: H01Q1/12 ,  H01Q1/32 ,  H01Q1/08 ,  H01Q3/00

Abstract: An antenna positioner provided on a deployable vehicle. The antenna positioner includes a base and a frame having a plurality of plates oriented at an angle relative to one another. Each plate may include a low band antenna and a high band antenna. The base is located inside a chamber of the deployable vehicle. The frame is movable relative to the base between a collapsed position, where the entire frame is positioned within the chamber, and an extended position wherein at least a portion of the frame extends outwardly through an opening in the deployable vehicle's exterior wall. The frame is pivotally engaged with the base and a gearing mechanism pivots the frame between the collapsed position and the extended position to arrange the antennas at a desired orientation relative to the deployable vehicle's exterior wall so as to maximize the antenna's near-vertical Field of View (FoV).