Apparatus for fabricating Z-axis vertical launch within a printed circuit board

    公开(公告)号:US11109489B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-31

    申请号:US16541789

    申请日:2019-08-15

    申请人: RAYTHEON COMPANY

    IPC分类号: H05K3/10 B21F11/00

    摘要: An apparatus for automating the fabrication of a copper vertical launch (CVL) within a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a feed mechanism to feed and extrude copper wire from a spool of copper wire and a wire cutting and gripping mechanism to receive copper wire from the feed mechanism, cut and secure a segment of copper wire, insert the segment of copper wire into a hole formed within the PCB, solder an end of the segment of copper wire to a signal trace of the PCB, and flush cut an opposite end of the segment of the copper wire to a surface of the PCB. The wire cutting and gripping mechanism includes a wire cutter to flush cut the segment of copper wire and an integrated heated gripper device to receive the copper wire from the spool of copper wire and cut and grab a segment from copper wire.

    THERMALLY-ENHANCED AND DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES

    公开(公告)号:US20190315500A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-17

    申请号:US16385546

    申请日:2019-04-16

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    摘要: A system includes a flight vehicle and one or more deployable radiators. Each deployable radiator includes a structure configured to receive thermal energy and to reject the thermal energy into an external environment. The structure includes (i) multiple inline and interconnected thermomechanical regions and (ii) one or more thermal energy transfer devices embedded in at least some of the thermomechanical regions. The one or more thermal energy transfer devices are configured to transfer the thermal energy between different ones of the thermomechanical regions. At least one of the thermomechanical regions includes one or more shape-memory materials configured to cause a shape of the structure to change. The thermomechanical regions may include one or more heat input regions configured to receive the thermal energy, one or more heat rejection regions configured to reject the thermal energy into the external environment, and one or more morphable regions including the one or more shape-memory materials and configured to change shape.

    Millimeter wave phased array
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11569574B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US16418231

    申请日:2019-05-21

    申请人: RAYTHEON COMPANY

    摘要: A wave phased array is manufactured using additive manufacturing technology (AMT). The wave phased array includes a radiator, a radiator dilation layer supporting the radiator, a beamformer supporting the radiator dilation layer, a beamformer dilation layer supporting the beamformer, and a substrate support layer supporting the beamformer dilation layer. At least one of the radiator, the radiator dilation layer, the beamformer, the beamformer dilation layer and the substrate support layer is fabricated at least in part by an AMT process.

    Method for manufacturing non-planar arrays with a single flex-hybrid circuit card

    公开(公告)号:US11497118B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17174904

    申请日:2021-02-12

    申请人: RAYTHEON COMPANY

    摘要: A method of fabricating a printed circuit assembly includes providing a flexible-hybrid circuit having a base and at least one side panel. The at least one side panel is hingedly connected to the base. The method further includes disposing a support structure on the flexible-hybrid circuit. The support structure includes a base, which is disposed on the base of the flexible-hybrid circuit, and at least one side that corresponds to the at least one side panel of the flexible-hybrid circuit. The method further includes folding the at least one side panel of the flexible-hybrid circuit so that the at least one side panel is disposed co-planar with the at least one side of the support structure to create a printed circuit assembly.