ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,272, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).
"Production-tolerant multi-part antenna system" was invented by John Karl Blauert (Carmel, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document describes high-tolerance channels for multi-part waveguide and antenna. Two structures with planar surfaces are arranged about a separation plane. The planar surfaces are contoured to shape, respectively, an upper channel section and a complementary, lower channel section from an opposite side of the separation plane. Surface features on one or both planar surfaces are shaped to provide physical dimensions...