ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,665, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).
"Space antenna having deployable, steerable antennas and related methods" was invented by Robert M. Taylor (Rockledge, Fla.), Justin J. Luther (Melbourne, Fla.) and Stephen Jenkins (Palm Bay, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deployable space antenna may include a housing and a first telescoping boom and a second telescoping boom extendable from the housing in opposite directions from a stowed position to a deployed position. Each of the first and second telescoping booms may include telescoping boom segments. Each of a plurality of deployable, steerabl...