US Patent Issued to Hughes Network Systems on June 2 for "Automated alignment of an antenna's frame of reference to that of a transit craft" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,831, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hughes Network Systems LLC (Germantown, Md.).

"Automated alignment of an antenna's frame of reference to that of a transit craft" was invented by Kasra Akhavan-Toyserkani (Germantown, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are described for aligning an antenna's frame of reference to that of a transit craft without relying on precise physical antenna alignment during installation. For example, the antenna is installed on the craft in coarse alignment with the craft's three-dimensional reference frame. The antenna is initially steered based on obtaining ephemeris information for a radiofreq...