ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,405, issued on July 7, was assigned to John Mezzalingua Associates LLC (Liverpool, N.Y.).
"Antenna radome for reduced wind loading" was invented by Karthik Janardhanan (Syracuse, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a radome for a cellular antenna that significantly improves windloading, which may be crucial for successful deployments on cell towers where the antenna may be deployed at considerable height and in environments where extreme weather is possible. The windloading performance is provided by the profile shape of the radome. The profile shape may be accommodated through the use of low band dipoles that are shorter...