US Patent Issued to L3Harris Technologies on July 14 for "Phased array excited multi-mode waveguide with omnidirectional coverage and beam steering" (Utah Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,284, issued on July 14, was assigned to L3Harris Technologies Inc. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Phased array excited multi-mode waveguide with omnidirectional coverage and beam steering" was invented by Richard G. Edwards (Grantsville, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna for omnidirectional coverage and directional beam forming includes a multimode biconical waveguide with a first conical structure having a first base and a first apex, a second conical structure having a second base and a second apex, the first apex facing the second apex, and a radiation aperture. There is a coaxial interface between the first conical structure an...