US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on April 14 for "Axially adjustable length radio frequency interconnect" (Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,466, issued on April 14, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Axially adjustable length radio frequency interconnect" was invented by Philip A.L. Lovell (Laurel, Md.), Michael R. Cortina (Catonsville, Md.), Curt E. Forst (Abington, Pa.) and Eric Anders Lindquist (Severn, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An axially adjustable length radio frequency (RF) interconnect for facilitating the transmission of RF signals between RF components within an assembly such as an antenna system. An integral threading structure including a coupling nut and floating pin extends the RF interconnect to alleviate axial m...