ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,288, issued on March 24, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).
"Self-passivating metal antenna" was invented by Grant Camden Miars (San Diego), Scott Richard Burnside (McClellan, Calif.) and Thomas James Roush (Carmichael, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device for use while submerged in a fluid or while operating in inclement weather includes a transceiver for transmitting and receiving communication signals, an antenna exposed to a submerged ambient environment formed of a self-passivating material, and a communication cable for propagating the communication signals between the t...