ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,464, issued on May 26, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).
"Blade antenna system" was invented by William E. McKinzie III (Fulton, Md.), Eric Louis Holzman (Ellicott City, Md.) and Peter Andrew Stenger (Woodbine, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment includes a blade antenna system. The system includes a ground plane and a planar substrate material extending orthogonally from the ground plane. The system also includes conductive material coupled to the planar substrate material in a coplanar or parallel manner. The conductive material can correspond to a radiating conductor. A portion of the...