US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 7 for "Antenna assembly with adjustable gain lens" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,422, issued on July 7, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Antenna assembly with adjustable gain lens" was invented by James Cheung (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustable gain antenna including an RF emitter configured to emit an RF signal along an emitter axis. A first refractive lens having an optical axis collinear with the emitter axis and a second refractive lens having an optical axis collinear with the emitter axis with the first refractive lens located between the RF emitter and the second refractive lens. A drive mechanism mechanically linked to the first refractive lens and the second refract...