US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on March 24 for "Additively manufactured antenna system for near earth and deep space applications" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,923, issued on March 24, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Additively manufactured antenna system for near earth and deep space applications" was invented by Avinash Sharma (Laurel, Md.), Carl L. Carpenter (Annapolis, Md.), Steven R. Szczesniak (Columbia, Md.), David M. Lee (Hanover, Md.), Andrew M. Lennon (Ellicott City, Md.) and Walter R. Zimbeck (Annapolis, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for fabricating an antenna system for near Earth and Deep Space applications includes additively manufacturing an aluminum alloy powder feedstock on a build plate to form a monolithic choke ring horn antenna...