US Patent Issued to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on May 5 for "Low-profile, low-observable, wide-band, azimuthally-omni-directional monopole antenna" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,721, issued on May 5, was assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Low-profile, low-observable, wide-band, azimuthally-omni-directional monopole antenna" was invented by David Walker Brock (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A low-profile antenna comprising a ground plane, a center hub, a plurality of arms, and a conductive ring. The center is hub disposed above the ground plane. The plurality of arms extend radially from the center hub. Each arm of the plurality of arms is conductive, has a uniform thickness, and has an upper and a lower surface. Each lower surface has an e...