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US 11,145,435 B2Granted
Systems and devices for an RF signal carrying cable of a multi-pack launcher system
AssigneeAeroVironment, Inc.
InventorReza Miremadi
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods including a launch control box; a multi-pack launcher (MPL) box; and a cable connecting the launch control box and the MPL box, where the cable comprises: an outer jacket, a shielded braid, a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, and a fourth wire, where the first wire and the second wire are shielded by the shielded braid, where the third wire and the fourth wire are outside of the shielded braid, and where the third wire and the fourth wire act as an antenna.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a launch control box;
- a multi-pack launcher (MPL) box;
- and
- a cable connecting the launch control box and the MPL box, wherein the cable comprises:
- an outer jacket, a shielded braid, a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, and a fourth wire, wherein the first wire and the second wire are shielded by the shielded braid, wherein the third wire and the fourth wire are outside of the shielded braid, and wherein the third wire and the fourth wire act as an antenna.
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A method comprising:
- receiving one or more radio frequency (RF) signals in a portion of a cable disposed outside of a multi-pack launcher (MPL) box, wherein the cable comprises:
- an outer jacket, a shielded braid, a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, and a fourth wire, wherein the first wire and the second wire are shielded by the shielded braid, wherein the third wire and the fourth wire are outside of the shielded braid, and wherein the third wire and the fourth wire act as an antenna;
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- transmitting the received one or more RF signals from a portion of the cable disposed inside the MPL box to one or more missiles located inside the MPL box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.