Pan/tilt assembly for antenna apparatus
AssigneeSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.
InventorsErik N. Littleton, Duncan Edwin Adams
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Abstract
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a pan/tilt assembly for an antenna apparatus having a housing enclosing antenna components and a leg extending from the housing includes a first actuator for rotating a first gear, a second actuator for rotating a second gear, a third gear coupled to the leg and engaged by the first and second gears, and a tee having a first portion substantially transverse to a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first end rotatably received within the first gear and a second end rotatably received within the second gear, and wherein the second portion is rotatably received within the third gear.
Claims12
An antenna apparatus having a housing enclosing antenna components and a leg extending from the housing, the antenna apparatus comprising:
- a pan/tilt assembly comprising:
- a first actuator for rotating a first gear;
- a second actuator for rotating a second gear;
- a third gear coupled to the leg and engaged by the first and second gears;
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- a tee having a first portion substantially transverse to a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first end rotatably received within the first gear and a second end rotatably received within the second gear, wherein the second portion is rotatably received within the third gear, wherein the first and second gears can be rotated in a direction, wherein the housing tilts relative to the leg when the first and second gears are rotated in a same direction, and wherein the housing pans relative to the leg when the first and second gears are rotated in opposite directions.
An antenna apparatus, comprising:
- a housing enclosing antenna components;
- a leg extending from the housing;
- a pan/tilt assembly configured to tilt and pan the housing relative to the leg, comprising:
- a first actuator for rotating a first gear;
- a second actuator for rotating a second gear;
- a third gear coupled to the leg and engaged by the first and second gears;
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- a tee having a first portion substantially transverse to a second portion, wherein the first portion has a first end rotatably received within the first gear and a second end rotatably received within the second gear, and wherein the second portion is rotatably received within the third gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.