Window mountable direction-finding antenna arrays
AssigneeL3Harris Technologies, Inc.
InventorTerry Johnson
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Abstract
Direction-finding antenna arrays are positioned adjacent the interior surface of one or more aircraft fuselage windows. Such positioning may be means of a frame or other structure that is non-intrusively positioned on the fuselage interior wall adjacent the window and to which the antenna array is secured. Alternatively, a movable floor-supported installation fixture is selectively movable into position relative to fuselage windows and supports one or more antenna arrays adjacent those windows.
Claims6
A method of deploying a first direction-finding antenna array in an aircraft, wherein the array has a first beam pattern establishing a field of view for the first antenna array, said method comprising positioning the first antenna array adjacent an interior surface of a first window of the aircraft such that the first beam pattern projects through the first window;
- wherein the aircraft has a cabin floor and a track mounted on the cabin floor, the method further comprising:
- selectively positioning an installation fixture on the track so as to be selectively positionable relative to the window;
- securing the first antenna array to a first movable arm of the installation fixture;
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- moving the first movable arm to securely position the first antenna array adjacent the interior surface of the first window.
A method of deploying a first direction-finding antenna array in an aircraft, wherein the array has a first beam pattern establishing a field of view for the first antenna array, said method comprising positioning the first antenna array adjacent an interior surface of a first window of the aircraft such that the first beam pattern projects through the first window, said method further comprising:
- selectively positioning an installation fixture on the floor of the aircraft cabin so as to be selectively positionable relative to the window;
- securing the first antenna array to a first movable arm of the installation fixture;
- and
- moving the first movable arm to securely position the first antenna array adjacent the interior surface of the first window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.