Radome assembly having an outer layer
AssigneeSpace Exploration Technologies Corp.
InventorsDarya Malkova, David Milroy, Samuel Belden
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Abstract
In one example of the present disclosure, a radome assembly for use with an antenna assembly is described. The radome assembly may comprise a radome body portion having a first side and a second side, wherein the radome body portion defines a portion of a housing for an antenna assembly. The radome assembly may further comprise an outer layer coupled to the first side of the radome body portion, wherein the outer layer is made from a different material than the radome body portion, and wherein at least a portion of the outer layer is exposed to an outdoor environment and has hydrophobic properties.
Claims8
A radome assembly for use with an antenna assembly, the radome assembly comprising:
- a radome body portion having a first side and a second side;
- an outer layer coupled to the first side of the radome body portion, wherein the outer layer is made from a different material than the radome body portion, and wherein at least a portion of the outer layer has hydrophobic properties;
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- a radome spacer portion extending from the second side of the radome body portion and configured to space the radome body portion and the outer layer from antenna elements of the antenna assembly, wherein the radome body portion and the radome spacer portion are integrally formed, wherein the radome spacer portion includes a plurality of cells, wherein each cell of the plurality of cells is formed from at least two cell walls positioned adjacent to each other, and wherein the plurality of cells are configured as nodeless such that a gap is defined between the at least two cell walls of each cell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.