Coaxial line phase stabilization assembly and method
AssigneeSPX Corporation
InventorsWilliam A. DeCormier, Cole N. Plummer
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Abstract
An apparatus and method stabilizes a pair of parallel coaxial lines for an antenna having a tower. An upper portion of each coaxial line is suspended from the tower. A lower end of the coaxial lines is free to move vertically relative to the tower. The apparatus has a flexible section disposed along a first portion of the length of one coaxial line and a frame which rigidly ties together the two coaxial lines at a second portion of each of the lines below the flexible section.
Claims22
An apparatus for stabilizing a pair of parallel coaxial lines within a tower, with an upper portion of each coaxial line being suspended from the tower, and a lower end of the coaxial lines free to move vertically relative to the tower, the apparatus comprising:
- an expandable element disposed along a first portion of one coaxial line;
- and
- a frame rigidly tying together the two coaxial lines at a second portion of each of the coaxial lines below the expandable element.
An apparatus for stabilizing a pair of parallel coaxial lines for an antenna having a tower, with an upper portion of each coaxial line being suspended from the tower, and a lower end of the coaxial lines free to move vertically relative to the tower, the apparatus comprising:
- expansion means disposed along a first portion of one coaxial line;
- and
- tying means for rigidly tying together the two coaxial lines at a second portion of each of the lines below the expansion means.
A method for stabilizing a pair of parallel coaxial lines for an antenna having a tower, with an upper portion of each coaxial line being suspended from the tower, and a lower end of the coaxial lines free to move vertically relative to the power, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an expandable element at a location between the upper portion and the lower end of the coaxial line;
- and
- holding the lower ends of the coaxial lines together at a relative horizontal height with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.