# US 2008/0186250 A1 · Radome > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2008/0186250 A1 - Document ID: US20080186250A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 11/672,126 - Filed: 2007-02-07 - Published: 2008-08-07 - Earliest claimed: 2007-02-07 - Assignees: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC - Inventors: Edward Wolf; Chris Richardson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20080186250A1 ## CPC - H01Q 1/42: Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome - G01S 19/35: Constructional details or hardware or software details of the signal processing chain - G01S 19/36: relating to the receiver frond end - H01Q 1/06: Means for the lighting or illuminating of antennas, e.g. for purpose of warning - H01Q 1/22: by structural association with other equipment or articles - H01Q 1/32: Adaptation for use in or on road or rail vehicles - H01Q 1/44: using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract A GPS reception arrangement includes a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between the upper body portion and the lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, and a GPS antenna positioned inside the radome body. A plurality of light sources on the peripheral body portion of the radome body project light in a manner to identify the GPS radome. Retroreflective material is positioned around the radome body on the peripheral body portion, adjacent the plurality of light sources. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A GPS radome, comprising: a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between said upper body portion and said lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, a plurality of light sources on said peripheral body portion of said radome body for projecting light in a manner to identify the GPS radome, and retroreflective material positioned around said radome body on said peripheral body portion, adjacent said plurality of light sources. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The GPS radome of claim 1, in which said retroreflective material comprises at least one strip of retroreflective material extending around said radome body on said peripheral body portion adjacent said plurality of light sources. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The GPS radome of claim 2, in which said at least one strip of retroreflective material comprises a pair of strips of retroreflective material extending around said radome body adjacent said plurality of light sources on said peripheral body portion, one of said pair of strips positioned above said plurality of light sources and the other of said pair of strips positioned below said plurality of light sources. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The GPS radome of claim 1, in which said GPS radome body is generally cylindrical in shape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The GPS radome of claim 1, in which said plurality of light sources comprise a plurality of light emitting diodes spaced around the peripheral body portion of said radome body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The GPS radome of claim 1 further comprising a power and control source for supplying power to said light sources such that said light sources are illuminated in a recognizable pattern. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The GPS radome of claim 5 in which light sources are illuminated simultaneously in a recognizable pattern. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The GPS radome of claim 1, further including a mast engaging bracket in the lower body portion for securing the radome to a support mast, said bracket including an orientation element such that the bracket may be used to secure the radome to the mast in a defined orientation. ### Claim 9 A GPS reception arrangement, comprising: a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between said upper body portion and said lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, a GPS antenna positioned inside said radome body, a plurality of light sources on said peripheral body portion of said radome body for projecting light in a manner to identify the GPS radome, and retroreflective material positioned around said radome body on said peripheral body portion, adjacent said plurality of light sources. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The GPS reception arrangement of claim 8, in which said retroreflective material comprises at least one strip of retroreflective material extending around said radome body on said peripheral body portion adjacent said plurality of light sources. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The GPS reception arrangement of claim 9, in which said at least one strip of retroreflective material comprises a pair of strips of retroreflective material extending around said radome body adjacent said plurality of light sources on said peripheral body portion, one of said pair of strips positioned above said plurality of light sources and the other of said pair of strips positioned below said plurality of light sources. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The GPS reception arrangement of claim 8, in which said GPS radome body is generally cylindrical in shape. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The GPS reception arrangement of claim 8, in which said plurality of light sources comprise a plurality of light emitting diodes spaced around the peripheral body portion of said radome body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The GPS reception arrangement of claim 8 further comprising a power and control source for supplying power to said light sources such that said light sources are illuminated in a recognizable pattern. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The GPS reception arrangement of claim 13 in which light sources are illuminated simultaneously in a recognizable pattern. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The GPS radome of claim 8, further including a mast engaging bracket in the lower body portion for securing the radome to a support mast, said bracket including an orientation element such that the bracket may be used to secure the radome to the mast in a defined orientation.