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.
Claims17
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.
Apparatus for deploying a first direction-finding antenna array in an aircraft, wherein the first antenna array has a predetermined beam pattern establishing a field of view for the first antenna array, said apparatus comprising:
- a frame member removably secured to a wall portion surrounding at least a portion of a window of the aircraft;
- wherein the first antenna array is configured to be secured to the frame member in a position adjacent an interior surface of the window such that its beam pattern is projectable through the window.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.