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US 5,844,528 AGranted
Satellite feedhorn including a heating assembly
AssigneeMSX, Inc.
InventorThaddeus M. Jones
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a heatable feedhorn assembly including a feedhorn having a wide end and a heater assembly wrapped around the wide end. The heater assembly includes an elongate element in the form of a cable tie and an electrically insulated heater wire wrapped around the elongate element.
Claims20
A feedhorn assembly in a satellite system, said feedhorn assembly comprising:
- a feedhorn having an end for at least one of receiving and transmitting a signal;
- and
- a heater assembly including an elongate element wrapped around said feedhorn and having opposite ends connected to each other, said heater assembly further including an electrically insulated heater wire wrapped around said elongate element.
A heater assembly for use with a feedhorn in a satellite system, comprising:
- an elongated element sized and configured to be wrapped around the feedhorn and having opposite ends attachable to each other;
- and
- an electrically insulated heater wire wrapped around said elongate element and having opposite ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.