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US 9,543,633 B2Granted
Antenna dish heating system
AssigneeMSX, Inc.
InventorThaddeus M. Jones
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Abstract
An antenna system having a dish, a heating element and a shaped plate. The dish has a concave shape on one side and a generally convex shape on the opposite side. The shaped plate has the heating element applied to a first side. The shaped plate has a second opposite side. The shaped plate is coupled to the opposite side of the dish. The shaped plate being formed from a flat plate having at least one slot cut therein, each slot having edges that are overlapped to thereby cause the flat plate to become the shaped plate.
Claims20
An antenna system, comprising:
- a dish having a concave shape on one side and a generally convex shape on an opposite side;
- a heating element;
- and
- a shaped plate having said heating element applied to a first side of said shaped plate, said shaped plate having a second side opposite said first side, said shaped plate being coupled to said opposite side of said dish, said shaped plate being formed from a flat plate having at least one slot cut therein, each said slot having edges that are overlapped to thereby form said flat plate into said shaped plate.
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An antenna dish heating method, comprising the steps of:
- cutting a plurality of slots in a flat plate, said plate having two sides;
- overlapping adjacent edges of said slots thereby forming a shaped plate;
- securing at least one of said edges to one of said two sides of said shaped plate;
- applying a heating element to a first side of said shaped plate, said shaped plate having an opposite second side;
- and
- coupling said shaped plate to a dish having a concave shape on one side and a generally convex shape on an opposite side, said shaped plate being on said opposite side of said dish.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.