ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,800, issued on July 29.
"Ruggedized rapid tuning frequency adjustable mobile HF antenna with re-entrant capacitive hat" was invented by Charles M Gyenes (Wildomar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication antenna comprises an electrically conductive base assembly at a lower section of the antenna; a loading coil assembly, at a midsection of the antenna, and electrically connected to the base assembly; and a re-entrant capacitive hat assembly, at an upper section of the antenna, and electrically connected to the loading coil assembly, wherein the re-entrant capacitive hat assembly includes: a hat housing and a support tub...