US Patent Issued to GAPWAVES on March 11 for "Non-contacting waveguide flange adapter element having quasi-periodic protruding elements configured to pass waves in one direction and stop waves in other directions" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,747, issued on March 11, was assigned to GAPWAVES AB (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Non-contacting waveguide flange adapter element having quasi-periodic protruding elements configured to pass waves in one direction and stop waves in other directions" was invented by Simon Carlred (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden), Esperanza Alfonso Alos (Vastra Frolunda, Sweden) and Per-Simon Kildal (Pixbo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement (100) for interconnection of waveguide structures (10,20) or components comprising a number of waveguide flange adapter elements (100) having a surface of a conductive material with a periodic or quasi-period...