ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,406, issued on July 1, was assigned to HRL Laboratories LLC (Malibu, Calif.).
"High temperature RF surface aperture" was invented by Ryan Quarfoth (Malibu, Calif.), Christopher Roper (Malibu, Calif.) and Jacob Hundley (Malibu, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radio frequency surface-aperture, including: a mechanical support structure configured for maintaining mechanical stiffness and strength at a selected temperature; thermal insulation having at least a single layer; one or more through-thickness waveguides located through a thickness of the mechanical support structure and thermal insulation; a cold-side mode coupler arrang...