ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,216, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Waltham, Mass.).
"Pointing calibration for antenna" was invented by Martin M. Wilson (Oklahoma City), Jared B. Dorny (Aurora, Colo.), Sheldon C. Clark (Denver) and Timothy Robert Johnson (Strasburg, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna assembly is provided. The antenna assembly includes a parabolic reflector having a parabolic focal point and defining a boresight axis, a radio feed arranged on struts at the parabolic focal point and a calibration system. The calibration system includes a camera attached to the radio feed, a video feed displaying an image of an object gene...