US Patent Issued to Raytheon on June 3 for "Conformal antenna device" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,864, issued on June 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Tewksbury, Mass.).

"Conformal antenna device" was invented by Channing P. Favreau (Barre, Mass.), John P. Haven (Groton, Mass.) and Randy T. Camasso (Methuen, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A conformal antenna device is provided that includes a conformance panel, an antenna array, a combiner board, and a plurality of slats. The conformance panel has an inner radial surface, an outer radial surface, a width extending between first and second axial ends, and a length extending between first and second lateral ends. The conformance panel extends linearly in a widthwise direction ...