ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,966, issued on March 4, was assigned to RodRadar Ltd. (Rinatya, Israel).
"Dipole antenna for use in radar applications" was invented by John Francis Roulston (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna for a ground-penetration radar system is disclosed. The antenna has a housing that defines a cavity. A radiator is located on a surface of a planar substrate within the cavity and is connected to a transmission line balun formed on the planar substrate. A wear-block is located between the radiator and the opening to the cavity for providing mechanical protection to the radiator. An absorber assembly is located o...