ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,561, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SWISSto12 SA (Renens, Switzerland).
"Flexible waveguide device and method for manufacturing such a device" was invented by Mathieu Billod (Presilly, France) and Alexandre Dimitriades (Nyon, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flexible waveguide device, of the bellows type, for guiding a radio frequency signal at a given frequency range. The device includes: a core including outer and inner side walls, the inner walls delimiting a waveguide channel; two fixing flanges connected to or integral with respective ends of the core, and at least one flexible corrugated portion formed on a part o...