US Patent Issued to THALES on Nov. 4 for "Antenna system comprising an antenna and a passive device for angular deflection of a main radiation lobe of the antenna" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,346, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to THALES (Meudon, France).

"Antenna system comprising an antenna and a passive device for angular deflection of a main radiation lobe of the antenna" was invented by Stephane Mallegol (Brest, France) and Christian Renard (Elancourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system includes an antenna and a passive device for angular deflection of a main radiation lobe of the antenna, characterized in that the device consists of a lens, said lens having a constant thickness and having a progressive relative permittivity between an inner edge of the lens located on the side of the geometric ce...