ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,856, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to VEGA Grieshaber KG (Wolfach, Germany).
"Waveguide device and antenna" was invented by Roland Baur (Koenigsfeld, Germany) and Steffen Walde (Niedereschach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a waveguide arrangement for guiding electromagnetic waves, which comprises a rectangular waveguide and a circular waveguide. The rectangular waveguide merges into the circular waveguide at an angle. The circular waveguide is filled with a dielectric which projects into the rectangular waveguide in a transition section. The dielectric filling is beveled at a defined angle in the t...