ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,876, issued on April 8, was assigned to VIASAT INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Reflector antenna heating system" was invented by Kurt A. Zimmerman (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflector antenna heating system includes a dielectric radome that covers a first side of a reflector and a feed subsystem of an antenna. The system also includes a plurality of heater blower devices on a second side of the reflector, each of the plurality of heater blower devices having an inlet port and an outlet port. The system further includes a plurality of outlet duct assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of outlet duct assemblies is ...