US Patent Issued to Viasat on July 22 for "Ultra-low cost high performance satellite aperture" (California, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,235, issued on July 22, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Ultra-low cost high performance satellite aperture" was invented by Parker A. Robinson (Ocala, Fla.), David J. Trusheim (Poway, Calif.), Michael T. Kretsch (San Diego) and Jonathan D. Maier (San Marcos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna system of a satellite may consist of an antenna receiver that is coupled to a plurality of flexible couplings. The couplings may each be affixed to one or more antenna elements. The couplings may be deployed in space in an uncontrolled manner. Additionally, the spacing between the couplings, and in turn the antenna...