ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,143, issued on May 6, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for mitigating interference with a nearby satellite" was invented by Lance B. Diamond (Johns Creek, Ga.), Donald L. Runyon (Duluth, Ga.) and Eric L. Cross (Alpharetta, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one example, an antenna system is described. The antenna system includes a primary antenna on an aircraft. The primary antenna is mechanically steerable and has an asymmetric antenna beam pattern with a narrow beamwidth axis and a wide beamwidth axis at boresight. The antenna system also includes a secondary antenna on the aircraft, the secon...