ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,964, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Viasat Inc. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Antenna with low-cost steerable subreflector" was invented by Luis Costa (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of antenna pointing and antenna assemblies implementing those methods are disclosed. An example method includes providing a user terminal antenna assembly including an antenna and an auto-peak device. The antenna includes a reflector, a subreflector, and a feed, the feed oriented relative to the reflector and the subreflector to produce a beam. The antenna further includes a tilt assembly to tilt the subreflector relative to the refle...