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Granted Patent B2
US 11,936,091 · App. 17/119,316 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Waveguide apparatus including channel segments having surfaces that are angularly joined at a junction or a corner

Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek (Glastonbury, CT); Gurkan Gok (Milford, CT)
Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
H01P5/12H01P1/022B64D27/10
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Patent No.
US 11,936,091
App. No.
17/119,316
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus is provided for signal communication. This signal communication apparatus includes a waveguide with an internal channel. The internal channel includes a plurality of channel segments interconnected at a junction. The waveguide includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface and the second surface partially form a peripheral boundary of the internal channel at the junction. The first surface meets the second surface at a first corner. The first surface is angularly offset from the second surface by an obtuse angle.

Claims (35)

1. An apparatus for signal communication, comprising:

a waveguide with an internal channel that includes a plurality of channel segments interconnected at a junction, the waveguide including a first surface and a second surface;

the first surface and the second surface partially forming a peripheral boundary of the internal channel at the junction, the first surface meeting the second surface at a first corner, and the first surface angularly offset from the second surface by an obtuse angle;

the waveguide further including a third surface further forming the peripheral boundary of the internal channel at the junction;

the third surface meeting the second surface at a second corner; and

the second surface angularly offset from the third surface by an angle between sixty four degrees and one hundred and sixteen degrees.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the obtuse angle is between one hundred and twenty two degrees and one hundred and forty eight degrees.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the obtuse angle is about one hundred and thirty five degrees.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first corner is an interior inside corner.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the internal channel has a lobed cross-sectional geometry.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the angle is about ninety degrees.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second corner is an interior inside corner.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second corner is an outside corner.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the waveguide further includes a fourth surface further forming the peripheral boundary of the internal channel at the junction;

the fourth surface meets the third surface at a third corner; and

the third surface is angularly offset from the fourth surface by an obtuse angle.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first surface is parallel with the fourth surface.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first surface is coplanar with the fourth surface.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second surface partially forms a corner at the junction between a first of the plurality of channel segments and a second of the plurality of channel segments.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first transceiver; and

a second transceiver configured in signal communication with the first transceiver through the internal channel.

14. An apparatus for signal communication, comprising:

a waveguide including an internal channel and a notched corner;

the internal channel including a first channel segment and a second channel segment meeting the first channel segment at a junction;

the notched corner located at the junction;

the notched corner meeting a first sidewall surface partially forming the first channel segment at a first V-shaped interface; and

the notched corner meeting a second sidewall surface partially forming the second channel segment at a second V-shaped interface.

15. An apparatus for signal communication, comprising:

a waveguide including an internal channel, an indent feature and a sidewall;

the internal channel including a first channel segment, a second channel segment and a third channel segment that are interconnected at a junction;

the indent feature arranged at the junction opposite the second channel segment, the indent feature projecting out from the sidewall and having a tapered sectional geometry;

the indent feature including a first surface and a second surface that meets the first surface at a distal edge of the indent feature; and

the first surface angularly offset from the second surface by an angle between sixty four degrees and one hundred and sixteen degrees.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 27, 2023
From: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: RTX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064402/0837 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: BINEK, LAWRENCE A.; GOK, GURKAN
To: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055563/0559 →
Continuity (1)
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