Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for connecting first and second waveguide sections comprising an adhesive disposed in cavities between circumferential ridges and a sleeve member
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Application No.: US16075233Application Date: 2017-02-08
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Publication No.: US10673109B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Richard John Harper , Thomas Mark Plucinski , Stephen William McLaren
- Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Applicant Address: GB London
- Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plc
- Current Assignee Address: GB London
- Agency: Finch & Maloney PLLC
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@656cdc79 com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@9b94d72
- International Application: PCT/GB2017/050308 WO 20170208
- International Announcement: WO2017/137737 WO 20170817
- Main IPC: H01P1/04
- IPC: H01P1/04 ; H01P3/12 ; H01P11/00 ; H01P5/02

Abstract:
A waveguide comprising first and second waveguide sections, each waveguide section comprising a main body portion (12) and a connecting portion (14) at its distal end, said first and second waveguide sections being longitudinally aligned to define a conduit therethrough with a butted interface (28) therebetween, the connecting portion of each waveguide section having: (i) a first circumferential ridge (16) on its outer surface located adjacent its distal end, (ii) a second circumferential ridge (18) on its outer surface spaced apart from the first circumferential ridge, and (iii) a third circumferential ridge (20) on its outer surface located between said first and second circumferential ridges, such that a first respective recess (19) is defined between said second and third circumferential ridges and a second respective recess (17) is defined between said first and third circumferential ridges; the waveguide further comprising a sleeve member (22) over said butted interface (28), such that a respective first cavity (19a) is defined between an inner surface of said sleeve member (22) and each said first recess (19) and a respective second cavity is defined between the inner surface of said sleeve member (22) and each said second recess (17), each said first cavity (19a) having a chemical adhesive therein operative to join said first and second waveguide sections together by means of said sleeve member (22).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190044205A1 WAVEGUIDES Public/Granted day:2019-02-07
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