Patents by Inventor Donald B Gardner

Donald B Gardner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11588232
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiator element configured for operation at a first microwave frequency range and at a second microwave frequency range that is higher than the first microwave frequency range, and a reflector including the radiator element attached thereto. The reflector includes an enclosure that houses the radiator element and a radiating aperture. The antenna structure further includes a radome assembly adjacent the radiating aperture. The radome assembly includes a flexible radome having a thickness that is less than a wavelength corresponding to the first or second microwave frequency ranges, and a tensioning member that extends along a perimeter of the flexible radome and maintains tension in a surface of the flexible radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Thomas C. Tulloch, Griogair Whyte, Donald B. Gardner, Matthew Lewry, Craig Mitchelson, Steven William Bell
  • Patent number: 11456519
    Abstract: Mount assemblies that include clamps that can clamp directly to external threads of a respective adjuster bolt to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired orientation and/or position and provide for triangulated adjustment allowing for increased alignment precision. The mount assemblies can be particularly suitable for locking an aligned antenna into a desired azimuth position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David J. Walker, Jasmine M. M. Wright, James M. Jefferson, Donald B. Gardner
  • Publication number: 20210384623
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a radiator element configured for operation at a first microwave frequency range and at a second microwave frequency range that is higher than the first microwave frequency range, and a reflector including the radiator element attached thereto. The reflector includes an enclosure that houses the radiator element and a radiating aperture. The antenna structure further includes a radome assembly adjacent the radiating aperture. The radome assembly includes a flexible radome having a thickness that is less than a wavelength corresponding to the first or second microwave frequency ranges, and a tensioning member that extends along a perimeter of the flexible radome and maintains tension in a surface of the flexible radome.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2019
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas C. Tulloch, Griogair Whyte, Donald B. Gardner, Matthew Lewry, Craig Mitchelson, Steven William Bell
  • Publication number: 20210328322
    Abstract: Mount assemblies that include clamps that can clamp directly to external threads of a respective adjuster bolt to lock the adjuster bolt in a desired orientation and/or position and provide for triangulated adjustment allowing for increased alignment precision. The mount assemblies can be particularly suitable for locking an aligned antenna into a desired azimuth position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: David J. Walker, Jasmine M. M. Wright, James M. Jefferson, Donald B. Gardner
  • Patent number: 9160049
    Abstract: An antenna adapter, for an antenna with a recessed adapter seat with a feed bore is provided as a base with a feed aperture, the base dimensioned to seat within the adapter seat, the feed aperture aligned coaxial with the feed bore. The base may be provided with interlock cavities dimensioned to receive retaining elements of the adapter seat as the base is inserted into the adapter seat, retaining the base within the adapter seat. The base may include a coupler cavity, coupling the feed aperture to two or more output ports. The coupler cavity may have sidewall slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D Hills, Alexander Peter Thomson, Claudio Biancotto, Donald B Gardner