Antenna

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Description

The design described herein was created by an employee of the United States Government and may be manufactured and used by or for the U.S. Government without the payment of any royalties.

FIG. 1 is a top front perspective view of the new design of the antenna.

FIG. 2 is a left side view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the antenna of FIG. 1, the rear view being substantially a mirror image.

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 7 is an offset-section view of the antenna of FIG. 1, taken in the direction of and along the line of line 7-7 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 8 is a section view of the antenna of FIG. 1, taken in the direction of line 8-8 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 9 is a top-left front perspective view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 10 is a top-right front perspective view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 11 is a bottom-left front perspective view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 12 is a bottom-right front perspective view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 13 is an enlarged detail view of the antenna of FIG. 1 defined by the circular perimeter line 13 of FIG. 12.

FIG. 14 is a slight-left front perspective view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 15 is an enlarged detail view of the antenna of FIG. 1 defined by the circular perimeter line 15 of FIG. 14.

FIG. 16 is a slight-right front perspective view of the antenna of FIG. 1.

FIG. 17 is an enlarged detail view of the antenna of FIG. 1 defined by the circular perimeter line 17 of FIG. 16.

FIG. 18 is a front view of the antenna of FIG. 1 provided to illustrate an example environment; and,

FIG. 19 is a front view of the antenna of FIG. 1 provided to illustrate another example environment.

The broken lines in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 9, FIG. 10, FIG. 11, FIG. 12, FIG. 13, FIG. 14, FIG. 16, FIG. 18, and FIG. 19 represent the bounds of the antenna design. They are directed to environment and are for illustrative purposes only. The broken lines form no part of the new design.

The antenna is not limited to the scale shown herein.

Claims

The ornamental design for an antenna, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D798847
Type: Grant
Filed: Jan 7, 2016
Date of Patent: Oct 3, 2017
Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Dept. of Justice (Washington, DC)
Inventor: John Scott Huggins (Warrenton, VA)
Primary Examiner: Manpreet Matharu
Assistant Examiner: Mojtaba Tehrani
Application Number: 29/550,780
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Dipole Type (D14/235)