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- Patent Title: Aircraft bird strike avoidance method and apparatus using axial beam antennas
- Patent Title (中): 飞机鸟躲避方法和使用轴向束天线的装置
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Application No.: US12802904Application Date: 2010-06-16
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Publication No.: US08368583B1Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Gregory Hubert Piesinger
- Applicant: Gregory Hubert Piesinger
- Main IPC: G01S13/00
- IPC: G01S13/00

Abstract:
An aircraft avian radar is implemented using multiple axial beam antennas mounted on an aircraft. Target range is determined by radar range. Target azimuth and elevation position is determined by triangulation. An end-fire array antenna composed of a series of monopole antenna elements enclosed inside a long thin protective cover fashioned in the form of a stall fence is mounted on the wings, tail, or fuselage to produce a low drag axial beam antenna pattern directed ahead of the aircraft. Other axial beam antenna choices include helical, pyramidal horn, and conical horn antennas mounted on or inside various forward facing surfaces of the aircraft.
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