Antenna apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12095136-B2
Application number	US-202017609420-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 9, 2020
Priority date	Jun 28, 2019
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

An antenna apparatus is provided that allows cooling with a high heat dissipation effect even when the antenna apparatus is reduced in height. The antenna apparatus includes an antenna element, a mount on which the antenna element is provided, a radome to accommodate the antenna element, and a skirt provided on the mount. The mount on which the antenna element is provided has a side surface including a surface to which an inner circumferential surface of the radome is attached. A skirt provided on the mount has an outer circumferential surface on which a heat dissipation fin to dissipate heat to outside is formed. The heat is transmitted from the antenna element through the mount to the skirt.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An antenna apparatus comprising:
an antenna element;
a mount on which the antenna element is provided;
a radome to accommodate the antenna element; and
a skirt provided on the mount, wherein
the mount includes a side surface including a surface to which an inner circumferential surface of the radome is attached,
the skirt includes an outer circumferential surface on which a heat dissipation fin is formed as at least one slit in the outer circumferential surface to externally dissipate heat, the heat being transmitted from the antenna element through the mount to the skirt, and
the skirt is connected to a surface of the mount, the surface of the mount being located outside the radome.

2. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the side surface of the mount includes
the surface to which the inner circumferential surface of the radome is attached, and
the surface of the mound located outside the radome, and
the skirt covers the surface of the mound located outside the radome in the side surface of the mount.

3. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the side surface of the mount is located inside the radome.

4. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising an antenna base to transmit heat from the antenna element to the mount, the antenna base being provided between the antenna element and the mount.

5. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mount is provided with a heat pipe.

6. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mount and at least a part of the skirt are integrally formed.

7. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radome and at least a part of the skirt are integrally formed.

8. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the skirt is attached to a mobile object, and
the heat dissipation fin is provided on each of both sides of the skirt in a traveling direction of the mobile object.

9. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the outer circumferential surface of the skirt is located on an inner side than an outer circumferential surface of the radome.

10. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the outer circumferential surface of the skirt and an outer circumferential surface of the radome are continuous.

11. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the mount includes
a first surface on which the antenna element is provided, and
a second surface that is opposite to the first surface,
the first surface is located inside the radome, and
the second surface is located outside the radome.

12. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat dissipation fin is formed as a plurality of slits in the outer circumferential surface of the skirt.

13. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the skirt is fixed to the surface of the mount by at least one fastening component.

14. The antenna apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the at least one fastening component is provided in the at least one slit.

15. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a thermal interface material disposed between the skirt and the surface of the mount and configured to transfer heat from the mount to the skirt.

16. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the radome is made of a dielectric material.

17. The antenna apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the mount is made of metal.

18. The antenna apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the skirt is made of metal.

19. The antenna apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an elastic member configured to fill a gap between the skirt and an object to which the antenna apparatus is attached.

20. The antenna apparatus according to claim 19 , wherein the object is an aircraft.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Ueda Taro

Classifications

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title

• H01Q1/28 Primary

  Adaptation for use in or on aircraft, missiles, satellites, or balloons · CPC title

• H05K7/20445

  the coupling element being an additional piece, e.g. thermal standoff · CPC title

• H01Q1/02 Primary

  Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out {; Arrangements for cooling; Arrangements for preventing corrosion} · CPC title