Wireless communication between a rotating frame of reference and a non-rotating frame of reference

US8384605B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Alan Matthew Finn · Amston, US
• Joseph Zacchio · Wethersfield, US
• Michael G. O'Callaghan · Manchester, US
• Jimmy Lih-Min Yeh · Town of West Hartford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 25, 2009
• Grant date: Feb 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Dec 30, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01P1/067
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A communication system includes a first communication module within a rotating frame of reference and a second communication module within a fixed frame of reference. The first communication module and the second communication module in wireless communication at least partially through a hollow shaft.