A body component of a vehicle can comprise a first substrate formed of at least one non-conductive material and defining a back surface that defines a retroreflector geometry and a front surface that defines a different geometry than the retroreflector geometry, wherein the front surface of the first substrate is an exposed A-surface of the body component. The body component can further comprise a conductive layer formed of a conductive material and arranged adjacent to the back surface of the first layer, the conductive layer (i) also defining the retroreflector geometry and (ii) reflecting radar waves transmitted from a radar device of another vehicle.

An antenna device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of radiation elements, an array antenna, a skin material, a core material and an antenna casing. The plurality of radiation elements transmit radio waves of a predetermined frequency. The array antenna has a radiation surface and a back surface opposite to the radiation surface. The plurality of radiation elements are disposed on the radiation surface. The skin material is disposed in a direction in which the skin material faces the radiation surface. The core material is disposed between the array antenna and the skin material, and has a plurality of through-holes. The antenna casing is disposed in a direction in which the antenna casing faces the back surface. A distance between centers of adjacent through-holes of the through-hole is equal to or less than one-half of a wavelength corresponding to the predetermined frequency.

Deployable reflector antenna includes a fabrication hub in which at least one additive fabrication unit disposed. The additive fabrication unit is configured to form at least one rigid structural element of a reflector antenna system. In a stowed condition, an RF reflector material comprised of a flexible webbing is disposed in a stowed configuration proximate to the fabrication hub. A fabrication control system controls the additive fabrication unit so as to form the at least one rigid structural element. The RF reflector material is arranged to transition during the additive fabrication process from the stowed configuration in which the flexible webbing material is furled compactly at the fabrication hub, to a deployed configuration in which the flexible webbing material is unfurled.

Provided are a structure and a building material that are capable of reflecting radio waves over a wide range of space. Provided is a structure comprising a radio wave reflector including a radio wave reflecting material for reflecting radio waves, wherein when the radio wave reflector is caused to reflect a radio wave at an incident angle of an incident wave of 15 degrees or more and 75 degrees or less at a frequency of the incident wave of 3 GHz or more and 5 GHz or less, 25 GHz or more and 30 GHz or less, or 150 GHz or more and 300 GHz or less, the intensity of a reflective wave as specular reflection of the incident wave is 30 dB or more relative to the incident wave, and in a virtual plane including an incident direction of the incident wave and a reflection direction of the reflective wave, when reception angular positions of the reflective wave are varied within an angle range of 15 degrees or more and +15 degrees or less with respect to the specular reflection direction, kurtosis of distribution of intensity of the reflective wave at each of the reception angular positions is 0.4 or less at least at one frequency.

To improve quality of a radome using a cyanate ester resin for a skin layer. A radome is formed of a multilayer structure in which a plurality of skin layers are layered on a surface of a core member. The plurality of skin layers include a first fiber reinforced plastic layer containing the cyanate ester resin and a fiber material and a second fiber reinforced plastic layer containing an epoxy resin and a fiber material. The second fiber reinforced plastic layer is disposed at a position in contact with the surface of the core member. A proportion of a thickness of the second fiber reinforced plastic layer to a thickness of all of the skin layers is preferably 50% or less.

An antenna device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a plurality of radiation elements, an array antenna, a skin material, a core material and an antenna casing. The plurality of radiation elements transmit radio waves of a predetermined frequency. The array antenna has a radiation surface and a back surface opposite to the radiation surface. The plurality of radiation elements are disposed on the radiation surface. The skin material is disposed in a direction in which the skin material faces the radiation surface. The core material is disposed between the array antenna and the skin material, and has a plurality of through-holes. The antenna casing is disposed in a direction in which the antenna casing faces the back surface. A distance between centers of adjacent through-holes of the through-hole is equal to or less than one-half of a wavelength corresponding to the predetermined frequency.

Various ring cells are disclosed herein that include a metallic ring patch and a ring slot to transmit or receive radio frequency (RF) signals. The disclosed ring cells use several dielectric layers that are separated by a low-dielectric foam layer upon which the ring patch is positioned. The ring slot is located below the foam layer. An electrically conductive fence formed curved electrically conductive walls or a circular pattern of electrical vias is positioned around the ring slot. Electrical feed lines are used to either supply electrical power to the ring cells or output RF signals that are received by the ring patch.

A lattice structure includes a plurality of strut elements, each strut element formed by coupling one or more lengths of uncured graphite fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) tow or yarn with posts so as to form a lattice, then curing the lattice. The lattice may include a plurality of open tetrahedral-like truss arrangements, each open tetrahedral-like truss arrangement including six strut elements and four posts.

A lattice structure includes a plurality of strut elements, each strut element formed by coupling one or more lengths of uncured graphite fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) tow or yarn with posts so as to form a lattice, then curing the lattice. The lattice may include a plurality of open tetrahedral-like truss arrangements, each open tetrahedral-like truss arrangement including six strut elements and four posts.

A body component of a vehicle can comprise a first substrate formed of at least one non-conductive material and defining a back surface that defines a retroreflector geometry and a front surface that defines a different geometry than the retroreflector geometry, wherein the front surface of the first substrate is an exposed A-surface of the body component. The body component can further comprise a conductive layer formed of a conductive material and arranged adjacent to the back surface of the first layer, the conductive layer (i) also defining the retroreflector geometry and (ii) reflecting radar waves transmitted from a radar device of another vehicle.