Patent ID: 8446233
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
1. A waveguide comprising: a base having a mounting surface; and a plate member held on said mounting surface of said base for defining a waveguide path in cooperation with said base; wherein said mounting surface of said base is a curved surface defined by a sweep along a straight line of a flexure curve of said plate member when it is loaded; wherein said plate member is attached to said base in such a manner that said plate member is pressed against and curved along said mounting surface, and said plate member has a curvature direction edge portion extending in a curvature direction which is a direction of general extension of the flexure curve and a sweep direction edge portion extending in a direction of sweep of said curve, and wherein said curved surface of said base extends in the curvature direction to said sweep direction edge portion of said plate member extending in the direction of sweep of said curve.