Patents Examined by Jordan E. DeWitt
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Patent number: 11955714Abstract: An antenna diameter adjustment method for adjusting an antenna diameter by changing a distance between a part of each of a plurality of reflectors at which the radio signal is reflected, the plurality of reflectors each being configured to reflect radio signals emitted from a plurality of radiators from a center of a circle along a radial direction thereof and to radiate the radio signal toward an opposite antenna apparatus, and the center of the circle along the radial direction of the circle.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Miyamoto
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Patent number: 11955722Abstract: A phased array system has a substrate, a plurality of elements, a beamforming IC, and a plurality of feedlines electrically coupling the plurality of elements with at least one beamforming IC. In preferred embodiments, the feedlines are non-intersecting, symmetric feedlines that mitigate cross-polarization.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Anokiwave, Inc.Inventors: Trang Thai, Jason Leo Durbin
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Patent number: 11942701Abstract: A module substrate antenna (1) includes a first coil (7) and a second coil (8) that are connected in parallel. The first coil (7) is composed of a pattern in which a spiral first antenna coil pattern (3a) and a spiral second antenna coil pattern (5a) are interlayer-connected in series. The second coil (8) is composed of a pattern in which a spiral third antenna coil pattern (4a) and a spiral fourth antenna coil pattern (6a) are interlayer-connected in series. The coil patterns are arranged in order of the first antenna coil pattern (3a), the third antenna coil pattern (4a), the second antenna coil pattern (5a), and the fourth antenna coil pattern (6a).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TODA KOGYO CORP.Inventor: Jun Koujima
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Patent number: 11936112Abstract: Provided herein are various enhancements for antenna systems and directed radio frequency energy structures. In one example, an apparatus includes an antenna array comprising a plurality of antenna elements formed by waveguide structures embedded within a substrate and positioned about a longitudinal axis of the substrate to form at least two concentric ring arrangements of antenna elements. Apertures of the waveguide structures are configured to emit or receive radio frequency (RF) energy generally along the longitudinal axis. Feed elements are coupled to each of the waveguide structures on an end opposite of the apertures, and configured to couple the RF energy for the antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Thomas Henry Hand, Joshua David Gustafson, Adam Blair Hess, Thomas Patrick Cencich, Braiden T. Olds, Joseph M. Torres, Erik Lier
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Patent number: 11923625Abstract: A patch antenna includes: a substrate; a first radiator disposed on the substrate and having a first shape; a second radiator disposed on the substrate while being spaced a predetermined distance apart from the first radiator, and having a second shape; and a power feeder which supplies a power feed signal to the first radiator, wherein the first radiator includes a first outer edge portion straightly formed in the horizontal direction and second outer edge portions vertically formed from both ends of the first outer edge portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: ATCODI CO., LTDInventor: Jeong Pyo Kim
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Patent number: 11909110Abstract: An antenna device is disclosed, including an additively manufactured tubular body portion having a wall portion with a plurality of holes. The tubular body portion is configured to transmit electromagnetic radiation in a selected operating frequency range, and to have a mass below a maximum mass threshold. The plurality of holes reduce the mass of the tubular body below the maximum mass threshold without significantly adversely affecting electromagnetic radiation transmission capability of the tubular body in the selected operating frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Richard W. Aston, Rachel Elizabeth Zilz, Nicole Marie Hastings, Jessica Ann Buehler
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Patent number: 11901619Abstract: In a first example, a radome includes a shell including a ceramic matrix composite, the shell forming a first hole at a forward end of the shell and a second hole at an aft end of the shell. The radome also includes a fluid impervious coating on the shell. In a second example, a vehicle includes a main body, the radome, and an attachment assembly that couples the radome to the main body. In a third example, a method includes forming a shell comprising a ceramic matrix composite using a wet layup process, applying a fluid impervious coating onto the shell, and curing the shell and the fluid impervious coating.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2021Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael J. Best, Robert A. DiChiara, Brian L. Muench, Vann Heng, Jonathan D. Embler, Thomas R. Pinney, Holly M. O'Brien
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Patent number: 11888230Abstract: In one embodiment, a parabolic antenna assembly includes a main reflector, a feed system in RF communication with the main reflector including a horn and a dielectric portion, and a sub-reflector in RF communication with the feed assembly, wherein the sub-reflector includes a body portion and a stem portion mechanically coupled to one another, wherein a reflecting surface of the sub-reflector is defined by at least a portion of the body portion and at least a portion of the stem portion, wherein the dielectric portion spaces the sub-reflector from the horn, and wherein the sub-reflector includes an axially-symmetric choke for providing virtual continuity at the reflecting surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.Inventors: Anders Jensen, Jinfay Yuan, Sean Holt, Samuel T. Reineman
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Patent number: 11870153Abstract: An electronic device and an antenna structure thereof are provided. The antenna structure includes a first, a second and a third radiating element and a grounding element. The first radiating element includes a first and a second radiating portion, a feeding portion and a grounding portion. The grounding portion includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth and a fifth section. The first section is connected between the first radiating portion and the feeding portion. The grounding element is connected with the fourth section and the fifth section. The second radiating element is connected with the grounding element. The second radiating element includes a third radiating portion, and the third and the second radiating portion are coupled with each other. The third radiating element is connected with the feeding portion, and the third radiating element and the first section are coupled with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATIONInventors: Cheng-Wei Chiang, Cheng-Rui Zhang, Ching-Wen Chen
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Patent number: 11870148Abstract: A planar conductive millimeter-wave lens includes: a planar conductive plate with a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is parallel to the second surface; a plurality of openings from the first surface through the planar conductive plate to the second surface, where an axis of each opening is perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface. A size of each opening is a function of a position of said each opening on the planar conductive plate such that an insertion phase collectively imposed by the openings on an incident wave causes the incident wave to pass through the first surface and the planar conductive plate, exit from the second surface and to focus at a predetermined distance from the second surface.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANYInventors: David D. Crouch, Hooman Kazemi, Alexander Borisovich Brailovsky
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Patent number: 11870141Abstract: An antenna package according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an antenna device including an antenna unit, and a flexible circuit board electrically connected to the antenna unit. The flexible circuit board includes a core layer having a first surface and a second surface that face each other, a circuit wiring layer disposed on the first surface of the core layer and including a signal wiring electrically connected to the antenna unit, and a ground layer disposed on the second surface of the core layer to cover the circuit wiring layer in a planar view. The ground layer partially includes a mesh structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Min Kim, Chang Jun Maeng, Gi Taek Oh
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Patent number: 11862869Abstract: An antenna structure includes a substrate, a plurality of reflective plates, a grounding plate, a radiating member and a plurality of conductive vias. The substrate contains liquid crystal polymer and has opposite first and second surfaces. The reflective plates are arranged in an array on the first surface of the substrate. The grounding plate is arranged on the second surface of the substrate and overlaps with the reflective plates in a normal direction of the substrate. The radiating member is on the second surface of the substrate and does not overlap with the reflective plates in the normal direction of the substrate. The radiating member has an open slot which is defined by a first radiating branch and a second radiating branch that generate at least two different operating frequency bands. The conductive vias respectively penetrate the substrate and connect with the reflective plates and the grounding plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: QuantumZ Inc.Inventors: Gang-Lin Zhang, Meng-Hua Tsai, Weiting Lee, Sin-Siang Wang
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Patent number: 11843173Abstract: An antenna module and a wireless transceiver device are provided. The wireless transceiver device includes an antenna module. The antenna module includes a circuit board and at least one antenna array. The at least one antenna array defines a midline. The at least one antenna array includes a plurality of antenna elements and a signal feeding line. Each antenna element includes a feeding branch and a radiating portion. The radiating portion is coupling to the feeding branch, and the radiating portion is exposed on the upper surface of the circuit board. The signal feeding line is arranged in the circuit board and is perpendicular to the midline, and the signal feeding line is coupling to the feeding branch. The radiating portion defines an extension line along its extension direction. There is an included angle between the extension line and the midline.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATIONInventors: Chih-Hsiang Liu, Tsun-Che Huang, Wei-Tung Yang
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Patent number: 11824568Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground element, a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a feeding point. The first radiation element is coupled to a first grounding point on the ground element. The second radiation element is coupled to the feeding point. The third radiation element is coupled to a second grounding point on the ground element. The third radiation element is adjacent to the second radiation element. The ground element, the first radiation element, the second radiation element, and the third radiation element are all disposed on the dielectric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventor: Shih-Chiang Wei
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Patent number: 11791568Abstract: The present invention discloses a bi-directional flat plate foldable unit, including a first row of antenna plates and a second row of antenna plates distributed along a first direction; the first row of antenna plates and the second row of antenna plates both include three antenna plates distributed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, three antenna plates in the first row of antenna plates and three antenna plates in the second row of antenna plates are set opposite to each other and hinged to form a first rotating pair; any two antenna plates adjacent to each other in the same row of antenna plates are hinged to form a second rotating pair; three antenna plates in the first row of antenna plates and three antenna plates in the second row of antenna plates are connected by a vertical support mechanism, and the first row of antenna plates are connected to the second row of antenna plates by a lateral support mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: YANSHAN UNIVERSITYInventors: Yundou Xu, Bo Chen, Sicheng Lu, Ming Li, Luyao Guo, Xinlu Wei, Jiantao Yao, Qifeng Cui, Yongsheng Zhao
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Patent number: 11791570Abstract: A method for radiating a co-located antenna including radiating the co-located antenna using a dual mode, where the co-located antenna has an inter-element spacing of about 1?, and the dual mode includes a TM11 mode and a TM21 mode. The TM11 mode is radiated to generate a TM11 far field pattern, where the TM11 mode has a broadside pattern characterized with a beam peak at broadside and the TM11 mode produces grating lobes in addition to the beam peak at broadside. The TM21 mode is radiated to generate a TM21 far field pattern orthogonal to the TM11 far field pattern, thereby causing the TM21 mode to produce a null at broadside to suppress the grating lobes produced by the TM11 mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh
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Patent number: 11791558Abstract: An ultra wide band antenna includes a ground plane and an antenna body. The antenna body includes a planar portion arranged above and parallel to the ground plane. A first tapered portion extends in a perpendicular direction from a first edge of the planar portion towards the ground plane. A lower edge of the first tapered portion is spaced from the ground plane by a predetermined gap. A second tapered portion extends in a perpendicular direction from a second edge of the planar portion towards the ground plane and includes a first portion that is connected to the ground plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventor: Uriel Zvi Odes
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Patent number: 11784413Abstract: An antenna includes a waveguide defined by a gap between a backplane with radial support ribs and a facesheet, a teardrop-shaped feed pin at a center of the backplane, and a foam spacer between the backplane and facesheet. An outward facing side of the facesheet includes thermal paint. The facesheet includes pairs of through-hole slots for releasing portions of a wave of radiation in the waveguide to generate a transmit-beam or to receive the receive-beam to generate the wave of radiation. The pairs may be disposed as a spiral array about a center of the facesheet. Each of the pairs may include first and second slots. A length of the second slot is oriented approximately perpendicular to a length of the first slot. Dispositions of the slots are set by a computer process. The dispositions optimize a trade-off between transmit and receive gains.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2022Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventor: Matthew G. Bray
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Patent number: 11784400Abstract: A thin antenna includes an antenna element, a first spacer, a second spacer, a first ground plane and a second ground plane. The antenna element is formed in a column shape, and has a top surface and a bottom surface facing each other. The first and second spacers are made of an insulating material. The first ground plane is formed larger than the top surface of the antenna element. The second ground plane is formed larger than the bottom surface of the antenna element. The first ground plane is disposed to face the top surface of the antenna element via the first spacer. The second ground plane is disposed to face the bottom surface of the antenna element via the second spacer. A power is fed at one of the top surface and the bottom surface of the antenna element.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Kazuhiko Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11784418Abstract: An antenna system includes: a first antenna element configured to transduce between second wireless energy and second transmission-line-conducted energy, wherein the first and second wireless energy are of first and second polarizations of the first antenna element and in first and second directions that are different and define a first plane; and a second antenna element configured to transduce between third wireless energy and third transmission-line-conducted energy and between fourth wireless energy and fourth transmission-line-conducted energy, wherein the third and fourth wireless energy are of first and second polarizations of the second antenna element and in third and fourth directions that are different and define a second plane that is substantially orthogonal to the first plane.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: QUALCOMM IncorporatedInventors: Jorge Fabrega Sanchez, Mohammad Ali Tassoudji, Jeongil Jay Kim, Kevin Hsi-Huai Wang