Patents by Inventor Guy-Aymar Chakam

Guy-Aymar Chakam has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220335830
    Abstract: Disclosed is a collision warning unit configured to emit a detection signal into a surrounding area and to receive at least one signal component reflected at an object in the surrounding area, and, depending on the received signal component, to output a collision warning signal. The collision warning unit has a UWB (ultra-wideband) radar for transmitting the detection signal and receiving the reflected signal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Guy-Aymar Chakam
  • Patent number: 9966659
    Abstract: A one-piece antenna module, has at least one outside receiving and/or transmitting antenna element under an outer cover. The one-piece antenna module has an antenna box, which has no or few inside internal antennas and which surrounds the electronic circuits that interact with the antenna elements. The outer cover is detachably fastened to the antenna box and can be attached so as to protrude from an opening in the vehicle roof. The antenna box is closed on all sides and can be attached below the vehicle roof by a metal top side. The metal closed top side has feed-throughs for the outside antenna elements. The outside antenna elements in the outer cover are electrically coupled to the circuits inside the antenna box closed on all sides by the feed-throughs. Thus, a compact installation part is obtained, which provides complete shielding between an antenna part and a transceiver part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Continental Automotive GmbH, Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Gerald Schillmeier, Frank Mierke, Gerhard Vogt
  • Patent number: 9806404
    Abstract: A fin-shaped multi-band antenna module, e.g., for vehicles, includes an antenna printed circuit board and a plate arranged thereupon. In a lower region the plate is mechanically connected to the antenna printed circuit board. A first monopole extends in an essentially vertical direction on the plate and is connected to the antenna printed circuit board in a lower region by a feed point. The first monopole is inductively extended in the vertical direction in an upper region of the first monopole in order to enable transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves in a lower telephone frequency range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Benjamin Becker
  • Patent number: 9577347
    Abstract: A turnstile antenna has two dipoles which have a galvanic contact at the crossing point. The dipoles are arranged in a geometrically asymmetrical manner with respect to the crossing point. The turnstile antenna can be arranged either in a free space or over a metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Benjamin Becker, Manuel Mielke
  • Patent number: 9524602
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a radio station of an access system may include a printed circuit board with an upper main surface and a first metallization plane in which conducting paths are formed. A drive circuit for supplying a frequency signal and an antenna structure are also provided. The antenna structure includes a coupling device, a conductor structure and a continuous, electrically conductive path having first and second ends opposite each other. The coupling device is configured to couple a frequency signal supplied by the drive circuit into the conductor structure. The first and/or second ends form end(s) of the conductor structure. The printed circuit board is retained at a distance from the first and/or second end by a gas or an electrically non-conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Martin Weinberger
  • Patent number: 9184510
    Abstract: An antenna structure for a vehicle may include an electrically conductive structure arranged on two insulating substrate plates that are arranged perpendicularly to each other and intersect each other. A dipole is provided on each electrically conductive structure. The dipoles form a first U-shaped dipole structure on each of the two substrate plates. On an upper edge region of each of the substrate plates, the dipole structure has a line element, and on the lateral regions of the substrate plate, the dipole structure has electrically conductive limbs. The electrically conductive structure has a monopole arranged asymmetrically to the dipole structure for respectively feeding the dipole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Guy-Aymar Chakam
  • Patent number: 9178272
    Abstract: A multiband shark fin antenna for a vehicle may include at least one transmitting and one receiving antenna element from the group consisting of AM/FM antennas, telephone and RKE antennas, GPS antenna, SDARS antenna, stacked patch antenna, DAP antenna, WLAN antenna, WIMAX antenna or DRM antenna. The antenna elements are disposed beneath a joint shark fin-shaped outer cover on the exterior of the vehicle. On the inside, the shark fin-shaped outer cover includes an antenna circuit board having the antenna elements disposed thereon. Electronic adjustment or amplifier circuits including a transceiver, tuner or receiver are disposed on both the upper and lower faces of the antenna circuit board. Shielding plates, which shield the adjustment or amplifier circuits with respect to the antenna elements, are disposed on the upper side of the antenna circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Martin Schürmeier, Florian Butscher, Frank Mierke
  • Publication number: 20150263436
    Abstract: A turnstile antenna has two dipoles which have a galvanic contact at the crossing point. The dipoles are arranged in a geometrically asymmetrical manner with respect to the crossing point. The turnstile antenna can be arranged either in a free space or over a metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Benjamin Becker, Manuel Mielke
  • Publication number: 20150123854
    Abstract: A one-piece antenna module, has at least one outside receiving and/or transmitting antenna element under an outer cover. The one-piece antenna module has an antenna box, which has no or few inside internal antennas and which surrounds the electronic circuits that interact with the antenna elements. The outer cover is detachably fastened to the antenna box and can be attached so as to protrude from an opening in the vehicle roof. The antenna box is closed on all sides and can be attached below the vehicle roof by a metal top side. The metal closed top side has feed-throughs for the outside antenna elements. The outside antenna elements in the outer cover are electrically coupled to the circuits inside the antenna box closed on all sides by the feed-throughs. Thus, a compact installation part is obtained, which provides complete shielding between an antenna part and a transceiver part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Gerald Schillmeier, Frank Mierke, Gerhard Vogt
  • Publication number: 20150061945
    Abstract: A fin-shaped multi-band antenna module, e.g., for vehicles, includes an antenna printed circuit board and a plate arranged thereupon. In a lower region the plate is mechanically connected to the antenna printed circuit board. A first monopole extends in an essentially vertical direction on the plate and is connected to the antenna printed circuit board in a lower region by a feed point. The first monopole is inductively extended in the vertical direction in an upper region of the first monopole in order to enable transmission and reception of electromagnetic waves in a lower telephone frequency range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Benjamin Becker
  • Publication number: 20150042452
    Abstract: A transmission arrangement for a radio station of an access system may include a printed circuit board with an upper main surface and a first metallisation plane in which conducting paths are formed. A drive circuit for supplying a frequency signal and an antenna structure are also provided. The antenna structure includes a coupling device, a conductor structure and a continuous, electrically conductive path having first and second ends opposite each other. The coupling device is configured to couple a frequency signal supplied by the drive circuit into the conductor structure. The first and/or second ends form end(s) of the conductor structure. The printed circuit board is retained at a distance from the first and/or second end by a gas or an electrically non-conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Martin Weinberger
  • Patent number: 8803760
    Abstract: An antenna device has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branches have the shape of a non-closed conductor loop and are connected to each other to form a cohesive conductor loop. The respective loop ends are disposed parallel to each other at a distance directed perpendicular (z axis) to the course of the loop. The antenna device has two connections that are disposed in the center section of the cohesive conductor loop at a distance from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Martin Weinberger
  • Patent number: 8614645
    Abstract: An antenna module for a motor vehicle has a first antenna device having at least one antenna 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 for the exterior of the motor vehicle, which antenna is arranged in the external area of the motor vehicle, and a second antenna device having at least one antenna 25, 27, 29, 31 for the interior of the motor vehicle, which antenna is arranged in the interior of the motor vehicle, the first antenna device and second antenna device being electrically coupled to each other for the purpose of supplying electricity to the antenna devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Christian Schneider
  • Patent number: 8410631
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting and/or receiving signals for at least one first and one second different service, particularly having a large range in a vehicle, at least one first antenna 25? transmits and/or receives signals for the at least one first or second service, depending on a detectable event, and an antenna module performs this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Guy-Aymar Chakam
  • Publication number: 20130027258
    Abstract: An antenna structure for a vehicle may include an electrically conductive structure arranged on two insulating substrate plates that are arranged perpendicularly to each other and intersect each other. A dipole is provided on each electrically conductive structure. The dipoles form a first U-shaped dipole structure on each of the two substrate plates. On an upper edge region of each of the substrate plates, the dipole structure has a line element, and on the lateral regions of the substrate plate, the dipole structure has electrically conductive limbs. The electrically conductive structure has a monopole arranged asymmetrically to the dipole structure for respectively feeding the dipole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Guy-Aymar Chakam
  • Patent number: 8319693
    Abstract: An antenna module for a motor vehicle has a first antenna device having at least one antenna 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 for the exterior of the motor vehicle, which antenna is arranged in the external area of the motor vehicle, and a second antenna device having at least one antenna 25, 27, 29, 31 for the interior of the motor vehicle, which antenna is arranged in the interior of the motor vehicle, the first antenna device and second antenna device being electrically coupled to each other for the purpose of supplying electricity to the antenna devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Christian Schneider
  • Publication number: 20120274519
    Abstract: A multiband shark fin antenna for a vehicle may include at least one transmitting and one receiving antenna element from the group consisting of AM/FM antennas, telephone and RKE antennas, GPS antenna, SDARS antenna, stacked patch antenna, DAP antenna, WLAN antenna, WIMAX antenna or DRM antenna. The antenna elements are disposed beneath a joint shark fin-shaped outer cover on the exterior of the vehicle. On the inside, the shark fin-shaped outer cover includes an antenna circuit board having the antenna elements disposed thereon. Electronic adjustment or amplifier circuits including a transceiver, tuner or receiver are disposed on both the upper and lower faces of the antenna circuit board. Shielding plates, which shield the adjustment or amplifier circuits with respect to the antenna elements, are disposed on the upper side of the antenna circuit board. In addition, at least one digital data connection is present on said multiband antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Martin Schürmeier, Florian Butscher, Frank Mierke
  • Patent number: 8284111
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branch are in the form of a conductor loop which is not closed, and the first antenna branch is arranged at a distance from the second antenna branch in a direction which is substantially at right angles to the surface bounded by the respective conductor loop, such that the first loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the first antenna branch, is arranged in the opposite direction to the second loop direction, which is defined from the foot point to the free end of the second antenna branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Andreas Schäfer, Martin Weinberger
  • Publication number: 20100317337
    Abstract: In a method for transmitting and/or receiving signals for at least one first and one second different service, particularly having a large range in a vehicle, at least one first antenna 25? transmits and/or receives signals for the at least one first or second service, depending on a detectable event, and an antenna module performs this method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Guy-Aymar Chakam
  • Publication number: 20100277376
    Abstract: An antenna device has a first antenna branch and a second antenna branch. Both the first and the second antenna branches have the shape of a non-closed conductor loop and are connected to each other to form a cohesive conductor loop. The respective loop ends are disposed parallel to each other at a distance directed perpendicular (z axis) to the course of the loop. The antenna device has two connections that are disposed in the center section of the cohesive conductor loop at a distance from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2008
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Martin Weinberger