Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Birnbaum
Thomas J. Birnbaum 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).
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Publication number: 20190393917Abstract: A system with one or more transceiver antenna assemblies for installation in vehicle side-view mirrors to enable communication with nearby vehicles. Each transceiver antenna assembly may have one or two antenna arrays implemented on a single printed circuit board, protected by an antenna housing used to mount the transceiver antenna inside the mirror assembly. Each antenna array in a dual-channel transceiver antenna may transmit and receive data over one of two DSRC channels. One channel may be used to transmit and receive vehicle data only and the other channel may be used to transmit and receive both vehicle data and audio/video (A/V) data. Each antenna array is connected to a radio in the vehicle that processes received signals and prepares signals for transmission. Such a transceiver antenna system may be especially useful for communication in truck platooning.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: Peloton Technology, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Price, James T. O'Keeffe, Thomas J. Birnbaum, Ganymed B. Stanek, Joshua P. Switkes
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Patent number: 10432244Abstract: A system with one or more transceiver antenna assemblies for installation in vehicle side-view mirrors to enable communication with nearby vehicles. Each transceiver antenna assembly may have one or two antenna arrays implemented on a single printed circuit board, protected by an antenna housing used to mount the transceiver antenna inside the mirror assembly. Each antenna array in a dual-channel transceiver antenna may transmit and receive data over one of two DSRC channels. One channel may be used to transmit and receive vehicle data only and the other channel may be used to transmit and receive both vehicle data and audio/video (A/V) data. Each antenna array is connected to a radio in the vehicle that processes received signals and prepares signals for transmission. Such a transceiver antenna system may be especially useful for communication in truck platooning.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: PELOTON TECHNOLOGY, INC.Inventors: Charles A. Price, James T. O'Keeffe, Thomas J. Birnbaum, Ganymed B. Stanek, Joshua P. Switkes
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Publication number: 20180337703Abstract: A system with one or more transceiver antenna assemblies for installation in vehicle side-view mirrors to enable communication with nearby vehicles. Each transceiver antenna assembly may have one or two antenna arrays implemented on a single printed circuit board, protected by an antenna housing used to mount the transceiver antenna inside the mirror assembly. Each antenna array in a dual-channel transceiver antenna may transmit and receive data over one of two DSRC channels. One channel may be used to transmit and receive vehicle data only and the other channel may be used to transmit and receive both vehicle data and audio/video (A/V) data. Each antenna array is connected to a radio in the vehicle that processes received signals and prepares signals for transmission. Such a transceiver antenna system may be especially useful for communication in truck platooning.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2017Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: Peloton Technology, Inc.Inventors: Charles A. Price, James T. O'Keeffe, Thomas J. Birnbaum, Ganymed B. Stanek, Joshua P. Switkes
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Patent number: 10074894Abstract: A transceiver antenna assembly for installation in a vehicle side-view mirror to enable communication with nearby vehicles, in which each transceiver antenna may have one or two antenna arrays implemented on a single printed circuit board, protected by an antenna housing used to mount the transceiver antenna inside the mirror assembly. Each antenna array in a dual-channel transceiver antenna may transmit and receive data over one of two DSRC channels. One channel may be used to transmit and receive vehicle data only and the other channel may be used to transmit and receive both vehicle data and audio/video (A/V) data. Each antenna array is connected to a radio in the vehicle that processes received signals and prepares signals for transmission. Such a transceiver antenna assembly, when mounted within the side view mirror assembly of a truck, may be especially useful for communication in truck platooning.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: Peloton Technology, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Birnbaum, James T. O'Keeffe, Charles A. Price, Joshua P. Switkes
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Patent number: 8568026Abstract: A temperature measurement system capable of operating in harsh environments including a temperature sensor having an antenna, diode, and dielectric layer disposed on the object of interest is provided, wherein the antenna includes a buried portion that extends through and is electrically coupled to the object of interest, and an exposed portion disposed upon an outer surface of the dielectric layer and the diode is coupled between the object of interest and the exposed portion of the antenna. The antenna is configured to receive interrogating signals from a transmitter, and to transmit response signals corresponding to the resonant frequency of the temperature sensor and its harmonics, which are indicative of the measured temperature of the object of interest. A receiver detects the response signals and correlates the frequency to a known temperature response of the dielectric material. Methods of making and using the temperature measurement system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Wireless Sensor Technologies, LLCInventors: Otto J. Gregory, John R. Conkle, Thomas J. Birnbaum
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Patent number: 8348504Abstract: A temperature measurement system capable of operating in harsh environments including a temperature sensor having an antenna, diode, and dielectric layer disposed on the object of interest is provided, wherein the antenna includes a buried portion that extends through and is electrically coupled to the object of interest, and an exposed portion disposed upon an outer surface of the dielectric layer and the diode is coupled between the object of interest and the exposed portion of the antenna. The antenna is configured to receive interrogating signals from a transmitter, and to transmit response signals corresponding to the resonant frequency of the temperature sensor and its harmonics, which are indicative of the measured temperature of the object of interest. A receiver detects the response signals and correlates the frequency to a known temperature response of the dielectric material. Methods of making and using the temperature measurement system are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Wireless Sensor Technologies, LLCInventors: Otto J. Gregory, John R. Conkle, Thomas J. Birnbaum
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Publication number: 20110280279Abstract: A temperature measurement system capable of operating in harsh environments including a temperature sensor having an antenna, diode, and dielectric layer disposed on the object of interest is provided, wherein the antenna includes a buried portion that extends through and is electrically coupled to the object of interest, and an exposed portion disposed upon an outer surface of the dielectric layer and the diode is coupled between the object of interest and the exposed portion of the antenna. The antenna is configured to receive interrogating signals from a transmitter, and to transmit response signals corresponding to the resonant frequency of the temperature sensor and its harmonics, which are indicative of the measured temperature of the object of interest. A receiver detects the response signals and correlates the frequency to a known temperature response of the dielectric material. Methods of making and using the temperature measurement system are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2010Publication date: November 17, 2011Inventors: Otto J. GREGORY, John R. Conkle, Thomas J. Birnbaum
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Publication number: 20080129594Abstract: Methods and systems for exploiting orthogonal antenna polarizations which restore MIMO capability to an otherwise single path link are disclosed. Disclosed dual-polarization antennae and antennae arrays create two orthogonally polarized independent channels of communication which are transmitted and received by similar dual-polarization antennae, taking advantage of the fact that orthogonally polarized electromagnetic waves travel independently and can be used as independent communication channels. Transmitters and receivers comprising such dual-polarization antennae behave as if two independent communication channels are available in the same line-of-sight link, allowing a doubling of the bandwidth and providing a way to exploit MIMO in outdoor and other line-of-sight communication links.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2006Publication date: June 5, 2008Inventors: Robert J. Pera, Thomas J. Birnbaum
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Patent number: 6867738Abstract: The present invention provides an aperture-fed patch antenna assembly that is recessed into a conductive surface of an external shell of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an antenna feed attached to a removable core of the electronic device may be removed from the external shell without requiring a manual disconnecting of the antenna feed from a wireless radio modem in the electronic device. The patch antenna assembly includes a shim having an aperture therein and positioned between a primary dielectric and a printed circuit board to create a secondary dielectric between the primary dielectric and the printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the primary dielectric is ceramic and the shim is plastic.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2002Date of Patent: March 15, 2005Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Birnbaum, Stephen C. Fenwick, Arthur W. Astrin, Ricardo Mariano
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Publication number: 20030117323Abstract: The present invention provides an aperture-fed patch antenna assembly that is recessed into a conductive surface of an external shell of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an antenna feed attached to a removable core of the electronic device may be removed from the external shell without requiring a manual disconnecting of the antenna feed from a wireless radio modem in the electronic device. The patch antenna assembly includes a shim having an aperture therein and positioned between a primary dielectric and a printed circuit board to create a secondary dielectric between the primary dielectric and the printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the primary dielectric is ceramic and the shim is plastic.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2002Publication date: June 26, 2003Inventors: Thomas J. Birnbaum, Stephen C. Fenwick, Arthur W. Astrin, Ricardo Mariano
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Patent number: 6496149Abstract: The present invention provides an aperture-fed patch antenna assembly that is recessed into a conductive surface of an external shell of an electronic device. In one embodiment, an antenna feed attached to a removable core of the electronic device may be removed from the external shell without requiring a manual disconnecting of the antenna feed from a wireless radio modem in the electronic device. The patch antenna assembly includes a shim having an aperture therein and positioned between a primary dielectric and a printed circuit board to create a secondary dielectric between the primary dielectric and the printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the primary dielectric is ceramic and the shim is plastic.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2001Date of Patent: December 17, 2002Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Birnbaum, Stephen C. Fenwick, Arthur W. Astrin, Rieeardo Mariano
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Patent number: 6400321Abstract: The invention includes an antenna assembly. The antenna assembly includes an antenna plate that defines an interior surface. The antenna plate includes a boss that extends from the interior surface of the antenna plate and a feed point. The antenna assembly also includes a ground plate that defines an interior surface. The ground plate includes a probe channel and a boss. Both the probe channel and the boss each extends from the interior surface of the ground plate. The ground plate boss is coupled to the antenna plate boss. The antenna assembly also includes a probe feed having a ground wire coupled to the probe channel and a conductor wire coupled to the feed point.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2000Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc.Inventors: Stephen C. Fenwick, Art Astrin, Thomas J. Birnbaum, Rick Mariano, Frank Fangonilo
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Patent number: 5841407Abstract: An antenna includes a conductive coil electrically coupled to a wave launching structure and configured such that a plurality of capacitances act electrically in parallel with a plurality of distinct portions of the conductive coil. The capacitances configure what would otherwise be a conventional normal-mode helical antenna for operation at multiple, closely spaced resonance frequencies. The antenna operates at the multiple resonance frequencies with only a small loss of efficiency relative to the maximum response of a conventional normal-mode helical antenna that has a single resonance frequency. Also, the antenna in accordance with the invention is self-duplexing, eliminating the need for complex and expensive duplexing circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 1996Date of Patent: November 24, 1998Assignee: ACS Wireless, Inc.Inventor: Thomas J. Birnbaum
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Patent number: 5323167Abstract: An antenna configuration system for determining the bearing angle of a radio frequency signal includes a plurality of loop antennas and at least one sense antenna. Through the utilization of combining networks with the loop antennas, in-phase and out-of-phase output signals are summed with the signal from the one sense antenna. The summed signal is sent to an adaptive processing system to allow for the determination the bearing angle of the radio frequency signal.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1992Date of Patent: June 21, 1994Assignee: Delfin SystemsInventors: David L. Peavey, Katherine A. Tieszen, Timothy D. Stephens, Thomas J. Birnbaum, Fred E. Schader, Nicholas Cianos, John R. Conkle