Patents Examined by Aladdin Abdulbaki
  • Patent number: 12191578
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna structure, including a frame body, a first feed-in part, and a first connection part, where the frame body is at least partially made of a metal material, the frame body includes a first part and a second part, the second part is connected to one end of the first part, a length of the second part is greater than a length of the first part, a first slot is provided in the first part, a second slot is provided in the second part, a part of the frame body between the first slot and the second slot forms a first radiation part, the first feed-in part is disposed on the first radiation part and located on the first part of the frame body. The antenna structure can effectively improve low band radiation performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaotao Cai, Dawei Zhou, Yuanpeng Li, Tiezhu Liang
  • Patent number: 12191576
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure disposed in an inner space of the housing and including a substrate having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface facing a direction opposite the first substrate surface, and configured to have a first dielectric constant, a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the substrate at a designated interval and forming a directional beam in a direction toward which the first substrate surface faces, and at least one dielectric disposed on the first substrate surface and configured to have a second dielectric constant, and a wireless communication circuit disposed in the inner space and configured to at least one of transmit or receive a wireless signal in at least one frequency band through the plurality of antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Jo, Hosaeng Kim, Seongjin Park, Sumin Yun, Woomin Jang, Jehun Jong
  • Patent number: 12183985
    Abstract: A switchable antenna comprises an RF port, an antenna array that includes at least a first column of radiating elements, a second column of radiating elements and a third column of radiating elements, and a feed network coupled between the RF port and the antenna array. The feed network includes a first switch having a first output that is coupled to each of the columns of radiating elements and a second output and a second switch having a first input coupled to the first output of the first switch and a second input coupled to the second output of the first switch, and a first output coupled to the second column of radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Ruckus IP Holdings LLC
    Inventor: James W. Jervis
  • Patent number: 12181500
    Abstract: One embodiment is a device, which comprises a cable attached at a first end to a radio module, the cable having a plurality of electro-magnetic interference (EMI) resistant elements connected at a plurality of positions, a radial board wherein the cable is attached thereto at a second end, and an antenna connected to the radial board, the antenna being configured to receive power from the radio module and to radiate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Kerrance Lynn Carpenter, Douglas Troy Collier
  • Patent number: 12176608
    Abstract: An antenna module, comprising: a first radiating element having a flat plate shape; a second radiating element having a flat plate-shape, disposed at a position different from a position of the first radiating element in a direction normal to the first radiating element, and having a resonant frequency different from a resonant frequency of the first radiating element; and a first feed line extending from a feed circuit, passing through the second radiating element, and configured to transmit a radio frequency signal to the first radiating element, wherein the first feed line includes, at a position different from a position of the second radiating element in a path from the feed circuit to the first radiating element, a shift region extending in a direction orthogonal to the direction normal to the first radiating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shun Sakaida
  • Patent number: 12149000
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including a housing, a wireless communication module, and an antenna module operatively connected to the wireless communication module and disposed inside the housing, wherein the antenna module includes a first substrate comprising at least one feed line, a first surface disposed in a first direction, and a second surface disposed in a second direction opposite the first surface, a second substrate disposed on the first surface of the first substrate and having a first antenna array and a second antenna array disposed on the second substrate, and a third substrate disposed in a portion of the second surface of the first substrate and having a third antenna array and a fourth antenna array disposed on the third substrate, wherein the second substrate and/or the third substrate is formed of a material having a higher permittivity than the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Seongjin Park, Hosaeng Kim, Sumin Yun, Woomin Jang, Jaehoon Jo, Jinwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 12142851
    Abstract: Described herein is an apparatus and a method for a low-profile, circularly polarized antenna. The antenna comprises a first substrate having a first side and a second side; an antenna element on the first side of the first substrate; a first conductor on the second side of the first substrate proximity coupled to the antenna element; a second conductor on the second side of the first substrate proximity coupled to the antenna element and ±90 degrees out of phase with the first conductor; a second substrate under the first substrate having a least one air gap therein under the antenna element; a third substrate under the second substrate having a first side and a second side; and an electrical ground plane on the second side of the third substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: John E. Rogers
  • Patent number: 12136761
    Abstract: This antenna device is provided with: an antenna element disposed in a recessed portion of the exterior of a moving body; and a passive element which is disposed in a position higher than a flat surface in the recessed portion on which the antenna element is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoaki Nishikido
  • Patent number: 12119565
    Abstract: An antenna substrate includes a body in which a plurality of insulating layers are stacked, a first antenna layer including a plurality of first pattern layers disposed on the plurality of insulating layers and a plurality of first conductive via layer penetrating through the plurality of insulating layers to connect the plurality of first pattern layers in a stacking direction of the plurality of insulating layers and having a bar shape, and a second antenna layer extending from at least one of an uppermost portion or a lowermost portion of the first antenna layer on the insulating layer of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Je Lee, Je Sang Park, Chang Gun Oh, Sang Ho Jeong, Hyun Kyung Park
  • Patent number: 12119548
    Abstract: A slot array antenna that includes radiation, base, and grating plates is disclosed. The radiation plate has a first surface having multiple slots to radiate radio waves, second and third surfaces forming a horn shape, and proximal and distal connecting members. The base plate has first, second, and third surfaces forming a U-shape, and notches. The connecting members of the radiation are removably insertable into the notches to assemble the slot array antenna for the radiation of the radio waves and to suppress noise signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FURUNO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akihiro Hino
  • Patent number: 12113306
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dual-band antenna array with fan beam and pencil beam. The antenna comprises a substrate and an antenna array arranged on the surface of the substrate, a first antenna element and a second antenna element are cascaded in an x-axis direction by a filter phase-shift line so as to form a subarray. A pair of T-shaped monopoles are symmetrically placed along the x axis at a certain distance above and below each of the first and second antenna elements, respectively, and a rectangular slot is embedded in the upper edge of the second antenna element to achieve good impedance matching. The second antenna element generates a fan beam at one frequency point or frequency band to have the performance of a wide beam, and generates a pencil beam at another frequency point or frequency band to have the performance of a narrow beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CHONGQING UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Mei Li, Lin Pu, Ming-Chun Tang, Lei Zhu
  • Patent number: 12100892
    Abstract: An optically transparent coplanar microwave slot antenna formed between a first glass layer and a second glass layer is provided including a metal oxide layer, a first slot element and a second slot element formed in a dipole arrangement within the metal oxide layer wherein the first slot element is formed by a first triangular slot, a first trapezoidal slot, and a first rectangular slot and the second slot element is formed by a second triangular slot, a second trapezoidal slot, and a second rectangular slot, and a waveguide feedline for carrying microwave signals to the first slot element and the second slot element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Sara Kaffash, Farhad Sheikh Hosseini Lori, William Hsiahua Wang, Hongguang Sun
  • Patent number: 12095155
    Abstract: A radar sensor includes a housing, cover, and a plurality of transmit and receive antennas. The housing includes a cavity retaining a processing board. The cover defines a radome having a recess into the cavity with two separate and connected areas. The transmit and receive antennas are positioned on the processing board, adjacent to, and separated by a gap from, the recess. The transmit antennas are configured to transmit RF signals through the first area of the recess. The receive antennas are configured to receive RF signals returning through the second area of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Magna Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Majid Ahmadloo
  • Patent number: 12095179
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a metal back cover and an antenna module. The metal back cover includes a slit. The antenna module is separated from the metal back cover and disposed far away from the slit. The antenna module includes an antenna radiator, a first ground radiator, and a connection radiator. The antenna radiator includes a first section, a second section, and a third section that are sequentially connected and form bends, and the first section has a feeding end. A first slot is formed between the first ground radiator, the first section, the second section, and a part of the third section. A width and length of the first slot are associated with a center frequency and impedance matching of a high frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Hau Yuen Tan, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Chen-Kuang Wang, Tse-Hsuan Wang, Sheng-Chin Hsu, Shih-Keng Huang, Chia-Hung Chen
  • Patent number: 12088005
    Abstract: An antenna device and a wireless communication apparatus capable of improving performance are provided. The antenna device includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element disposed on the side of one surface of the first antenna element. The first antenna element includes a first glass substrate and a first patch antenna provided on the first glass substrate. The second antenna element includes a second glass substrate and a second patch antenna provided on the second glass substrate. The shape of at least one of the first patch antenna and the second patch antenna in a plan view is a rectangle. Contours of one or more of four corners of the rectangle include a curved line or a plurality of obtuse angles in a plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Igarashi
  • Patent number: 12074368
    Abstract: An electronic computing device with a self-shielding antenna. An electronic computing device may include a frame, an antenna, and an antenna shielding. The frame includes a top cover and a bottom cover. Electronic components are included in a space formed between the top cover and the bottom cover. The antenna is for wireless transmission and reception and included in the frame near an edge of the frame. The antenna shielding is disposed around the antenna for providing electro-magnetic shielding from radio frequency (RE) noises generated from the electronic components included in the frame. The antenna shielding may be a metal wall disposed between the top cover and the bottom cover around the antenna. The frame may be a metallic frame and may include a cut-out in the top cover and the bottom cover above and below the antenna, and a non-metallic cover may be provided in the cut-out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Denica Larsen, Dong-Ho Han, Kwan Ho Lee, Shantanu Kulkarni, Jaejin Lee
  • Patent number: 12034200
    Abstract: The disclosed system may include a support structure configured to structurally support various system components. The system may also include a camera housing, affixed to the support structure, that houses optical components for a camera. The system may further include an antenna, at least a portion of which is disposed on the camera housing, as well as an antenna feed that electrically connects the antenna to a receiver or a transmitter. Various other apparatuses, methods of manufacturing, and wearable devices are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Umar Azad, Peter Eli Renner, Geng Ye, Bruno Cendon Martin, Yizhi Xiong, Honghong Peng, Timothy Lee Droz
  • Patent number: 12015193
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device including: a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, connected to the second plate or integrally formed with the second plate, and including a first portion comprising a conductive material, wherein the first portion of the side member includes a plurality of through-holes aligned in a first direction substantially parallel to the first plate and a non-conductive material inside the through-holes; a structure disposed inside the space to face the through-holes and including at least one conductive path; and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the conductive path. Various other embodiments inferred from the specification are also possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Dongyeon Kim, Seongjin Park, Sehyun Park, Sumin Yun, Myunghun Jeong, Jehun Jong, Jaehoon Jo
  • Patent number: 12007529
    Abstract: A multilayer metalens includes a substrate having first, second, and third axes that are perpendicular to each other. A first layer of antennas is arranged, relative to the third axis, on the substrate. Each antenna of the first layer of antennas is rotated relative to the first and second axes based on a position of each antenna of the first layer of antennas along the first and second axes. A second layer of antennas is arranged, in the third axis, on the first layer of antennas. Each antenna of the second layer of antennas is rotated relative to the first and second axes based on a position of each antenna of the second layer of antennas along the first and second axes. Each antenna in the first and second layers of antennas has, in a plane parallel to a top of the substrate an elongated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaohang Li, Ronghui Lin
  • Patent number: 11990693
    Abstract: In an antenna configuration in which two omnidirectional antenna elements that are arranged on a printed board, a device GND plane connected to a ground potential is formed on the printed board so as to cover an area other than a part where an electronic circuit is formed on the printed board, and parasitic antenna elements that are a first parasitic antenna element and a second parasitic antenna element are arranged at positions adjacent to the respective two omnidirectional antenna elements, in a state of being parallel to the omnidirectional antenna elements, and the parasitic antenna elements are arranged in a state of being close to the device GND plane, and entire lengths of the parasitic antenna elements are each set to be a length that is (½) of a wavelength of radio waves handled by the omnidirectional antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
    Inventor: Ken Miura