Patents Examined by Andrea Lindgren Baltzell
  • Patent number: 11515644
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article which has excellent shielding properties and absorbency for electromagnetic waves having a specific frequency. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article includes a thermoplastic resin composition including stainless steel fibers, and the content ratio of the stainless steel fibers in the molded article is from 0.5 to 20 mass %. The electromagnetic wave shielding and absorbing molded article has a thickness from 0.5 mm to 5 mm, and a shielding property of 10 dB or greater and an absorbency of 25% or greater for electromagnetic waves having any frequency in a frequency domain from 59 GHz to 100 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DAICEL POLYMER LTD.
    Inventors: Takafumi Ueda, Hirotomo Katano, Hiroshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11513569
    Abstract: An information handling system to wirelessly transmit and receive data at an antenna may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit; a display housing containing components of the information handling system, the display housing including a handle and a handle lug to secure the handle to the display housing; a wireless adapter and an antenna to transmit data wirelessly via a WLAN antenna; and handle lug parasitic coupling device operatively coupled to the handle lug to parasitically couple the WLAN antenna to a handle lug parasitic coupling device and handle lug to create a multi-band WLAN antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Suresh K. Ramasamy, Sumana Pallampati
  • Patent number: 11515615
    Abstract: A display apparatus and an antenna assembly are provided. The display apparatus includes: a display; a first circuit board including at least one electronic part configured to process an image signal for displaying an image on the display; a second circuit board including at least one antenna configured to transmit and receive a radio frequency (RF) signal for communication between the display apparatus and an external apparatus; and a spacer provided between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, and configured to space the first circuit board and the second circuit board apart from each other. Thus, radiation performance in the antenna is improved with easy design based on the structure of the display apparatus. Thus, radiation performance in the antenna is improved with easy design based on the structure of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sanggi Oh, Sangho Hong, Hyungyong Lee
  • Patent number: 11515622
    Abstract: Base station antennas are provided herein. A base station antenna includes a multiband beam-former array having a plurality of vertical columns of radiating elements. In some embodiments, at least two of the vertical columns are commonly fed for a first frequency band of the multiband beam-former array that is lower than a second frequency band of the multiband beam-former array. Related methods of operation are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: XiaoHua Hou, Chengcheng Tang, Xiangyang Ai, Peter J. Bisiules, Mohammad Vatankhah Varnoosfaderani
  • Patent number: 11509054
    Abstract: A dipole antenna fed by a planar balun includes a first radiation element and a second radiation element respectively corresponding to poles of the dipole antenna, at least one dipole support column configured to connect the first radiation element and the second radiation element and to fix a gap between the first radiation element and the second radiation element, a planar balun connected to the first radiation element and the second radiation element and configured to feed the first radiation element and the second radiation element, and a balun housing coupled to the dipole support column and enclosing the planar balun.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Haeng Sook Ro, Kanghee Kim, Gwangmoon Park, Soo-Ho Sohn, Ki Cheol Tae
  • Patent number: 11509052
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes an antenna system. The antenna system includes a smart antenna and a smart antenna control system, the smart antenna control system controlling configuration of a configurable aspect of the smart antenna based upon information regarding the configurable aspect of the smart antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Suresh Ramasamy, Manoj Jain, Sumana Pallampati, Ching Wei Chang, Changsoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11509038
    Abstract: A semiconductor package includes a bottom chip package having a first side and a second side opposing the first side. The bottom chip package comprises a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip arranged in a side-by-side manner on the second side. A top antenna package is mounted on the first side of the bottom chip package. The top antenna package comprises a radiative antenna element. A connector is disposed on the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Chou Wu, Yi-Chieh Lin, Chia-Yu Jin, Hsing-Chih Liu
  • Patent number: 11502387
    Abstract: An antenna is installed on an installation surface of a wheel. The antenna includes a first conductor, a second conductor, one or more third conductors, a fourth conductor, and a feeding line. The first conductor and the second conductor face each other in a first axis. The one or more third conductors are located between the first conductor and the second conductor and extend in the first axis. The fourth conductor is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor and extends in the first axis. The feeding line is electromagnetically connected to the third conductor. The first conductor and the second conductor are capacitively connected via the third conductor. A surface of the fourth conductor faces the installation surface of the wheel in a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Isoyama, Hiroshi Uchimura, Hiroshi Yamasaki
  • Patent number: 11495875
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna module is provided for use in a smartphone. When the antenna module is assembled in the smartphone, the antenna module provides an MST antenna and an NFC antenna. For this, the antenna module includes a flexible PCB containing coils and further includes a magnetic sheet engaged with flexible PCB. The flexible PCB and the magnetic sheet are attached to each other to form a single body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: AQ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Kyoung Jun Choi, Sae Rom Lee
  • Patent number: 11495881
    Abstract: An antenna system with integrated electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielded heat sink is disclosed. The system includes an antenna circuit board with a plurality of antenna or radiating elements formed on a common plane comprising a first surface. Circuit elements are placed on a second surface of the antenna circuit board. In addition, the second surface of the antenna circuits board is connected to a pocketed EMI shielding cover with individual shield pockets serving as an EMI shield and a heat sink containing a cooling fluid. At least some adjacent pockets can be in fluid communication with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Jeremy Harvey, Kevin Weed, Bevan D. Staple
  • Patent number: 11489247
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose an integrated circuit and a terminal device, to resolve a problem that an existing dual-band antenna has a relatively small low-frequency band range and is difficult to meet use requirements. An antenna includes a bearer structure, a first radiation patch, a second radiation patch, and a radio frequency processing chip. The first radiation patch, the second radiation patch, and the radio frequency processing chip are separately placed on different layers of the bearer structure. A first feed line and a second feed line are disposed in the bearer structure. The radio frequency processing chip feeds the first radiation patch by using the first feed line. The radio frequency processing chip feeds the second radiation patch by using the second feed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weixi Zhou, Ming Chang, Hailin Dong, Liangsheng Liu, Hongcheng Yin
  • Patent number: 11489245
    Abstract: A satellite including an antenna assembly adjustable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. When in the stowed configuration, the antenna assembly can be stowable within a container, such as a container compatible with a CubeSat. When in the deployed configuration, a reflector of the antenna assembly can be directionally adjustable, such as in both elevation and azimuth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TENDEG LLC
    Inventors: Gregg E. Freebury, Matthew Phillip Mitchell
  • Patent number: 11489267
    Abstract: An omnidirectional vertically polarized antenna. A number of antenna elements are each fabricated on a backing, such as a printed circuit board. The front of each antenna element has conductive strips and slots, arranged in an alternating pattern. The back of each antenna element has an antenna feed circuit. An electrically absorptive layer is attached to the back of each antenna element. The antenna elements are assembled together in a nonconductive housing with circumferentially arranged compartments that receive the antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Southwest Research Institute
    Inventors: Patrick Siemsen, Ralph Riojas
  • Patent number: 11482783
    Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of antenna assemblies. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly generally includes at least one antenna element configured to be operable for receiving high definition television signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Antennas Direct, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard E. Schneider, John Edwin Ross, III
  • Patent number: 11482787
    Abstract: An antenna includes feed pads; a radiating portion disposed on one side of the feed pads and spaced apart from the feed pads, the radiating portion being constituted by a single conductor plate; and a ground part disposed on an opposite side of the feed pads from the radiating portion; wherein each of the feed pads has a polygonal shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Goo Jang, Eun Kyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11476560
    Abstract: A communication system disposed in a housing includes multiple communication devices each of which performing a wireless communication with one another. The communication devices include a specific communication device disposed on a mounting surface. The specific communication device includes at least one antenna structure, and the at least one antenna structure includes at least one antenna. The at least one antenna structure is disposed between the mounting surface and a predetermined wall surface of the housing. A gap between an outer shell of the at least one antenna structure and the predetermined wall surface of the housing is smaller than a wavelength of a radio wave used in the wireless communication of the communication devices. The at least one antenna of the specific communication device has a directivity in a direction parallel to the mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11476583
    Abstract: The present application discloses embodiments that relate to an electromagnetic apparatus. In one aspect, the present apparatus includes a circuit board configured to propagate an electromagnetic signal. The apparatus also includes a waveguide configured to propagate an electromagnetic signal. The apparatus further includes a coupling port configured to couple a signal between the circuit board and the waveguide, where the coupling port has dimensions based on a desired impedance of the port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventor: Adam Brown
  • Patent number: 11469508
    Abstract: A communications device may include an RF device having an operating frequency range, and an antenna coupled to the RF device and being electrically small with respect to the operating frequency range of the RF device. The communications device may include an active capacitor coupled between the RF device and the antenna. The active capacitor may include a settable operating curve with a decreasing capacitance versus increasing frequency over a portion of the operating frequency range of the RF device. The communications device may further include a control circuit coupled to the active capacitor to set the settable operating curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventor: Francis E. Parsche
  • Patent number: 11469799
    Abstract: An information handling system (IHS) includes a sensor for sensing a physical configuration of the IHS, the physical configuration dependent upon a position of a hinge of a housing of the IIS. A first proximity sensor probe may sense whether a first biological entity element is proximate to a first antenna of the IHS, and a second proximity sensor probe may sense whether a second biological entity element is proximate to a second antenna of the IHS. The IHS may reconfigure use of at least one of the first antenna and the second antenna in response to the sensing of at least one of the first proximity sensor probe and the second proximity sensor probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Suresh K. Ramasamy, Changsoo Kim, Ching Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11469512
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal mechanism element, a dielectric substrate, a feeding radiation element, and a coupling radiation element. The metal mechanism element has a slot. The slot has a first closed end and a second closed end. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The feeding radiation element is coupled to a signal source, and is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate. The feeding radiation element has a first vertical projection on the metal mechanism element. The coupling radiation element is coupled to a ground voltage, and is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. The coupling radiation element has a second vertical projection on the metal mechanism element. The second vertical projection of the coupling radiation element at least partially overlaps the first vertical projection of the feeding radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Kuo-Jen Lai, Kuang-Yuan Ku, Chiung-Hung Li