Patents Examined by Awat M Salih
  • Patent number: 11978946
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a clamping apparatus for an antenna, and more particularly, to a clamping apparatus for an antenna including: an arm unit coupled to a support pole and having an upwardly open rotating shaft hole formed in a front end thereof; a rotation unit detachably mounted to the rotating shaft hole of the arm unit and coupled to be rotatable about the rotating shaft hole at a predetermined angle in a left-right direction; and a tilting unit detachably mounted to a tilting shaft hole of the front end of the rotation unit, and coupled to be tiltable about the tilting shaft hole at a predetermined angle in a top-down direction, wherein the rotation unit is configured such that a rotating shaft rod serving as the center of the rotating motion is rotatably fixed to the arm unit through a rotating coupling member, and the tilting unit is configured such that the tilting shaft rod serving as the center of the tilting motion is tiltably fixed to the rotation unit through a tilting coupling memb
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Chang Woo Yoo, Kyo Sung Ji
  • Patent number: 11973283
    Abstract: Reconfigurable antenna systems with ground tuning pads are provided herein. In certain configurations, an antenna system includes an antenna element, a first tuning conductor spaced apart from the antenna element on a first side of the antenna element, a second tuning conductor spaced apart from the antenna element on a second side of the antenna element, a first ground tuning pad configured to receive a ground voltage, and a first switch electrically connected between the first tuning conductor and the first ground tuning pad. The first switch is operable to selectively connect the first tuning conductor to the first ground tuning pad to thereby tune the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: René Rodríguez, Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang, Hardik Bhupendra Modi
  • Patent number: 11973282
    Abstract: Disclosed is a midband dipole for use in a multiband antenna. The midband dipole has four folded dipoles, each of which is coupled to a decoupling circuit that has two capacitance points. The disclosed decoupling circuit configuration mitigates common mode resonance with nearby lowband dipoles, further preventing cross polarization in the midband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Jiaqiang Zhu, Niranjan Sundararajan, Wengang Chen
  • Patent number: 11973265
    Abstract: An antenna device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a dielectric layer, a first electrode layer disposed on an upper surface of the dielectric layer, the first electrode layer including a radiator and having a first mesh structure, and a second electrode layer disposed on a lower surface of the dielectric layer, the second electrode layer having a second mesh structure. The first mesh structure and the second mesh structure are aligned to be offset or staggered from each other with respect to the dielectric layer in a planar view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Han Sub Ryu, Dong Pil Park, Yun Seok Oh
  • Patent number: 11967768
    Abstract: A slot array antenna includes a dielectric layer, a power feeding unit, a first coplanar waveguide formed in a conductor layer provided on one surface of the dielectric layer, and a second coplanar waveguide formed in the conductor layer, wherein each of the first coplanar waveguide and the second coplanar waveguide includes a first end part connected to a point to which the power feeding unit is connected or situated in proximity and at least one second end part connected to at least one slot formed in the conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: AGC INC.
    Inventors: Qiang Chen, Osamu Kagaya, Toshiki Sayama, Takeshi Motegi
  • Patent number: 11967756
    Abstract: According to certain embodiments, a vehicle comprises a frame comprising at least one metal panel forming an exterior surface of the vehicle; an antenna disposed below the at least one metal panel in an interior of the vehicle; a printed circuit board (PCB) module electrically connected to the antenna; and at least one ground extender electrically connecting a ground of the PCB module to the metal panel, wherein the ground extender is configured to receive current from the PCB module, and provide the current from the PCB module to the metal panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongsun Shin, Jinu Kim, Sangbong Sung, Jeseung Oh
  • Patent number: 11962098
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A device may be configured to include an array of lenses along with multiple antenna arrays that each include a set of antenna elements. The antenna arrays may each support multiple beam directions, such as a respective beam direction for each lens of the array of lenses. If beams for multiple antenna arrays concurrently pass through the same lens, the lens may contribute to maintaining separation between the beams. Lenses may also contribute to the shaping of beams, and the use of multiple lenses may enhance a coverage area for beams transmitted or received by the antenna arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Idan Michael Horn, Yehonatan Dallal, Danlu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11958768
    Abstract: An improved a glazing unit including a glass panel which is low in reflectance for RF radiation, a coating system which is high in reflectance for RF radiation disposed on the said glass panel and creating onto the glazing unit a dual band bandpass filter. The glazing unit further includes at least one frequencies selective decoated portion of the coating system extending along a plane, P, defined by a longitudinal axis, X, and a vertical axis, Z; having a width, DW, measured along the longitudinal axis, X, and a length, DL, measured along the vertical axis, Z. The at least one frequencies selective decoated portion includes a first decoated element that includes a plurality of unit cells forming a regular grid of n rows by m columns unit cells and a plurality of second decoated elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC INC., AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., AGC VIDROS DO BRASIL LTDA
    Inventor: Xavier Radu
  • Patent number: 11962101
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a phased antenna array that radiates at a frequency greater than 10 GHz. The array may include a dielectric resonator antenna having a dielectric column with non-planar sidewalls that include planar portions and corrugated portions with grooves and ridges, that include sidewall steps, and/or that include angled sidewall portions. The dielectric resonator antenna may include a first dielectric column and a second dielectric column stacked on the first dielectric column. The second column may be narrower and may have a higher dielectric constant than the first column or may have the same width but a lower dielectric constant than the first column. This may serve to broaden the bandwidth of the dielectric resonator antenna relative to scenarios where the dielectric resonator antenna includes only a single dielectric resonating element having only planar sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Panagiotis Theofanopoulos, Subramanian Ramalingam, Harish Rajagopalan, Bilgehan Avser, David Garrido Lopez, Forhad Hasnat, Mikal Askarian Amiri, Rodney A Gomez Angulo
  • Patent number: 11962089
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are described herein which utilizes and controls an electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus uses directional properties of a Luneburg lens to receive RF energy from one or more points of the Luneburg lens and re-transmits the RF energy from a different point of the Luneburg lens to focus the RF energy in a desired direction. The electromagnetic energy beam steering apparatus may take a form of a passive repeater, an active repeater, or a multipath active repeater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, Bharatwajan Raman, Oliver Philippe Coudert, Pei Hou, Durga Prasad Satapathy
  • Patent number: 11962395
    Abstract: A whole-airspace satellite search method and device based on a phased array antenna are provided. The present disclosure combines electronic scanning implemented by the phased array antenna with mechanical scanning implemented by a mechanical actuator. As for low-orbit satellite communication, the present disclosure achieves rapid search and aiming through the phased array antenna, and solves the problem of limited electronic scanning angle of the phased array antenna through a servo system of the mechanical actuator. On the other hand, the present disclosure supports whole-airspace search and aiming of high, medium, and low-orbit satellites through the combination of the electronic scanning implemented by the phased array antenna and the mechanical scanning implemented by the mechanical actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA STARWIN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Qingan Li, Kesong Wu, Zhiqiang Zhang, Hansong Du
  • Patent number: 11955702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a detection label provided with a passive resonant circuit which is configured to emit an identification code when the passive resonant circuit is introduced into a first electromagnetic interrogation field, wherein the label is further provided with a memory and an active circuit comprising a transmitter and a receiver, wherein the active circuit is configured to emit information which is stored in the memory with the transmitter when the active circuit is introduced into a second electromagnetic interrogation field comprising a first predetermined code, which second electromagnetic interrogation field is received with the receiver, characterized in that the label is configured, in response to the receiving of the second interrogation field, when the second interrogation field comprises a second predetermined code, to adjust a status of the label such that the passive resonant circuit does not emit the identification code when the passive resonant circuit is introduced into the first
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nedap N.V.
    Inventor: Jeroen Martin Van Dijk
  • Patent number: 11955688
    Abstract: Aspects described herein include devices, wireless communication apparatuses, methods, and associated operations for heatsinks integrating millimeter wave and non-millimeter wave operation. In some aspects, an apparatus comprising a millimeter wave (mmW) module is provided. The apparatus includes at least one mmW antenna and at least one mmW signal node configured to communicate a data signal in association with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes mixing circuitry configured to convert between the data signal and a mmW signal for communications associated with the at least one mmW antenna. The apparatus further includes a heatsink comprising a non-mmW antenna and a non-mmW feed point coupled to the non-mmW antenna. The non-mmW feed point is configured to provide a signal path to the non-mmW antenna for a non-mmW signal. The heatsink is mechanically coupled to the mmW module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Cheng-Fan Wei, Chao-Kuei Chang, Yi-Hsiang Kung
  • Patent number: 11949172
    Abstract: An antenna system includes an antenna body having one or more connection points between the antenna body and a ground; a tunable component having a changeable operating parameter that is a capacitance or a inductance, wherein the antenna body is connected to the tunable component through a first connection point; and a first filter, wherein the first filter are connected to the antenna body; wherein the first filter is connected in parallel with the tunable component, wherein a first end of the first filter is connected to the antenna body through the first connection point, and a second end of the first filter is connected to the ground, and wherein the first filter presents a high impedance characteristic in a low frequency band, and presents a low impedance characteristic in a high frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuefei Zhang, Lei Wang, Kun Feng, Chi Liu
  • Patent number: 11949394
    Abstract: A first phase shift circuit amplifies, when a first signal, a second signal having a phase difference of 90 degrees from the first signal, a third signal having a phase difference of 180 degrees from the first signal, and a fourth signal having a phase difference of 270 degrees from the first signal are output from a 90-degree distributor that distributes an input signal, each of any three signals from among the first signal to the fourth signal. A second phase shift circuit amplifies each of any two signals of any three signals and one signal that is not amplified by the first phase shift circuit from among the first signal to the fourth signal. One or more phase shift circuits of the first phase shift circuit and the second phase shift circuit each include a compensation circuit that compensates for a phase error of the synthesized signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Wataru Yamamoto, Koji Tsutsumi, Masaomi Tsuru
  • Patent number: 11942697
    Abstract: An object is to actively control a phase of electromagnetic wave with high efficiency. A phase control device includes a phase control lens and a control circuit. The phase control lens includes metamaterial boards arranged in a first direction and separated from each other. Each metamaterial board shifts a phase of electromagnetic wave passing therethrough. The control circuit controls admittance distribution in a plane perpendicular to the first direction of each metamaterial board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mingqi Wu
  • Patent number: 11940560
    Abstract: An ultra-long sub-wavelength grating as an optical antenna for optical phased arrays includes a top structure and a bottom structure which are vertically stacked. The bottom structure is made of a material with a refractive index lower than a refractive index of the top structure. The top structure is made of a material with a refractive index higher than that of the bottom structure. A strip waveguide is disposed in the middle of the top structure. subwavelength blocks are disposed periodically on two sides of the straight strip waveguides. The invention has the following beneficial effects. The structure could increase the effective length of the grating; uniform near field distribution can be achieved by controlling the positions of the subwavelength blocks. The structure is simpler with lower fabrication requirements and lower cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
    Inventors: Xiaochuan Xu, Jiaxin Chen, Wanxin Li, Yong Yao
  • Patent number: 11936105
    Abstract: Provided herein is an artificial dielectric material for use in a focusing lens, comprising a plurality of dielectric tubes supported by one or more dielectric supporting elements which fix and separate the dielectric tubes from each other, wherein a surface of each dielectric tube is at least partially covered by at least one conductive element. Also provided are lenses comprising the artificial dielectric materials and methods for manufacture of such materials. The artificial dielectric materials and lenses may provide desirable dielectric and radio wave focusing properties and manufacturing advantages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: VASANT LIMITED
    Inventor: Victor Sledkov
  • Patent number: 11894609
    Abstract: An infusion pump assembly is disclosed. The infusion pump assembly includes a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid, a pump assembly for pumping a quantity of infusible fluid from the reservoir to an exit, a first valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the pump assembly from the reservoir, a second valve assembly configured to selectively isolate the exit from the pumping assembly, and a split ring resonator antenna having a resonant frequency comprising a plurality of planar metallic layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventor: David Blumberg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11888206
    Abstract: A antenna module includes a telematics unit having a telematics printed circuit board and a Peltier element. The telematics printed circuit board has a first section and a second section. The first section is cooled by a forced airflow and the second section is cooled by the Peltier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Pfletschinger, Thomas Adam, Uwe Daum, Dominik Schaich, Roland Boehmert