Patents Examined by Collin Dawkins
  • Patent number: 9105975
    Abstract: A second slit 117 and a fourth slit 119 provided in a first antenna element 150 and a first slit 116 and a third slit 118 provided in a second antenna element 151 are adjusted such that the mutual coupling between the first antenna element 150 and the second antenna element 151 in the desired frequency band is canceled, and reduces degradation in coupling between antenna elements without connecting the antenna elements through components and the like. With such a configuration, it is possible to achieve high-efficiency loosely coupled MIMO array antennas operating in the same frequency band in a portable wireless terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Satou, Takanori Hirobe, Yoshio Koyanagi, Tomoaki Nishikido
  • Patent number: 9097797
    Abstract: An antenna device includes transmitting units each of which includes elements arranged parallel to a baseline, wherein the transmitting units are arranged side-by-side in a first direction and stepwisedly with steps in a second direction in a first region and a second region, the first direction being perpendicular to the baseline, the second direction being parallel to the baseline, the first region and the second region being partitioned by the baseline, and transmitting units positioned more remotely from the baseline being positioned further in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Honda Elesys Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Abe
  • Patent number: 9054428
    Abstract: An antenna includes: a first resonator and a second resonator each having an open end, in which the first resonator and the second resonator are disposed side by side to allow the open ends thereof to be opposed to each other; and a first capacitor connected between the open ends which are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 9054416
    Abstract: A wideband antenna is disclosed. The wideband antenna comprises an inverted cone, at least one sinuous arm coupled to the cone, and a ground plane behind the apex of the cone. The sinuous arm comprises at least two active resonators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Associated Universities, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard F. Bradley, Rohit S. Gawande
  • Patent number: 9048529
    Abstract: A resonator structure of an electric apparatus, wherein the resonator structure is configured to interact with a radio frequency signal. The resonator structure includes a dielectric resonator element configured to resonate as a response to the radio frequency signal for transmitting and/or receiving electromagnetic energy wirelessly, and a conductive grounding structure magnetically coupled with the dielectric resonator element and configured to resonate with the dielectric resonator element. The conductive grounding structure includes at least a portion of the casing of the electric apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: POLAR ELECTRO OY
    Inventor: Juha Sorvala
  • Patent number: 9041607
    Abstract: The radio wave receiver includes the metallic case body, the metallic rear case, and the antenna inside the case body. The screw portion is formed in the metal wall of the case body. The coupling resin member having an electrical insulating property is coupled to the rear case through a great number of fine irregularities formed in the metal wall thereof. The screw portion which engages with the screw portion is formed on the coupling resin member. The case body and the rear case are coupled to each other with the screw portions. The case body and the rear case are electrically insulated from each other by the electrical insulating function of the coupling resin member so as to improve receiving sensitivity of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kazumasa Yokoo, Junichi Sato
  • Patent number: 9041617
    Abstract: An electronic device may include an adjustable power supply, at least one antenna, and associated antenna tuning circuitry. The antenna tuning circuitry may be an integral part of the antenna and may include a control circuit and at least one tunable element. The tunable element may include radio-frequency switches, continuously/semi-continuously adjustable components such as tunable resistors, inductors, and capacitors, and other load circuits that provide desired impedance characteristics. The power supply may provide power supply voltage signals to the antenna tuning circuitry via inductive coupling. The power supply voltage signals may be modulated according to a predetermined lookup table during device startup so that the control circuit is configured to generate desired control signals. These control signals adjust the tunable element so that the antenna can support wireless operation in desired frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Robert S. Sorensen, Qingxiang Li, Matthew A. Mow, Jinku Kim
  • Patent number: 9024835
    Abstract: An integral high frequency communication apparatus comprises a case, a waveguide apparatus having an extension portion, and a circuit board having a signal transmitting unit and a signal receiving unit. The transceiver module having two waveguide openings is retained in the case. The case has an opening through which the extension portion extends outside of the case. The integral high frequency communication apparatus can receive and transmit high frequency signals by the extension portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Microelectronics Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruei Yuen Chen, Hsiang Hao Sung
  • Patent number: 9019167
    Abstract: A transceiving circuit (1, 1?) for contactless communication comprises transmitter means (3) being adapted to generate an electromagnetic carrier signal and to modulate the carrier signal according to transmitting data, and an antenna (5) being connected to and driven by the transmitter means (3) with the modulated carrier signal. At least one impedance-matching capacitor (C1a) is arranged serially to the antenna (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Quotainne Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Erich Merlin
  • Patent number: 8988309
    Abstract: A radar sensor for motor vehicles, having a source of radar radiation and a lens, which is situated in front of the source, is made of a material that refracts radar radiation and has a convex surface on at least one side, wherein the convex surface has a greater curvature in elevation than in azimuth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Binzer, Thomas Hansen
  • Patent number: 8988287
    Abstract: An apparatus having multiple mushroom structures is disclosed. Each of the multiple mushroom structures includes: a ground plate; a patch provided parallel to the ground plate with a separation of a distance to the ground plate, wherein a distance between a ground plate and a patch in a certain mushroom structure is different from a distance between a ground plate and a patch in a different mushroom structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tamami Maruyama, Tatsuo Furuno, Yasuhiro Oda, Jiyun Shen, Tomoyuki Ohya
  • Patent number: 8963779
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a silicon-based suspending antenna with photonic bandgap structure, which includes a silicon substrate, an electrode layer, a spacing part and an F-shaped structure. The silicon substrate has a first side surface and a second side surface oppositing to the first surface. The electrode layer has a flat part, a first base and at least one second base, in which one side of the flat part has a notch, the first base, the second base and the notch are separately disposed on the second side surface and essentially parallel to the longitudinal edge of the second side surface, the first base has a main body and an extension, and the extension extends from the main body and into the notch. The F-shaped structure has a longitudinal part disposed on the spacing part and is parallel to the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: I-Yu Huang, Chian-Hao Sun, Kuo-Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 8963790
    Abstract: A universal joint comprising a pair of circular waveguide ball-joints and a slip-joint allows for simultaneous 3-axis rotation and 3-dimensional translation between an antenna and a stationary source. As such, the universal joint does not have to be physically aligned with the azimuth, and elevation, rotation axis of the antenna and mounted on the gimbal support, greatly simplifying the antenna steering mechanism. The universal joint allows the antenna to be mass-balanced in relation to the azimuth and elevation axis without adding any additional counter weights, thus reducing the size and power requirements of the azimuth and elevation rotation drive systems. Additional ball-joints may be provided to increase the allowed range of motion of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Kenneth W. Brown
  • Patent number: 8952849
    Abstract: An apparatus having multiple mushroom structures is disclosed. Each of the multiple mushroom structures includes: a ground plate; a patch provided parallel to the ground plate with a separation of a distance to the ground plate, wherein a distance between a ground plate and a patch in a certain mushroom structure is different from a distance between a ground plate and a patch in a different mushroom structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: NTT DOCOMO, INC.
    Inventors: Tamami Maruyama, Tatsuo Furuno, Yasuhiro Oda, Jiyun Shen, Tomoyuki Ohya
  • Patent number: 8941548
    Abstract: According to one embodiment; an antenna device according to this embodiment includes the first antenna element formed from a folded monopole element and a capacitor element. The first antenna element has a first end connected to a feeding terminal, a second end connected to the first ground terminal, and a middle portion folded, with a stub being provided between the forward portion and backward portion formed by this folding. The capacitor element is inserted between the stub and the above feeding terminal of the forward portion of the first antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Ippei Kashiwagi, Koichi Sato, Hiroyuki Hotta
  • Patent number: 8941539
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna including a ground plane, a first resonating plate that resonates in a first frequency band, a first shorting plate that shorts the first resonating plate to the ground plane, a second resonating plate that resonates in a second frequency band, with the second resonating plate raised above the first resonating plate with respect to the ground plane, and a second shorting plate that shorts the second resonating plate to the first resonating plate. Also, a dual-stack dual-band MIMO antenna comprising four dual-band antennas arranged in a square or rectangular pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Meru Networks
    Inventors: Vaduvur Bharghavan, Rajendran Chary
  • Patent number: 8933844
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna pattern frame according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, including: a film radiator that includes a protective film supporting one surface or both surfaces of a radiator provided with an antenna pattern part; and a radiator frame that is an injection molded part to which the film radiator is fixed and embeds the antenna pattern part in the electronic device case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ha Ryong Hong, Sung Eun Cho, Tae Sung Kim, Duk Woo Lee, Dae Kyu Lee, Chan Gwang An, Jae Suk Sung, Ki Won Chang, Chang Mok Han, Hyun Do Park
  • Patent number: 8922437
    Abstract: An exterior antenna structure of a mobile terminal that may extend the length of an antenna pattern when it is inserted into a case is provided. The exterior antenna structure of the mobile terminal, includes, an exterior antenna including a sleeve extending to an outside of a case, a stopper connected to a lower end of the sleeve, and a pogo pin provided at an inside and a lower end of the stopper, and an additional antenna pattern electrically connected to the pogo pin when the exterior antenna is inserted into an inside of the case. Accordingly, an additional antenna pattern contacting with an exterior antenna may minimize reduction in a passive gain when an exterior antenna is inserted into a case, and a pogo pin provided at a stopper allows an exterior antenna inserted in a case to achieve a stable electric contact with an additional antenna pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung Sun Kim
  • Patent number: 8902111
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting the performance of a bi-polarized antenna including two antennas in a wireless communication system is provided. The system may include at least one directional coupler connected to the bi-polarized antenna configured to couple a transmitting signal of the first antenna and another signal from the bi-polarized antenna; a power detector connected to the at least one directional coupler and configured to measure the power of the transmitting signal and the another signal as analog results, respectively; an analog-digital converter connected to the power detector and configured to convert the analog results into digital results; and a processing unit connected to the analog-digital converter and configured to calculate the difference of the digital results. The performance of the bi-polarized antenna can be accessed by the above-measured polarization isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC
    Inventor: Jigang Liu
  • Patent number: 8890761
    Abstract: A structure includes a first conductor plane; a plurality of second conductor planes, at least a portion thereof being provided facing the first conductor plane; a transmission line that is provided with at least a portion thereof facing one conductor plane of the first conductor plane and the second conductor plane, and that is disposed on an opposite side of the other conductor plane with respect to the one conductor plane; and a first conductor connecting portion that electrically connects the transmission line with the other conductor plane, and a unit structure that includes at least the second conductor plane, the transmission line, and the first conductor connecting portion is repeatedly disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Toyao, Noriaki Ando