Patents Examined by Daniel Munoz
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Patent number: 12155131Abstract: Provided is an electronic device having an antenna according to the present invention. The electronic device comprises a cone antenna comprising: a cone radiator which is provided between a first substrate and a second substrate, has the upper part connected to the first substrate and the lower part connected to the second substrate, and has an opening on the upper part; a metal patch which is formed on the first substrate and is positioned away from the upper opening; a shorting pin which is for electrically connecting the metal patch and a ground layer of the second substrate; a power feeding unit which is formed on the second substrate and is for transmitting a signal via a lower opening; and a dielectric which is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to surround the lower opening.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2019Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seungwoo Ryu, Joohee Lee, Junyoung Jung, Hyungjung Kim
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Patent number: 12148997Abstract: A waveguide antenna system, includes: an electromagnetic, EM, transition portion having a transition region having a signal feed interface and an open waveguide section, the EM transition portion configured to couple EM energy from the signal feed interface to a guided waveguide mode of EM energy to the open waveguide section via the transition region; and a leaky waveguide antenna portion configured and disposed to radiate electromagnetic energy received from the open waveguide section; wherein the EM transition portion is electromagnetically coupled to the leaky waveguide antenna portion, the EM transition portion being configured to support a transfer of electromagnetic energy from a signal feed structure to the leaky waveguide antenna portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATIONInventors: Sergio Clavijo, John Sanford, Karl Edward Sprentall, Dirk Baars, Jared Kenneth Spink, Pramod Srinivas Bhat
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Patent number: 12148983Abstract: An electronic device includes a main body, a pair of glass lenses configured to be supported by the main body, at least one display module configured to be disposed on the pair of glass lenses, a first support configured to be rotatably connected to the main body, a second support configured to be rotatably connected to the main body and configured to be disposed to be spaced apart from the first support, a communication module configured to be disposed in the first support, a processor configured to be operatively connected to the communication module, a relay module configured to be disposed in the second support and configured to relay at least one signal, and a first antenna configured to be disposed in the second support and configured to be electrically connected to the relay module.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2022Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Juhwan Yun, Sungkwang Yang, Jongmin Yoon
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Patent number: 12142829Abstract: A compact broadband circularly polarized antenna includes an antenna body, wherein a cavity is formed in the antenna body, a plurality of ridges and a plurality of baffles are formed inside the cavity, the ridges are configured for antenna miniaturization and bandwidth widening, and the baffles are configured to form a spatial phase difference. In the present disclosure, the ridges of the circularly polarized antenna are divided into two parts, wherein the ridges located in a baffle mounting rectangular section and a front rectangular mounting section are configured for antenna miniaturization and bandwidth widening, and the baffles for forming a phase difference are arranged between the ridges located in the baffle mounting rectangular section. Through the above arrangement, the polarized antenna may be miniaturized, operate in a millimeter wave band, and achieve circular polarization; the bandwidth of the antenna is relatively wide.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2024Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Inventor: Nan Hu
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Patent number: 12136768Abstract: A three-dimensional antenna structure is applicable to a transmission frequency band, and includes an insulating carrier, an M number of first antennas, an M number of microstrip lines, a second antenna, and a grounding element. The M microstrip lines are electrically coupled to the M first antennas. The second antenna is electrically coupled to the M first antennas through a connection point of each of the M microstrip lines, and has an M?1 number of line segments. Any end of each of the M?1 line segments correspond in position to one of the connection points of the M microstrip lines. A length of each of the M?1 line segments is 1/M times a wavelength corresponding to a center frequency of the transmission frequency band. The grounding element is electrically coupled to the M first antennas through the M microstrip lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2023Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: AUDEN TECHNO CORP.Inventor: Chi-Ming Chiang
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Patent number: 12113290Abstract: Provided is a crossed-dipole antenna that can communicate at a plurality of frequencies, and has a simple structure that can be miniaturized. The crossed-dipole antenna is provided with a core composed of a dielectric material, a reflecting plate, a first element group composed of four first elements that are formed on an outer surface of the core, extend from a central portion of the top surface of the core with a first length L1, and are arranged to be orthogonal to one another, a second element group that resonates at a second resonance frequency f2 and is composed of four second elements that are formed on the outer surface of the core, extend from the central portion of the top surface of the core with a second length L2, and are arranged to be orthogonal to one another, and feeders that transmit electric power to each element. Each of the first elements and the second elements extends along the outer surface of the core and is bent from the top surface to the side surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2022Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: MARUWA CO., LTD.Inventors: Sota Nagashima, Makoto Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 12095176Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes an antenna, a wireless communication module electrically connected to the antenna, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a first feeding element and a second feeding element which are electrically connected to the wireless communication module, a substrate disposed above the first feeding element and the second feeding element, a first conductive pattern including a first coupling hole and a second conductive pattern including a second coupling hole, which are formed on the upper surface of the substrate, a first coupling fastener configured to penetrate the first coupling hole and the first feeding element and electrically connect the first conductive pattern and the first feeding element, and a second coupling fastener configured to penetrate the second coupling hole and the second feeding element and electrically connect the second conductive pattern and the second feeding element.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sanghue Hong, Jaewan Park, Minsung Koo, Minsoo Sohn, Woosung Lee
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Patent number: 12088009Abstract: A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome including: a substrate including layers having a dielectric constant (dk) of 2.9; a HOFS including metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers; and meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers, wherein the substrate includes a low-cost material and the metal layers include a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLCInventors: Michael Buckley, Varada Rajan Komanduri
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Patent number: 12074366Abstract: The radome (1) for vehicles comprises a decoration layer (17), a transparent front layer (19), and a heater (15) that heats the transparent front layer (19), wherein the radome (1) also comprises a thermal control (11) and a switch (13), so that the switch (13) switches on or switches off the heater (15) according to the temperature detected by the thermal control (11). It permits to provide a radome for vehicles that offers a degree of autonomy in the management of the heating without the need of external actions, optimizing the process of removing the ice or snow while maintaining the integrity of the radome.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Zanini Auto Grup, S.A.Inventors: Augusto Mayer Pujadas, Beatriz Bravo García, Vicenç Olivella Blanco
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Patent number: 12074374Abstract: Disclosed are a base station, and a broadband dual-polarized filtering magneto-electric dipole antenna and a radiation unit thereof. A radiation structure includes two dipoles with a polarization direction orthogonal to each other. Each dipole includes two radiators arranged opposite to each other. A balun structure includes four balun assemblies, each balun assembly includes two balun grounds arranged opposite to each other at an interval, and a feeder line and an open-stub arranged opposite to each other at an interval and electrically connected to each other. One balun ground is electrically connected to one radiator, the other balun ground is electrically connected to the other adjacent radiator. The feeder line and one balun ground are arranged opposite to each other at an interval. The open-stub and the other balun ground are arranged opposite to each other at an interval. The balun grounds are arranged between the feeder line and the open-stub.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Xiuyin Zhang, Shengjie Yang, Yiyang Liu, Yunfei Cao
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Patent number: 12074376Abstract: Systems and methods for differential antenna driving are provided. In one aspect, a front end system includes at least one power amplifier configured to receive a first transmit radio frequency signal from a baseband processor, amplify the first transmit radio frequency signal, and output the amplified first transmit radio frequency signal. The front end system further includes at least one balun configured to receive the amplified first transmit radio frequency signal. The at least one balun includes a positive output coupled to a first monopole of at least one antenna and a negative output coupled to a second monopole of the at least one antenna.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Patrick Marcus Naraine, William J. Domino
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Patent number: 12046805Abstract: A mount system, such as for a vehicle antenna, includes a module with a ground. A fastener extends into the module. A retainer clip moves from an undeployed position to a deployed position by operation of the fastener. The fastener extends through a deployment ramp block. The deployment ramp block engages and guides the retainer clip from the undeployed position to the deployed position, by operation of the fastener. The mount system is configured to effect grounding of the ground to the product and to retain the module in position on the product.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Nahel Eshaq, Duane S Carper, Gregg R Kittinger
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Patent number: 12046841Abstract: The design of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antenna requires consideration of a range of characteristics including, for example, the ability for tracking satellites at low elevation, phase centre variation (PCV), antenna efficiency and impedance, axial ratio and up-down ratio (UDR), antenna bandwidth, etc. whilst also providing a light weight, compact and robust form factor. For rover applications this becomes particularly important when the satellites being accessed may be at low elevations where prior art GNSS antenna exhibit poor performance. To address this a GNSS antenna is provided comprising a domed array of opposed metallized antenna elements which are indirectly coupled via a pair of dipoles to the feed network thereby avoiding the difficulties associated with direct electrical connections of feed circuits to antenna elements.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: Tallysman Wireless Inc.Inventors: Gyles Panther, Julien Hautcoeur, Reaz Movahedinia, James Wight
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Patent number: 12046816Abstract: A reconfigurable antenna includes a bottom plate, a vertically polarized high-density antenna, and a controllable reflector. The controllable reflector is located between the bottom plate and the vertically polarized high-density antenna, and a projection of the controllable reflector on the bottom plate is at a center of a projection of the vertically polarized high-density antenna on the bottom plate. The controllable reflector includes a switch, and the switch is configured to enable the controllable reflector to be in an operating state or an off state.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Zui Tao, Xiao Zhou, Jie Zhao
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Patent number: 12046797Abstract: A vehicle antenna glazing comprising an antenna element that is a WIFI antenna working at 2.41-2.48 GHz frequencies and further comprises a planar radiating element connected to a co-axial connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2019Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPEInventors: Xavier Dardenne, Ha Bui-Van, Dan Lis
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Patent number: 12027776Abstract: A terminal device includes a metal frame. At least two slots are disposed on a side of the metal frame, at least two antenna feedpoints are disposed on an inner side wall of the metal frame, and different antenna feedpoints in the at least two antenna feedpoints are located on side edges of different slots. A signal reflection wall is further disposed inside the terminal device, and a gap exists between the signal reflection wall and the at least two slots. The signal reflection wall is formed by a metal outer wall of a battery of the terminal device. The metal frame and the signal reflection wall are both electrically connected to a ground plate of the terminal device.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventors: Yijin Wang, Huan-Chu Huang, Xianjing Jian
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Patent number: 12027779Abstract: An antenna system has a two-dimensional field of view, yet can be implemented on a surface, such as on electronic or photonic integrated circuits. The antenna system includes an array of antennas disposed in a predetermined non-linear pattern and a two-dimensional beamforming network (BFN). The antenna system can be steered/selectively beamformed in two dimensions through beam port selection. The beamforming network is disposed entirely on a single first surface. The beamforming network has a one-dimensional array-side interface disposed on the first surface and a one-dimensional beam-side interface disposed on the first surface. The antennas of the array of antennas are individually communicably coupled to the array-side interface. Segments of the beam-side interface map to respective pixels in the two-dimensional field of view.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.Inventors: Julian A. Brown, Benjamin F. Lane, Hannah Clevenson, Lucas D. Benney, Michael G. Moebius, Robin M. A. Dawson, Steven J. Spector
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Patent number: 12009578Abstract: A radio frequency and electromagnetic emission shield employed on wireless personal and portable electronic devices, containing one or more layers of radio frequency (RF) or electromagnetic (EM) screening material, shielding the user from harmful RF or EM radiation, or a redirection antenna that receives all RF signals, and redirects those signals away from the user. The RF emission shield may be contained within a plurality of outer layers, providing a secure fit to a wireless electronic device and an outer layer providing an easy grip for the user.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Stingray Shields CorporationInventor: Erin Finegold
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Patent number: 12009596Abstract: Antenna arrays comprising planar combiner networks. An apparatus includes a first antenna component comprising a first multiplexer and a second antenna component comprising a second multiplexer. The apparatus is such that the first antenna component is located next to the second antenna component within an antenna array and the apparatus is disposed within a lattice spacing of the antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Optisys, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
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Patent number: 11996638Abstract: An antenna system comprising: a ground plane; an antenna radiator separated from and overlapping the ground plane; at least one feed element configured to provide a radio-frequency feed for the antenna radiator; and at least one resonator coupled to the feed element and positioned in a space between the ground plane and the antenna radiator, wherein the antenna radiator is a broadband antenna radiator having a first operational range of frequencies and the resonator is a narrow band resonator having a second range of resonant frequencies that at least partially lie within the first operational range of frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OYInventors: Efstratios Doumanis, Murat Emre Ermutlu