Patents Examined by David E Lotter
  • Patent number: 12725931
    Abstract: An antenna module is an antenna module including at least a first radiation electrode, and a first power feeding electrode coupled with the first radiation electrode, and includes: a first dielectric layer including the first power feeding electrode; and a second dielectric layer disposed at one side of the first dielectric layer in a thickness direction of the first power feeding electrode, and a fracture toughness value of the second dielectric layer is larger than a fracture toughness value of the first dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Tezuka, Aozora Kawasaki, Shin Takane, Yousuke Futamata, Yasufumi Fukasawa
  • Patent number: 12719169
    Abstract: A first portion and a second portion are connected to a first surface of a connection portion having the first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first radiating element is disposed on the first portion, and a second radiating element is disposed on the second portion. The connection portion includes a first flat board portion, a bent portion extending from the first flat board portion, and bent to have the first surface facing outward, and a second flat board portion further extended from the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hideki Ueda
  • Patent number: 12719152
    Abstract: Image pickup apparatuses capable of ensuring sufficient wireless performance while suppressing an increase in size of the image pickup apparatuses, are provided. An image pickup apparatus includes a rectangular wireless antenna with an antenna pattern in a planar shape, a housing having a substantially hexahedral shape and including a conductive member, and a wireless cover that forms a part of a ridge extending between a rear surface and an upper surface of the housing. The wireless cover is formed of a non-conductive member. The wireless antenna is arranged inside the image pickup apparatus while facing the wireless cover at a predetermined angle with respect to the housing around an axis extending in a width direction of the image pickup apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenji Yamagata, Yuko Teruya, Yuta Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12712268
    Abstract: In an embodiment, this electronic device comprises: a housing forming the exterior of the electronic device; and an antenna structure provided inside the housing, wherein the antenna structure may comprise: a first coil; a second coil located to be adjacent to the first coil so as to overlap the first coil in a region of the first coil; and a first shielding member located between the first coil and the second coil. Various other embodiments can be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jungyouel Bang
  • Patent number: 12706373
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a wearable electronic device includes: a housing, a first conductive pattern disposed in an internal space of the housing, at least one second conductive pattern disposed within a specified distance of the first conductive pattern, a wireless communication circuit disposed in the internal space and configured to transmit and/or receive a radio signal in a designated frequency band through the first conductive pattern, and a touch sensor module disposed in the internal space and configured to detect a touch on the housing through the first conductive pattern. The second conductive pattern may be disposed at a position capable of being capacitively coupled with the first conductive pattern upon the touch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Donguk Choi, Yongjoo Shin, Jeonghoon Kim, Yoseb Oh, Jaebong Chun, Inyoung Lee
  • Patent number: 12704620
    Abstract: An active radio-frequency (RF) sensing technology for determining the relative and/or absolute state (e.g., position, velocity, and/or acceleration) of a target object (e.g., a person, a car, a truck a lamp post, a utility pole, a building) is described. The sensors described herein operate in the Terahertz band (300 GHz to 3 THz). An active RF sensing device comprises a substrate and first and second semiconductor dies mounted on the substrate. The first semiconductor die has an RF transmit antenna array integrated thereon, and the transmit antenna array comprises a first plurality of RF antennas configured to generate an RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band. The second semiconductor die has an RF receive antenna array integrated thereon, and the receive antenna array comprises a second plurality of RF antennas configured to receive RF signals having frequency content in the 300 GHz-3 THz band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: TeraDar, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Charvat, Nicholas Saiz, Matthew Carey
  • Patent number: 12696149
    Abstract: The present application relates to methods and apparatuses for handling failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) LIMITED
    Inventors: Le Yan, Lianhai Wu, Mingzeng Dai, Congchi Zhang, Yibin Zhuo
  • Patent number: 12695190
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a signal source substrate, a feeding substrate, an intermediate substrate, a bridge substrate, a jointing element, and a modulation structure. The feeding substrate is partially disposed on the signal source substrate. The feeding substrate includes a second base. A first portion of the second base is disposed on the signal source substrate. A second portion of the second base is disposed outside an area of the signal source substrate. The intermediate substrate is disposed on the first portion of the feeding substrate. The bridge substrate is disposed on the intermediate substrate. The jointing element joints the bridge substrate, the intermediate substrate, the feeding substrate, and the signal source substrate. The modulation structure is disposed on the second portion of the feeding substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Chuang Yueh Lin, Yi-Hsiang Lai, Ching-Huan Lin, Chun-I Wu, Yi-Chen Hsieh
  • Patent number: 12695193
    Abstract: In an antenna module, a supporting member has an outer wall and an inner wall which form an accommodation groove. A main portion of the coil is accommodated in the accommodation groove of the supporting member at least in part. End portions of the coil are connected to an FP. A lead portion of the FP is laid out to an outside of the supporting member. The supporting member has a first flange portion protruding from the outer wall in a first orientation and a second flange portion protruding from the outer wall in a second orientation. A part of the main portion of the coil is located under each of the first flange portion and the second flange portion when viewed from above. A magnetic sheet is attached to an upper part of the outer wall so that the magnetic sheet covers partly the main portion of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: TOKIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiya Ishizaki, Norimitsu Hoshi, Yoshihiro Saito, Katsuaki Tamashiro
  • Patent number: 12695215
    Abstract: There is provided an array antenna and a method of generating circularly polarized beams using an array antenna, the array antenna comprising, a plurality of sub-arrays, each of the plurality of sub-arrays comprising, a plurality of antenna elements, each antenna element comprising a first feeding port and a second feeding port; a physical integrated circuit (IC) comprising a plurality of first and second output channels; a first feeding network comprising a plurality of first feed lines communicatively coupling each of the first output channels of the physical IC to a first feeding port of each of the plurality of antenna elements; and a second feeding network comprising a plurality of second feed lines communicatively coupling each of the second output channels of the physical IC to a second feeding port of each of the plurality of antenna elements; wherein the physical IC is configured to excite the plurality of antenna elements via the first feeding network to generate a first circularly polarized (CP) be
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2026
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Xianming Qing, Xinyi Tang, Nasimuddin, Yijun Zhou
  • Patent number: 12683284
    Abstract: An antenna for omnidirectional coverage and directional beam forming includes a multimode biconical waveguide with a first conical structure having a first base and a first apex, a second conical structure having a second base and a second apex, the first apex facing the second apex, and a radiation aperture. There is a coaxial interface between the first conical structure and the second conical structure that includes a coaxial waveguide to direct electromagnetic (EM) energy into the radiation aperture. An active electronic phased array (ASEA) included with the antenna controls independent sources of EM wave energy that excite multiple modes of the multimode biconical waveguide and provide omnidirectional radiation and directional beam steering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard G. Edwards
  • Patent number: 12684537
    Abstract: Systems and methods for dynamic base station functional split configuration management are provided. In one embodiment, a system for base station functional split management for uplink fronthaul traffic comprises: a baseband controller coupled to a plurality of radio units via a fronthaul network, wherein the plurality of radio units comprise a signal zone from which uplink signals are combined by the base station: a split controller configured to dynamically select and control a functional split of a respective uplink receive chain between the baseband controller and each of the plurality of radio units: wherein the functional split defines a demarcation point on the receive chain prior to which processing operations are executed by a radio unit and after which processing operations are executed by the baseband controller: wherein the split controller selects between a plurality of functional split options to dynamically control the functional split and the demarcation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventors: Sunit Kumar Sharma, Irfaan Ahamed Salahuddeen, Stuart D. Sandberg, Boaz Pianka, Arthur J. Barabell, Pradeep Prabhu
  • Patent number: 12676428
    Abstract: For example, a polarized antenna may include a dielectric layer including an antenna via; a first metal layer on a first side of the dielectric layer, the first metal layer including an antenna feeding trace connected to a first end of the antenna via; and a second metal layer on a second side of the dielectric layer. For example, the second metal layer may include a plurality of antenna elements including a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a third antenna element. For example, the third antenna element may be connected to a second end of the antenna via. For example, the second metal layer may include a plurality of antenna traces serially connecting the plurality of antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: MOBILEYE VISION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
    Inventors: Ofer Markish, Hila Hazenshprung
  • Patent number: 12665291
    Abstract: An antenna for a smart sensor device includes a generally circular, substantially rigid substrate and a radiative antenna element integrated with the substrate. According to one embodiment, the antenna element is a primary cellular antenna arranged to pass signals at frequencies between 600 MHz and 3 GHz. According to another embodiment, a second radiative antenna element may be integrated with the substrate. In such a case, the second antenna element may be arranged to receive location-based signals from satellites or operate as a cellular diversity antenna arranged to receive cellular signals present in proximity to the antenna. The substrate may include at least one interruption (e.g., aperture or lens) arranged to permit light to reach an area inside the sensor device that would otherwise be shielded by the substrate. In such a case, the radiative antenna element(s) may be integrated with the substrate so as to avoid the interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: Ubicquia, Inc.
    Inventor: Gustavo Dario Leizerovich
  • Patent number: 12658593
    Abstract: An electronic device, including: a shielding cover, provided with a first metal layer; a second metal layer, spaced apart from the first metal layer, where a slot is provided on the second metal layer, and the second metal layer is disposed outside the shielding cover; a metal member, disposed between the first metal layer and the second metal layer, where the metal member forms a resonant cavity in a manner of enclosing, and the metal member is electrically connected to the first metal layer and the second metal layer separately, and the first metal layer and the second metal layer form a first resonant cavity antenna; and a feeding structure, configured to feed the resonant cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junyi Wang
  • Patent number: 12658595
    Abstract: A method jointly optimizes a passive metasurface and a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna array to achieve dynamic adaptation and high RSS. The passive metasurface consists of one or more conductive layers and dielectric layers. The metasurface supports dual band communication. For the uplink, the outgoing signals is generated by jointly optimizing antenna array and metasurface design. For the downlink, the designed metasurface is used together with incident-angle-insensitive meta cells to effectively combine arriving signals at the receiving antennas from all incident angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Hao Pan, Lili Qiu
  • Patent number: 12658564
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area in which an image is displayed, a non-display area disposed around the display area, and an antenna area protruding from the non-display area. The display device further includes an antenna electrode disposed on one surface of the substrate in the non-display area, a first electrode disposed on the one surface of the substrate in the antenna area and spaced apart from the antenna electrode, and a feed line disposed on another surface of the substrate, which opposes the one surface, in the antenna area. The antenna electrode is connected to the feed line through a hole penetrating the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ki Seo Kim, Gang Il Byun, Jae Uk Choi, Jin Woo Kim, Hae Chan Chong, Jin Myeong Heo
  • Patent number: 12658566
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jongmin Kim, Eunbae Kwon, Hyoseok Na, Kyonghwan Cho, Sungjae Moon, Wanjae Ju
  • Patent number: 12646829
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first frame, a speaker module, a wireless communication circuit, a conductive connection member which is connected to the wireless communication circuit via a first capacitor, a conductive pattern which is connected at a first point to the conductive connection member, and includes a first portion extending from the first point and connected to the speaker module and a second portion extending from the first point, and a control circuit, wherein the first portion includes a first inductor, and the wireless communication circuit may transmit or receive a first signal in a first frequency band via a first electrical path including the first capacitor, the conductive connection member, and the second portion of the conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngjun Cho, Seunghwan Kim, Jaebong Chun
  • Patent number: 12640465
    Abstract: A transparent antenna includes a transparent substrate; and a metal thin wire layer on an upper side of the transparent substrate. The transparent substrate has a thickness of 300 ?m or less. The metal thin wire layer has an opening ratio of 80% or more. When a metal conductor having a surface resistivity ? ?/sq is placed parallel to the transparent antenna 0.15 mm apart, an input reflection coefficient S11(?, f) and a radiation efficiency Eff(?, f) at a frequency f satisfy relations S11(0.1?/sq,f1 GHz)<?3 dB, S11(0.1?/sq,f2 GHz)<?3 dB, and |Eff(0.1?/sq,f1 GHz)?Eff(0.1?/sq,f2 GHz)|<25% at two frequencies f1 and f2 that are between 2 GHz and 50 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventors: Yasuo Morimoto, Nobuhiro Nakamura, Masanobu Isshiki