Patents Examined by David E Lotter
  • Patent number: 12294165
    Abstract: An antenna is provided, and belongs to the field of communication technology and includes a first dielectric substrate, a first conductive layer, a second dielectric substrate, a second conductive layer, a third dielectric substrate and a conductive third layer which are sequentially stacked. The first conductive layer includes at least one first and second feed lines; the second conductive layer is provided with at least one first and second openings; the third conductive layer includes at least one first radiation part. Orthographic projections of any two of a first opening, a first feed line, a first radiation part corresponding to each on the other first dielectric substrate overlap with other; each an orthographic projection of a first radiation part on the first dielectric substrate intersects with that of each of a corresponding first and second feed lines on the first dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sihui Bao, Chunnan Feng, Yunnan Jin, Zhifeng Zhang, Guohui Nan, Liang Guo, Haoyang Zhang, Zhe Chen, Shuo Yang, Zheng Chen
  • Patent number: 12294166
    Abstract: An antenna substrate according to the present disclosure includes a first insulation layer including a first surface, a second surface located opposite the first surface, and a first through-hole conductor extending from the first surface to the second surface, a ground conductor located at the first surface, the ground conductor including a slot, a second insulation layer including a second through-hole conductor connected to the first through-hole conductor, the second insulation layer covering the ground conductor located at the first surface, and a first antenna conductor located at a surface located on the opposite side to the other surface of the second insulation layer, the other surface covering the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keizou Sakurai
  • Patent number: 12294146
    Abstract: An antenna module is provided. An antenna module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprises: a circuit board; a radiation pattern formed on at least one surface of the circuit board and formed in a loop shape to have an empty space part formed at a central part thereof; a first shielding sheet stacked on the upper surface of the circuit board to include an area corresponding to the empty space part; and a second shielding sheet stacked on the lower surface of the circuit board to include an area corresponding to the empty area part, wherein the first shielding sheet and the second shielding sheet are disposed such that the areas corresponding to the empty space part on the opposite surfaces of the circuit board overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: AMOSENSE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kil Jae Jang, Dong Hoon Lee, Sung Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 12288938
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna includes a substrate, a feedline, an impedance matching structure, and a patch radiator, wherein the substrate has a surface. The feedline is disposed on the surface and extends along a first axial direction. The impedance matching structure is disposed on the surface and has a first end and a second end in the first axial direction, wherein the first end is connected to the feedline. The impedance matching structure has a stepped impedance change. The patch radiator is disposed on the surface, wherein the patch radiator and the second end of the impedance matching structure are adjacent and spaced by a distance in the first axial direction, and the second end of the impedance matching structure is coupled with the patch radiator through the distance. Therefore, a bandwidth of the microstrip antenna could be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yi-Ju Lee, Shiao-Fan Chen
  • Patent number: 12288934
    Abstract: An antenna has a plurality of dipoles disposed on a reflector plate. Mounted to the reflector plate is a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) having a plurality of keyed slots, one per radiator of the plurality of dipoles. Disposed within each keyed slot is a transition clip holding an RF (Radio Frequency) cable in place. The transition clip has a shape that holds it in place with a quarter turn, obviating the need to solder the transition clip in place before installing the RF cable. The transition clip is configured to mechanically and electrically couple to the outer conductor of the RF cable and holds in place during soldering. The transition clip and PCB are configured so that the steps of soldering the outer conductor to the transition clip and the inner conductor to an RF signal solder point on the PCB may be performed from the same side of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas Urtz
  • Patent number: 12288935
    Abstract: An electronic device includes: a substrate; a first antenna element disposed on the substrate; a second antenna element disposed on the substrate and disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna element; and a first auxiliary radiator disposed to be spaced apart from the first antenna element. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a first distance between the second antenna element and the first auxiliary radiator is longer than a second distance between the first antenna element and the second antenna element, at least a portion of the first auxiliary radiator is overlapped with the first antenna element, when viewed from the first direction, and the first auxiliary radiator is electrically connected to the first antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunggil Jeon, Namwoo Kim, Junggil Kim, Hogon Park, Manho Han
  • Patent number: 12278421
    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: May 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: AQ Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Lee, Kyoung Jun Choi, Sae Rom Lee
  • Patent number: 12278437
    Abstract: A base station antenna including a substrate, a plurality of oscillators, a control assembly, and a dielectric plate is provided. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface. The plurality of oscillators are disposed on the first surface of the substrate. The control assembly is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the plurality of oscillators. The dielectric plate is disposed corresponding to the first surface of the substrate, and the plurality of oscillators are disposed between the first surface and the dielectric plate. Through the above arrangement, the base station antenna can have lower construction cost and debugging labor cost, and can eliminate influences of an antenna cover on antenna radiation performance at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SUZHOU LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WenKai Xu, KangNing Lv, ChengYu Xu, ZhenHua Li, WanQiang Zhang, ZhengGuo Zhou, Gang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12272876
    Abstract: A reflector antenna heating system includes a dielectric radome that covers a first side of a reflector and a feed subsystem of an antenna. The system also includes a plurality of heater blower devices on a second side of the reflector, each of the plurality of heater blower devices having an inlet port and an outlet port. The system further includes a plurality of outlet duct assemblies, wherein each of the plurality of outlet duct assemblies is coupled to the outlet port of a respective heater blower device to direct heated air around a perimeter of the reflector and along an inside surface of the dielectric radome. One or more gaps proximal to a center of the reflector are included to recirculate cooled air toward a plurality of inlet ducts for the plurality of heater blower devices to feed the inlet port of each heater blower device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventor: Kurt A. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 12272868
    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: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Ubicquia, Inc.
    Inventor: Gustavo Dario Leizerovich
  • Patent number: 12272885
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lightweight patch antenna having grooves formed in a dielectric, an upper patch, and a lower patch so as to maintain antenna performance while being lightweight. The disclosed lightweight patch antenna comprises: a dielectric; an upper patch layered on the dielectric; a lower patch layered under the dielectric; and a plurality of lightweight grooves formed by removing a portion of a stack from the outside of the stack in which the dielectric, the upper patch, and the lower patch are stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 12270847
    Abstract: An antenna test system includes a box body, a supporting device, at least one probe device, a signal measuring device, and a moving device. The box body has at least an operation side configured to be opened to allow access to devices inside the box body. The supporting device is disposed in the box body and the antenna circuit to be tested is arranged thereon. The probe device is disposed in the box body and configured to apply an antenna testing signal to the antenna circuit to emit an antenna working signal. The signal measuring device is disposed in the box body to receive the antenna working signal emitted from the antenna circuit. The moving device is disposed in the box body and configured to carry the signal measuring device to maneuver in three directions of X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis to receive the antenna working signal in different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: QuantumZ Inc.
    Inventors: Meng-Hua Tsai, Wei-Ting Lee, Chun-Yen Wang, Wei-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 12261359
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a first set of antennas, a second set of antennas, and a slip ring disposed between the first set of antennas and the second set of antennas. The slip ring may include a waveguide that provides a pathway for signals transmitted between the first set of and the second set of antennas. A diameter and a length of the waveguide may enable efficient transmission of the signals between the sets of antennas by reducing signal attenuation. Additionally, gaps between the sets of antennas and the slip ring may be sized to reduce radiation emitted from the electronic device. The gaps between the sets of antennas and the slip ring may enable wireless data transfer between the sets of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Xiaofang Mu, Jorge L Rivera Espinoza, Bernd W Adler, Evan N Dvorak, Samuel E Vinci, Shaohua Lin
  • Patent number: 12255401
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a first antenna layer, including at least one main radiation unit including at least two main radiation patches symmetrically arranged and spaced apart from each other and at least one feeder portion located at or corresponds to a gap between adjacent two of the main radiation patches; a second antenna layer, stacked with the first antenna layer and including a reference ground arranged opposite to the main radiation patches and at least one microstrip insulated from the reference ground; at least one first electrically conductive member, electrically connected to the main radiation patches and the reference ground; and at least one second electrically conductive member, with an end being electrically connected to the feeder portion and another end being electrically connected to another end of the microstrip. An end of the microstrip is electrically connected to a radio frequency transceiver chip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD., HUIZHOU SPEED WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Po-Wei Lin, Si Li, Chenwu Yu, Zhanyi Qian, Qinfang Li, Guannan Tan
  • Patent number: 12249756
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device comprising a housing, a display, an antenna structure and at least one wireless communication circuit. The at least one wireless communication circuit is configured so as to transmit and/or receive a signal having a frequency between 3 GHz and 100 GHz, and may be configured so as to transmit and/or receive, in a first operation, a first signal having a first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among a plurality of first conductive plates and a plurality of second conductive plates, and transmit and/or receive, in a second operation, a second signal having a second frequency differing from the first frequency by using not all but at least one conductive plate among the plurality of second conductive plates and the plurality of first conductive plates. In addition, various embodiments are possible as identified in the specification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dongil Son
  • Patent number: 12244053
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna RF module, an RF module assembly including the antenna RF modules, and an antenna apparatus including the RF module assembly. Particularly, the antenna RF module includes an RF module, a radiation element module arranged on a first side of the RF filter, and an amplification unit board arranged on a second side of the RF filter, an analog amplification element being mounted on the amplification unit board. A plurality of antenna RF modules constitute the RF module assembly, and the RF module assembly and an antenna housing constitute the antenna apparatus. Accordingly, a radome that interrupts dissipation of heat to in front of an antenna is unnecessary, and heat generated from heat generating elements of the antenna apparatus is spatially separated. Thus, it is possible that the heat is dissipated in a distributed manner toward the front and rear directions of the antenna apparatus. The effect of greatly improving performance in heat dissipation can be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Duk Yong Kim, Young Chan Moon, Nam Shin Park, Sung Ho Jang, Jae Hong Kim, Joon Hyong Shim, Bae Mook Jeong, Min Seon Yun, Sung Hwan So, Yong Won Seo, Oh Seog Choi, Kyo Sung Ji, Chi Back Ryu, Seong Min Ahn, Jae Eun Kim
  • Patent number: 12238468
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to a wireless microphone system and methods. The system may include one or more antennas, such as a monopole and dipole antennas, arranged within a housing. The housing may include a circuit boarding having a ground plane. The circuit board may be connected to a microphone configured to protrude from an opening of the housing. Further, a windshield including a bayonet-type connector may removably mount with a mount on the housing. Advantageously, the system may be configured to provide noise dampening and facilitate linking with other devices more efficiently and effectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Freedman Electronics Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Pieter Schillebeeckx, Joost ter Laak
  • Patent number: 12237562
    Abstract: An integrated Smart LED Light/3GPP radio fixture, comprising: a Smart LED light fixture; and a 3GPP radio unit configured to transmit and receive radio signals within a coverage area that corresponds with an illumination coverage area of the Smart LED light fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Xiaochuan Li, Roland Smith, Shuang Zhao
  • Patent number: 12230874
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate-integrated circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation structure. A plurality of connection points are provided between an upper metal radiation structure and a lower metal backplane; the upper metal radiation structure consists of a metal ring and two metal branches disposed within the metal ring; the metal branches are bent structures; the metal ring is a rectangular ring structure; the two metal branches are rotational symmetric by 180 degrees relative to a feeder center, and a serpentine structure composed of the two metal branches enables same to achieve circular polarization (comprising left-hand circular polarization and right-hand circular polarization) within broadband and to achieve beam directivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: PONTOSENSE INC.
    Inventors: Lidong Chi, Alex Qi, Yunlong Luo, Ge Shi, Yihong Qi, Ruini Xue, Ronghao Jin, Zhanghua Cai
  • Patent number: 12218424
    Abstract: An electronic device may be provided with a conductive sidewall. An aperture may be formed in the sidewall. The sidewall may have a cavity that extends from the aperture towards the interior of the device. The cavity may be filled with an injection-molded plastic substrate. A dielectric block having a dielectric constant greater than that of the injection-molded plastic substrate and the antenna layers may be embedded in the injection-molded plastic substrate. The dielectric block may at least partially overlap an antenna. The antenna may convey radio-frequency signals at a frequency greater than 10 GHz through the cavity, the dielectric block, the injection-molded plastic substrate, and the aperture. The dielectric block may increase the effective dielectric constant of the cavity, allowing the antenna to cover relatively low frequencies without increasing the size of the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Bhaskara R. Rupakula, Harish Rajagopalan, Hao Xu, Jennifer M. Edwards, Bilgehan Avser, Siwen Yong