Patents Examined by David E Lotter
  • 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
  • Patent number: 12640458
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a fixed bracket and an antenna element. The fixed bracket includes a base and a clamping structure disposed on the base. The clamping structure includes a first clamping part, a first retaining wall, a second clamping part, and a second retaining wall. The first clamping part and the second clamping part are arranged along a straight line. A horizontal distance between the first clamping part and the straight line is not equal to a horizontal distance between the second clamping part and the straight line. A horizontal distance between the first retaining wall and the straight line is not equal to a horizontal distance between the second retaining wall and the straight line. The antenna element is detachably engaged with the first clamping part and the second clamping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuan-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12640807
    Abstract: A communication method and a communication apparatus are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a first satellite, a PDU, where the PDU includes first information, the first information includes an identifier of a UPF agent, and the identifier of the UPF agent indicates one of one or more UPF agents associated with a last-hop satellite; and forwarding, by the first satellite, the PDU to a second satellite, where the second satellite is a next hop that is of the first satellite, that corresponds to the first information, and that is determined from at least one correspondence pre-stored by the first satellite, and each of the at least one group of correspondences indicates a correspondence between one piece of first information and a next hop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Wang, Yunfei Qiao, Hejia Luo, Ying Chen, Rong Li
  • Patent number: 12633680
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are antenna systems, methods, and devices. The device includes a first portion including a first antenna array; and a second portion including a second antenna array, wherein the first portion and the second portion are movable with respect to one another, and wherein the first antenna array and the second antenna array are arranged such that in a first relative position of the first portion and the second portion with respect to one another the first antenna array and the second antenna array operate in combination with one another, and in a second relative position of the first portion and the second portion with respect to one another the first antenna array and the second antenna array operate independently of one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sreenivas Kasturi, Xi Li, Gregory Chance, Wayne Ballantyne, Bruce Geren, Peter Pawliuk, Nebil Tanzi
  • Patent number: 12631722
    Abstract: According to an aspect, there is provided an apparatus for a radio frequency front end of a beamforming transmitter or transceiver. The apparatus comprises a dual-polarized antenna element (222) for reception of electromagnetic waves transmitted by an antenna array (221) of the radio frequency front end and subsequently reflected from at least one obstruction. The dual-polarized antenna element comprises first and second feed points (223, 224) for reception of a first polarization and of a second polarization. The apparatus further comprises a switch for switching between reception of the first polarization via the first feed point and the second polarization via the second feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Simon Svendsen, Samantha Caporal Del Barrio, Christian Rom, Benny Vejlgaard, Johannes Harrebek
  • Patent number: 12633676
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a ground layer and a third substrate stacked from top to bottom, a driving patch disposed below the first substrate, and a first feed-in line and a second feed-in line disposed below the third substrate. The antenna further includes a first feed-out probe and a second feed-out probe, each of which extends from below the driving patch, and penetrates the second substrate, the ground layer and the third substrate. The first feed-out probe and the second feed-out probe respectively connects the first feed-in line and the second feed-in line to the driving patch, so as to transmit a first signal and a second signal received by the first feed-in line and the second feed-in line to the driving patch respectively through the first feed-out probe and the second feed-out probe for the driving patch to output an output electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: ALPHA NETWORKS INC.
    Inventors: Yao-Jen Chen, Chia-Hsien Chen
  • Patent number: 12627037
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a substrate and first and second antenna panels on the substrate. The first antenna panel includes an array of first antenna elements. The second antenna panel includes an array of second antenna elements and a first wall isolator. The first wall isolator protrudes from the second antenna panel. The first wall isolator forms a border to surround at least one of the second antenna elements on the second antenna panel. The first wall isolator is configured to electromagnetically isolate the at least one second antenna element from the first antenna elements to produce N-to-N antenna isolation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiantong Li, Khurram Muhammad
  • Patent number: 12627054
    Abstract: A transparent antenna device includes a transparent substrate, an antenna electrode layer, an active device layer, a redistribution structure and a chip. The antenna electrode layer is located on the first surface of the transparent substrate and includes an antenna electrode located in a circuit layout region of the transparent antenna device. The active device layer is located above the second surface of the transparent substrate and includes an active device located in the circuit layout region. The redistribution structure is located on the active device layer and includes a signal line and a pad located in the circuit layout region. The chip is bonded to the pad of the redistribution structure and is located in the circuit layout region. The transparent antenna device has a light transmitting region located next to the circuit layout region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: AUO Corporation
    Inventors: Zong-Long Jhang, Hsiu-Yin Cheng, Yi-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 12627049
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a phased antenna array. The array may include co-located first and second antennas formed on a dielectric substrate. The first antenna may include a first patch element and multi-layer parasitic structures. The multi-layer parasitic structures may include a first set of co-planar parasitic elements. The first set of parasitic elements may overlap the first patch element and may be separated by a gap. The multi-layer parasitic structures may include an additional parasitic element that overlaps the gap. The second antenna may include a second patch element that is co-planar with the additional parasitic patch. The second patch element may at least partially overlap one of the parasitic elements in the first set. The first and second patch antennas may collectively cover first and second frequency bands while occupying a minimal amount of space on the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Siwen Yong, Jiangfeng Wu, Yi Jiang, Simon G. Begashaw, Mattia Pascolini
  • Patent number: 12627035
    Abstract: An element holder supporting an antenna element can be accommodated in a compact manner in an accommodated state and held such that the position thereof does not change due to an impact or the like, including at launch. An antenna device can be in an accommodated state of being accommodated in a casing and a deployed state of extending outside the casing. The antenna device includes an extension shaft member to extend from inside the casing in an axial direction, element holders movable along the extension shaft member, and a deployable antenna element. The element holder includes a concave portion formed in one surface of the element holder and a convex portion formed in another surface of the element holder. In the accommodated state, the convex portion of one of the element holders adjacent to each other enters into the concave portion of the other of the element holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: ArkEdge Space Inc.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yano
  • Patent number: 12627059
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first radiation element, a second radiation element, a third radiation element, an inductor, and a dielectric substrate. The first radiation element has a first feeding point. The second radiation element has a second feeding point. The second radiation element is adjacent to the first radiation element. The third radiation element is coupled through the inductor to the second radiation element. The first radiation element, the second radiation element, and the third radiation element are all disposed on the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Cheng-Geng Jan, Chieh-Sheng Hsu, Tsung-Hsing Tsai