Patents Examined by David Lotter
  • Patent number: 10020584
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a dipole antenna having an hourglass shaped coupler. The antenna generally includes two conductive layers, each having a first portion and a second portion of conductive material. The first portion may be connected to a first trace in the first layer, and a width of the first portion flares out from a connection point to the first trace in a first direction. The second portion may be electrically isolated from the first trace and a width of the second portion flares out from a location closest to the first portion in a second direction. In certain embodiments, the second direction is opposite the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin Patrick McGough, Thomas Goss Lutman
  • Patent number: 10020560
    Abstract: The invention relates to a stacked circularly polarized antenna structure (10). The stacked circularly polarized antenna structure (10) comprises a first antenna (1), a second antenna (2), and an adhesive element (3). The adhesive element (3) is adhered between the first antenna (1) and the second antenna (2) to stack and form a stacked circularly polarized antenna structure (10) having the first antenna (1) and the second antenna (2) made of ceramic material with the same dielectric constant, having two feeding elements to reach circular polarization and enhance antenna bandwidth, and stacking the two antennas (1, 2) together to form two resonance frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: CIROCOMM TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Shin-Hui Chou, Chia-Tsung Wu, Chien-Hua Tseng, Feng-Chou Tien
  • Patent number: 10014569
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a plurality of spiral antenna elements that are generated using algorithms taught herein that can be implemented in hardware or software. Embodiments utilize symmetric combinations of 2 or 3 such spiral elements on a substrate or within computer memory to create an array. Each of the antenna elements is in the form of expanding spiral (non-logarithmically expanding) and contains at least six turns. Among the suitable spirals are Fermat, and/or Cornu (Euler) and/or Archimedes and/or other non-logarithmically expanding spirals in any combination. As an article of manufacture, the antenna array may be incorporated into a chip, such as might be found in a cell phone or other CPU based product, or printed or otherwise mounted on an article of clothing, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Inventor: Christopher Sterling
  • Patent number: 10003124
    Abstract: A data communications apparatus including a case having a base and a lid connectable to the base, the lid movable with respect to the base between an open position and a closed position. The case has an inner surface. A power supply is secured inside the case. A router device is secured inside the case, the router device selectively receiving power from the power supply. A plurality of mounting brackets can be adhered to the inner surface of the case. An antenna array is in electrical communication with the router device, the antenna array including at least two cellular antennas and at least two wireless networking antennas, each antenna of the antenna array secured inside the case to a corresponding mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Plum Laboratories, LLC
    Inventor: Dawson Lee Williams
  • Patent number: 9997842
    Abstract: A slot array antenna includes: an electrically conductive member having an electrically conductive surface and slots therein, the slots being arrayed in a first direction which extends along the conductive surface; a waveguide member having an electrically conductive waveguide face which opposes the slots and extends along the first direction; and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide member. At least one of the conductive member and the waveguide member includes dents on the conductive surface and/or the waveguide face, the dents each serving to broaden a spacing between the conductive surface and the waveguide face relative to any adjacent site. The dents include a first, second, and third dents which are adjacent to one another and consecutively follow along the first direction. A distance between centers of the first and second dents is different from a distance between centers of the second and third dents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, WGR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kirino, Hiroyuki Kamo
  • Patent number: 9991606
    Abstract: A slot array antenna includes: an electrically conductive member having an electrically conductive surface and slots therein, the slots being arrayed in a first direction which extends along the conductive surface; a waveguide member having an electrically conductive waveguide face which opposes the slots and extends along the first direction; and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide member. At least one of the conductive member and the waveguide member includes dents on the conductive surface and/or the waveguide face, the dents each serving to broaden a spacing between the conductive surface and the waveguide face relative to any adjacent site. The dents include a first, second, and third dents which are adjacent to one another and consecutively follow along the first direction. A distance between centers of the first and second dents is different from a distance between centers of the second and third dents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, WGR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Kirino, Hiroyuki Kamo
  • Patent number: 9985351
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna is provided. The multi-band antenna includes a plurality of radiator patterns that are configured to operate according to different frequency bands, a plurality of feeding units that are respectively connected to different contact points of the antenna radiator for connecting feeding units of the plurality of feeding units to at least one radiator pattern included in the plurality of radiator patterns, and a switching unit configured to switch between feeding units of the plurality of feeding units for connecting at least one radiator pattern included in the plurality of radiator patterns to the switched feeding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Jong Suk Kim, Jin Kyu Bang, Kyung Bae Ko, Dong Hwan Kim
  • Patent number: 9985353
    Abstract: An embedded antenna system is described for use with metallized enclosures and housings used with wireless communication devices. One or multiple radiators are coupled to a metal cover, with ground points established on the metal cover to improve radiation efficiency and control the frequency response of the antenna system. Dynamic tuning methods are described wherein detuning of the antenna system from sources such as body-loading are compensated by adjusting impedance properties of the combination of radiator and metallized cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Pajona, Laurent Desclos, Abhishek Singh
  • Patent number: 9972916
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a planar array antenna. The planar array antenna includes a plurality of phase modulation surfaces, in which each phase modulation surface includes an array including a plurality of transmission phase-shift elements; and a planar power source, configured to power the plurality of phase modulation surfaces, in which each phase modulation surface is configured to modulate a transmission phase of an electromagnetic wave based on the plurality of transmission phase-shift elements, and the plurality of phase modulation surfaces are controlled to change a relative position to change the beam angle based on the corresponding transmission phases. The planar array antenna may be installed in a conformal manner on surfaces of the mobile device, such as a vehicle, an aircraft, a ship or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, BEIJING SENSE-ID TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan Yang, Xiangfei Xu, Shenheng Xu, Lin Gao
  • Patent number: 9972899
    Abstract: A planar dual polarization antenna for receiving and transmitting radio signals includes an upper patch plate and a metal grounding plate with a width along a first direction and a length along a second direction. A shape of the upper patch plate has a first symmetry axis along the first direction and a second symmetry axis along the second direction. The first symmetry axis divides the upper patch plate into a first section and a third section. The second symmetry axis divides the upper patch plate into a second section and a fourth section. A first geometry center of the first section and the symmetry center are separated by a first distance, and a second geometry center of the second section and the symmetry center are separated by a second distance unequal to the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Wistron NeWeb Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng-Geng Jan, Chieh-Sheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 9960628
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a single structure multiple mode antenna are described. The antenna is preferably of a single layer construction having a plurality of inductor coils positioned on respective opposing substrate sides that are electrically connected. The antenna is also constructed having a plurality of electrical connections positioned along the first and second inductor coils. A plurality of terminals facilitates connection of the electrical connections thereby providing numerous electrical connection configurations and enables the antenna to be selectively tuned to various frequencies and frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto Peralta, Vinit Singh, Ajit Rajagopalan, Jason Luzinski, Jacob Babcock, Christine A. Frysz
  • Patent number: 9960493
    Abstract: A patch antenna is presented herein. The patch antenna can include a substrate layer, a dielectric layer and a conductive layer. The substrate layer can include a hollow thermoplastic structure. The dielectric layer can be attached to a surface of the substrate layer. Furthermore, the dielectric layer can include a thermoplastic structure filled with a fluid. The conductive layer can be associated with another surface of the substrate layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kwai-Man Luk, Yujian Li
  • Patent number: 9960497
    Abstract: Provided are an artificial atom of a metamaterial by coiling up space, a metamaterial including the artificial element, and a device including the metamaterial. The artificial atom of the metamaterial by coiling up space includes a first coiling unit that coils up a first space and a second coiling unit that coils up a second space and that is connected with the first coiling unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Seung-hoon Han, Jensen Tsan-Hang Li, Zixian Liang
  • Patent number: 9948005
    Abstract: An antenna device that includes a planar conductor with a first side and a second side. The antenna device includes multiple coil antennas that each includes a coil conductor wound around a winding axis that extends in a direction of the planar conductor. Moreover, two or more of the coil antennas have respective coil openings positioned adjacent to the first side of the planar conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Teppei Miura, Jun Sasaki, Hiroyuki Kubo, Katsumi Taniguchi, Noboru Kato, Masahiro Ozawa, Satoshi Ishino
  • Patent number: 9948008
    Abstract: A method for achieving multiple beam radiation vertical orthogonal field coverage by means of multiple feed-in dish antenna, comprising using a total metallic disc and plural feed-in antenna components, wherein it is possible to generate multiple sets of radiation beams by applying multiple sets of feed-in antenna components, and the coverage ranges created by different radiation beams may uniformly distribute there between so as to generate multiple communication service coverage areas. Moreover, since the field formed by the reflection of the total metallic disc is characterized in vertical orthogonality, advantages such as effectively increased coverage, improved energy utilization and radiation beam switches or the like can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS RESEARCH DIVISION
    Inventors: Hsi-Tseng Chou, Shang-Che Chang
  • Patent number: 9941595
    Abstract: A patch antenna with wider bandwidth, better axial ratio over the angle and controlled radiation patterns is provided. A central fixed patch antenna is surrounded with reactively or resistively loaded peripheral monopoles as surface-wave excited parasitic radiators. The surrounding monopoles may be printed on the same substrate as the patch, and may take a spiral (pin-wheel) shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: NovAtel Inc.
    Inventors: Ning Yang, Jerry Freestone
  • Patent number: 9912075
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically adjusting a plurality of tunable passive antennas and a multiple-input-port and multiple-output-port tuning unit. The invention also relates to an apparatus for radio communication using this method. An apparatus for radio communication of the invention comprises: 4 tunable passive antennas; a multiple-input-port and multiple-output-port tuning unit having 4 input ports and 4 output ports; 4 sensing units; 4 feeders; a transmission and signal processing unit, which applies 4 excitations to the input ports, one and only one of the excitations being applied to each of the input ports, and which delivers one or more antenna adjustment instructions and one or more tuning unit adjustment instructions; and a control unit, which delivers one or more antenna control signals to the tunable passive antennas, and which delivers one or more tuning control signals to the multiple-input-port and multiple-output-port tuning unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TEKCEM
    Inventors: Frédéric Broyde, Evelyne Clavelier
  • Patent number: 9912044
    Abstract: A wrist device, which is an antenna built-in portable device, includes an armor case including an opening at least on the front surface side, glass that closes the opening, a metal bezel attached to the front surface of the armor case and arranged around the glass, and an antenna arranged in a space on the inner side of the armor case. The antenna is a planar antenna, a maximum radiation direction of which is arranged to be directed toward the outer side of the bezel crossing the thickness direction of the armor case. The antenna is arranged in a position not overlapping the bezel in the maximum radiation direction of the antenna. At least a part of the antenna overlaps at least a part of the bezel in the thickness direction of the armor case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Iijima, Fumihiro Misawa
  • Patent number: 9912071
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a first ground plane, a second ground plane, an antenna, and a balun coupled to the antenna. The balun is disposed between the first ground plane and the second ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Iddo Diukman, Alon Yehezkely
  • Patent number: 9912058
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a hybrid antenna is described comprising a plurality of windings wherein each winding comprises a loop antenna portion arranged in a plane and a ferrite antenna portion arranged at least partially outside of the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Martin Buchsbaum, Josef Gruber, Juergen Hoelzl, Frank Pueschner, Peter Stampka