Patents Examined by Dimary S Lopez Cruz
  • Patent number: 10840584
    Abstract: There is provided a method and apparatus for providing a cavity backed antenna suitable for off-body communications. The cavity backed antenna comprising a substantially omnidirectional antenna element (11) mountable upon a user's body such that an underlying bone (17) forms the cavity back plate. The cavity between the antenna element and the underlying bone thereby being filled with soft tissue (14, 15, 16). The cavity backed antenna operating in synergy with the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the body to deliver an overall directional gain pointing away from the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence
    Inventors: Salman Bari Hussain, Nathan Clow, Gary Anthony Pettitt
  • Patent number: 10839985
    Abstract: The invention provides an integrated output line and an antenna system using the same. The integrated output line includes a jacket, a power supply line, and a signal output line. The power supply line and the signal output line are disposed through the jacket. The power supply line and the signal output line are combined and output through the jacket. Thus, the generation of gaps between the two lines caused by the two lines in separate wiring is avoided, thereby the water resistance is improved and the installation of the lines after combination becomes easier, which is time-saving and labor-saving. The antenna system using the integrated output line further includes an antenna, an antenna amplifier, and a power source module. The antenna, the antenna amplifier, and the signal output line are connected in sequence. The antenna amplifier, the power source module, and the power supply line are connected in sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ANTOP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ruidian Yang
  • Patent number: 10826170
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first radiator and a first capacitor structure. A first end of the first radiator is electrically connected to a signal feed end of a printed circuit board by means of the first capacitor structure, and a second end of the first radiator is electrically connected to a ground end of the printed circuit board. The first radiator, the first capacitor structure, the signal feed end, and the ground end form a first antenna configured to produce a first resonance frequency. An electrical length of the first radiator is greater than one eighth of a wavelength corresponding to the first resonance frequency, and the electrical length of the first radiator is less than a quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the first resonance frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Yu, Hanyang Wang, Jianming Li
  • Patent number: 10826179
    Abstract: Short, dual-driven groundless antennas are provided. One of the antennas includes a tubular outer conductor, a tubular inner conductor, and an electrical connector that electrically connects an opposite end of the outer conductor to the exterior of the inner conductor. The inner conductor is longitudinally disposed within the hollow axial interior of the outer conductor such that an axial gap exists between the radially inner surface of the outer conductor and the radially outer surface of the inner conductor, and the inner conductor runs at least to the opposite end of the outer conductor. Electrical signals are connected to a driven end of both the outer and inner conductors, where these signals supply power to/from the antenna whenever it is used as a transmitter/receiver, and neither of these signals needs to be connected to an electrical ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Laurice J. West
  • Patent number: 10826181
    Abstract: A hybrid patch antenna assembly is provided including an antenna element board having first and second layers separated by a dielectric and a radio board coupled to the antenna element board by at least two legs of a ladder line and separated from the antenna element board by a predetermined distance such that the antenna element board is suspended above the radio board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sensus Spectrum, LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Matthew Wolf
  • Patent number: 10819007
    Abstract: Provided is a display device that ensures both of the conductivity for realizing the antenna function and the light transmissivity for transmitting light that forms a video image displayed on the display device, and at the same, allows short-range wireless communication to be performed in a wide range in a display section of the display device. A display device 100 includes a display panel 3, an antenna pattern 4 for driving, and antenna patterns 5A, 5B for propagation. The antenna driving unit drives the antenna pattern 4 for driving, at predetermined carrier wave frequency, whereby the antenna pattern 4 for driving and the antenna pattern 5A or 5B for propagation are electromagnetically coupled. As a result, proximity wireless communication can be performed in a wide range of a display area AR1 of the display device 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhji Yashiro, Yasuhiro Sugita, Makoto Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10811779
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a solid dielectric antenna having a non-uniform spatial distribution of relative permittivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Farhad Barzegar, Thomas M. Willis, III, Donald J. Barnickel, Paul Shala Henry
  • Patent number: 10804612
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a conductive housing and a feed element. The conductive housing includes an open slot. The feed element includes a substrate, a grounding portion, a shorting portion, a first feeding portion and a second feeding portion. The grounding portion and the shorting portion are connected with the conductive housing. The first feeding portion has a feeding point and is connected with the conductive housing via the shorting portion. The orthographic projections of the first and second feeding portions are within the open slot, and the orthographic projections of the grounding portion and the shorting portion are located at two sides of the open slot, respectively. The antenna structure operates at a first frequency band via a first path formed by the open slot, and operates at a second frequency band via a second path formed by the first and second feeding portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Ching-Hsiang Ko, Ya-Jyun Li, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Cheng-Hsiung Wu
  • Patent number: 10797382
    Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a middle frame, two connecting sidewalls, a first metal sidewall, a first dielectric component and a first antenna layout trace circuit. The two connecting sidewalls are disposed at two opposite sides of the middle frame for connecting a wearable component. The first metal sidewall is disposed at the middle frame and located between the two connecting sidewalls. The first metal sidewall is connected to ground and includes a first slot. The first dielectric component is installed in the first slot, so that the first metal sidewall surrounds the first dielectric component to form a first closed ground structure. The first antenna layout trace circuit is installed on the first dielectric component. The first antenna layout trace circuit and the first closed ground structure associate a first resonate frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Ya-Jyun Li
  • Patent number: 10790780
    Abstract: An apparatus of a junction box component housed in a junction box and designed to be coupled to a power generator. The junction box component may include one or more bypass mechanisms configured to bypass one or more substrings of the power generator in a case of malfunction or mismatch between the substring and the remainder of the power generators. The one or more bypass mechanisms may generate heat which may be transferred out of the junction box. The junction box component may be designed to conduct the heat towards the base of the junction box and/or the cover of the junction box. A heat dissipation mechanism may be mounted on the base and/or the cover. A bypass mechanism may bypass the entire power generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Adi Naor Pomerantz, Dan Ilani, Meir Gazit, Guy Sella, Yoav Galin
  • Patent number: 10777873
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system with a mounting carriage connectable with a cylindrical member, where the mounting carriage includes an opening for receiving an antenna mount of an antenna. The mounting carriage when in an unlocked state slides along the cylindrical member and rotates about the cylindrical member. The mounting carriage when in a locked state does not slide along the cylindrical member and does not rotate about the cylindrical member. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: David M. Britz, Donald J. Barnickel, Irwin Gerszberg, Paul Shala Henry, Thomas M. Willis, III, Farhad Barzegar, Robert Bennett
  • Patent number: 10777986
    Abstract: A power cord includes at least one electrically insulated wire, including a wire conductor disposed within an insulated sleeve, and a connection terminal. The connection terminal includes a crimp portion crimped and soldered to the wire conductor at at least one end of the at least one insulated wire. The power cord further includes a heat shrink sleeve covering the crimp portion of the connection terminal and a portion of the insulated sleeve of the at least one electrically insulated wire, and an overmold molded around at least a portion of the heat shrink sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: THE WIREMOLD COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hemingway, Richard R. Picard, Steven C. Thibault
  • Patent number: 10777982
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a plastic fire resistant electrical box. The electrical box includes one or more walls having a substrate formed from a fire resistant intumescent material. The substrate can include a coating formed from an intumescent material composition applied to at least one of an inner and outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Nikolaus Zant, Harald Martini, Sheng Zhong
  • Patent number: 10759361
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a grommet for guiding one or more cables through an opening in a component. The grommet has a first shell element made of a first form-stable plastic and at least partly surrounding the outer circumference of the cable. The grommet also has a second shell element joined to the first shell element and at least partly surrounding the outer circumference of the cable and defining together with the first shell element a guide channel sealed in the circumferential direction of the cable, to guide the cable through the opening in the component. A sealant consisting of a foamed second plastic is introduced into the guide channel to longitudinally seal the grommet against water. The present disclosure also relates to a method for producing such a grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GmbH
    Inventors: Johann Schwimmbeck, Christian Binder, Klaus Beinhundner, Robert Radu, Silviu Cocis, Enikoe Szabo, Benedikt Müller
  • Patent number: 10763578
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of dual-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a circuit board, a first antenna radiating element positioned on the circuit board, a second antenna radiating element positioned on the circuit board, and at least two antenna feeding elements extending from the circuit board. Each of the at least two antenna feeding elements is electrically connected with a different one of the first and second antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LAIRD CONNECTIVITY, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Cleston Harris White, William Steinike, Brian E. Petted, Kean Meng Lim, Chit Yong Hang
  • Patent number: 10756521
    Abstract: A system for installing a cord sleeve includes a first lever arm, the first lever arm including a first protrusion approximately perpendicular to the first lever arm. The system further includes a second lever arm, the second lever arm including a second protrusion approximately perpendicular to the second lever arm. The first and second lever arm intersect at a pivot point and are pivotally attached to each other at the pivot point, such that the first protrusion and the second protrusion are parallel and adjustment to each other, the first lever arm and the second lever arm having a first position where the first protrusion and the second protrusion are together and a second position where the first protrusion and the second protrusion are separated. The system further includes the first lever arm includes a ball portion at the pivot point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Nite Ize, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Martinson
  • Patent number: 10756462
    Abstract: A resin multilayer substrate includes a substrate main body including first, second, and third wiring portions connected to one another by a connecting portion. First, second and third external connection terminals are respectively included in the first, second and third wiring portions. The first external connection terminal includes a conductor exposed at a surface of the substrate main body. The second and third external connection terminals include connectors mounted on conductors on the surface of the substrate main body. An auxiliary mounting conductor is disposed between the first external connection terminal and the second and third external connection terminals on the surface of the substrate main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chu Xu, Takahiro Baba
  • Patent number: 10750614
    Abstract: Deformable electrical contacts with conformable target pads for microelectronic assemblies and other applications are provided. A plurality of deformable electrical contacts on a first substrate may be joined to a plurality of conformable pads on a second substrate during die level or wafer level assembly of microelectronics, for example. Each deformable contact deforms to a degree that is related to the amount of joining pressure between the first substrate and the second substrate. The deformation process also wipes each respective conformable pad with the deformable electrical contact to create a fresh metal-to-metal contact for good conduction. Each conformable pad collapses as pressured by a compressible material to assume the approximate deformed shape of the electrical contact, providing a large conduction surface area, while also compensating for horizontal misalignment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Invensas Corporation
    Inventors: Belgacem Haba, Gabriel Z. Guevara
  • Patent number: 10727659
    Abstract: An electric junction box includes a mounting portion into which an electric component is fitted and mounted. The mounting portion includes a holding wall, a locking hole and a pressing projection. The holding wall surrounds a peripheral surface of the electric component. The locking hole is formed in the holding wall and is locked to a locking projection provided on the peripheral surface of the electric component. The pressing projection protrudes from the holding wall to press and hold the peripheral surface of the electric component. The pressing projection is disposed at a position deviated from a movement path of the locking projection of the electric component to be fitted into the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Hasegawa, Shinya Oishi
  • Patent number: 10720266
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable including a wire and an insulator surrounding the wire extending a length between a first end and a second end and being conductive, where the wire having a first stiffness. The cable assembly includes a sleeve surrounding the cable between the first end and the second end having an interior surface facing the cable and an exterior surface facing an exterior environment of the cable assembly. The cable assembly includes a cable stiffener coupled to the sleeve extending along at least a portion of the length of the cable. The cable stiffener is formable into shape retaining shape and has a second stiffness greater than the first stiffness to hold the cable in the shape retaining shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher William Blackburn, Kyle Robert Sammon, Jared Evan Rossman