Patents Examined by Hasan Islam
  • Patent number: 12249758
    Abstract: Wireless communication device (WCD) for use in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a multi-purpose WCD accessory. The accessory is comprised of a first plate having opposed first and second major faces. The first major face includes a heat transfer surface configured to contact a body of the WCD interior of the UAV when the WCD is secured to the first major face. A second plate is attached to the second major face in a cantilever configuration and extends exterior of the fuselage in a direction away from the second major surface. The second plate comprises at least a portion of a ground plane for an antenna system utilized by the WCD, and together with the first plate forms a heat sink for the WCD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: L3Harris Global Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Burke, Richard J. Nink, Joel Womack, Malcolm Packer, Thomas Howe, Aaron Hendershot
  • Patent number: 12250766
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a wiring structure including a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of wiring layers, and a plurality of via layers; an antenna disposed on an upper surface of the wiring structure; a heat dissipation structure disposed around the antenna on the upper surface of the wiring structure; and an encapsulant disposed on the upper surface of the wiring structure and covering at least a portion of each of the antenna and the heat dissipation structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Woong Choi, Jin Won Lee
  • Patent number: 12249769
    Abstract: A MIMO antenna system is disclosed. The system generally includes a substrate having a first antenna radiator and a second antenna radiator disposed on a first side thereof. The first antenna radiator is disposed on a first longitudinal half of the substrate and the second antenna radiator is disposed on a second longitudinal half of the substrate. The second antenna radiator is a mirror opposite of the first antenna radiator wherein the second antenna radiator comprises a horizontal offset relative to the first antenna radiator. The substrate comprises a middle portion having a plurality of apertures configured to receive a plurality of tabs from a ground plane wherein the ground plane is configured to couple to the substrate at a second side, opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: 2J ANTENNAS USA, CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin German-Sobek, Michal Kosterec
  • Patent number: 12237573
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes an antenna feed configured to receive a signal over a wide bandwidth, a ground plane, and an antenna element. The antenna element includes first and second conductive dipole arms each in planar alignment with a surface of the ground plane and adjacent to each other. The antenna assembly further includes a conductive wall (“H-wall”) in electrical communication with the ground plane and having an end adjacent to, and physically separate from, the second conductive dipole arm, where an axial length of the H-wall being orthogonal to the ground plane, and a resistive surface having an attenuation effect on the reflected signal from the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander D. Johnson
  • Patent number: 12237581
    Abstract: A cavity slotted-waveguide antenna array has several waveguide columns disposed in parallel in a housing. Several of the waveguide columns being provided with cavity slots on the front side of the housing. The housing includes a front part secured to a rear part, with a rear portion of the waveguide columns being formed in the rear part, and with a front portion of the waveguide columns being formed in said front part. The waveguide columns can have a rectangular cross-section, with the columns defined by two opposing wide inner surfaces, a narrow inner back surface, and a narrow inner front surface, with the plurality of cavity slots extending from the front side of the housing to said narrow inner front surface. A signal probe is disposed in the columns. Conductive parallel plate blinds are conductively secured to the front side of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ROBIN RADAR FACILITIES BV
    Inventors: Siete Hamminga, Rob Van Der Meer
  • Patent number: 12230900
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna assembly which includes a capacitively coupled array of two or more inverted-L antennas. According to a preferred embodiment, the antenna assembly preferably may include: a receive resonator, a transmit resonator and a coupled bar which capacitively feeds the resonators. The receive resonator is preferably formed as an inverted-L antenna and the transmit resonator is preferably formed as an inverted-L antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: ORBCOMM, Inc.
    Inventor: Phil Lafleur
  • Patent number: 12218435
    Abstract: A Multi-Beam on Receive Electronically Steerable Antenna comprising a Tx array comprising a phased array of Tx antenna elements and having a geometric aperture with one or more pairs of parallel opposite sides; and an Rx array comprising a phased array of Rx antenna elements and having a geometric aperture with one or more pairs of parallel opposite sides. One or more pairs of parallel opposite sides of the geometric aperture of the Tx array are inclined relative to one or more pairs of parallel opposite sides of the geometric aperture of the Rx array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: LEONARDO S.P.A.
    Inventors: Angelo Aprile, Giorgio Isella, Eleonora Troysi
  • Patent number: 12218407
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system, such as long term evolution (LTE). An antenna device is provided. The antenna device includes a first printed circuit board (PCB), a second PCB for a plurality of antenna elements, and a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) coupled through a first surface of the first PCB. The second PCB may include a radio frequency (RF) routing layer including RF lines for the respective plurality of antenna elements. The first PCB may include a feeding structure for connecting the RF routing layer and the RFIC. The second PCB may be electrically connected to a second surface of the first PCB opposite to the first surface of the first PCB, through a first surface of the second PCB. The second PCB may be coupled to the plurality of antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juneseok Lee, Youngsub Kim, Sanghoon Park, Jungho Park, Kwanghyun Baek, Youngju Lee, Jungyub Lee, Dohyuk Ha, Jinsu Heo
  • Patent number: 12218422
    Abstract: An antenna device includes: a conductive ground conductor plate; a plate-shaped radiating element disposed without being in contact with the ground conductor plate; a feeding line including a conductor and a shield member that surrounds the conductor, the shield member being connected to the ground conductor plate; and a conductive feeding element that includes a facing plate portion that faces the radiating element with an air layer provided therebetween, and is connected to the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuhei Terada, Norichika Oomi, Kosuke Sone, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Ai Takehisa, Ichiro Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Yutaro Miki
  • Patent number: 12199368
    Abstract: An apparatus for wireless communications between communication modules, the apparatus including a main transmission line which has a plurality of coupling points, wherein the apparatus comprises a plurality of main antennas, and wherein each main antenna is linked to a coupling area for a directional coupling between the main antenna and the main transmission line at a coupling point and each main antenna is adapted to communicate with an auxiliary antenna linked to a communication module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventor: Aymeric Biehler
  • Patent number: 12191582
    Abstract: An antenna device comprising a first antenna, a second antenna and a circuit board. The first antenna includes a first insulating layer, a first signal-feeding line and two first grounding lines. The first signal-feeding line is disposed on a first surface of the first insulating layer. The first grounding lines are disposed on a second surface of the first insulating layer. The second antenna includes a second insulating layer, a second signal-feeding line and two second grounding lines. The second signal-feeding line is disposed on a first surface of the second insulating layer. The second grounding lines are disposed on a second surface of the second insulating layer. The first insulating layer and the second insulating layer intersect at about 90 degrees. The first and second antennas are disposed on a first surface of the circuit board. The first axis and the second axis are adjacent and substantially parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Taoglas Group Holdings Limited
    Inventors: Yu Tao, Yung Sheng Tseng
  • Patent number: 12191577
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna housing and an antenna element. The antenna element is accommodated in the antenna housing and receives signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band which is lower than the first frequency band. The antenna element includes a first element that receives signals in the first frequency band and a second element that surrounds the first element and receives signals in the second frequency band. The first element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, the second element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, and the conductive plates are provided in an identical plane or a substantially identical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Mizuno, Yusuke Yokota
  • Patent number: 12179027
    Abstract: An active implantable medical device including, once implanted, a module external to the patient and a module inside the patient, the external module and the internal module being intended to transfer energy and data from one to the other. Also, a method for transferring energy and data, the method being implemented by the active implantable medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: NEURINNOV, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE, INRIA—INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTPELLIER
    Inventors: David Andreu, David Guiraud, Brice Sorli, Arnaud Vena
  • Patent number: 12176619
    Abstract: An antenna design solution is provided. A metal frame and a PCB ground layer of an electronic device are used to form a slot. Through symmetric feeding and anti-symmetric feeding, the slot can be excited to generate two slot antenna patterns: a CM slot antenna pattern and a DM slot antenna pattern. In addition, the two slot antenna patterns share a same slot antenna radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Dong Yu, Chien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12176596
    Abstract: Techniques for transceiving radio frequency (RF) signals through a window of a building are disclosed, the window having a first surface facing an interior of the building. An antenna arrangement is attached to a building structure adjacent the first surface and the antenna arrangement includes one or more radiating elements configured to transceive the RF signals through the window. In some embodiments, the building structure is mullion. In some embodiments a window surface includes an electrochromic and/or low emissivity coating that is excluded from a region proximate to the radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert T. Rozbicki, Stephen Clark Brown, Nitesh Trikha, Philip F. Kearney, III, John Sanford, Harold Hughes, Todd Daniel Antes
  • Patent number: 12176629
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a holographic antenna and an electronic device, and belongs to the field of communication technology. The holographic antenna includes a resonant structure, which includes a first and a second dielectric substrate opposite to each other, a first electrode layer on a side of the first dielectric substrate close to the second dielectric substrate, a second electrode layer on a side of the second dielectric substrate close to the first dielectric substrate, and a tunable dielectric layer between the first and second electrode layers. The first electrode layer includes slit openings therein, and the second electrode layer includes patch electrodes thereon; orthographic projections of a slit opening and a patch electrode corresponding to each other on the first dielectric substrate at least partially overlaps with each other; and the orthographic projection of the slit opening on the first dielectric substrate at least includes an arc segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Sensor Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Xiaobo Wang, Feng Qu, Zhifeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 12170410
    Abstract: A device includes a plurality of antennas, including one or more active antennas, the antennas being configured in one of a plurality of possible configurations to achieve operation in WAN, LTE, WiFi, or WiMax bands, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, a passive antenna is utilized with lumped loading to fix the antenna tuning state. A primary and auxiliary radiator can be included in the device and configured for WAN/LTE bands, while additional antennas can be incorporated for WiFi and WiMax bands. Various antenna configurations incorporate the antenna having multiple coupled regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Kyocera AVX Components (San Diego), Inc.
    Inventors: Laurent Desclos, Chew Chwee Heng, Sebastian Rowson, Jeffrey Shamblin
  • Patent number: 12170408
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping apparatus for an antenna, the clamping apparatus including a rotation unit configured to rotate an antenna in a horizontal direction, a tilting unit configured to rotate the antenna in a vertical direction, and a rotation/vibration prevention unit configured to adjust a direction of the antenna by rotating at least one of the rotation unit and the tilting unit and prevent the antenna from arbitrarily rotating after the direction of the antenna is adjusted, in which the rotation/vibration prevention unit includes a rotation motor, a worm gear configured to be rotated by the rotation motor, a shaft configured to define at least one rotation center, and a worm wheel gear installed on an outer peripheral surface of the shaft and configured to rotate at least one of the rotation unit and the tilting unit while being rotated by the worm gear, thereby easily adjusting the direction of the antenna by controlling the rotation motor and preventing the antenna with the adjuste
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: In Ho Kim, Seong Man Kang
  • Patent number: 12170395
    Abstract: Suggested is a combo antenna module configured to implement the same antenna performance as that of a combo antenna module having a general size, even in a state in which the size thereof is reduced by adjusting, within a set range, a distance at which magnetic sheets disposed on the top and the bottom of an antenna sheet are spaced apart. The suggested combo antenna module comprises: an antenna sheet; a top magnetic sheet disposed on the upper surface of the antenna sheet; and a bottom magnetic sheet disposed on the lower surface of the antenna sheet, wherein the top magnetic sheet includes a projecting region which overlaps with the bottom magnetic sheet while having the antenna sheet therebetween, and the top magnetic sheet and the bottom magnetic sheet are spaced apart at a distance within a set range at a side portion of the projecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seonghyun Kim, Hyungil Baek, Jooseung Maeng, Jinwon Noh, Kisang Lim, Chungha Back, Donghyun Im, Jungwon Suk, Indeuk Yun
  • Patent number: 12170396
    Abstract: A tool is provided with a connector that can be configured to removably receive a corresponding connector of an extender having an antenna to electrically connect the extender to the tool. With the connector of the tool electrically connected to the connector of the extender, the controller can be configured to utilize the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony M. Davis, Matthew Halenka, Bo Chen, Kegan Markwardt