Patents Examined by HoangAnh T. Le
  • Patent number: 7579999
    Abstract: An improved dual polarized radiator is distinguished, inter alia, by the following features: the dual polarized dipole radiator is made from a strip and/or board material, in particular a metal sheet, the dual polarized dipole radiator is constructed in one piece, and the individual portions of the dual polarized dipole radiator, including the dipole components, the feed arms, the support portions forming the balun and an associated base connecting the support portions, are connected to one another by bending and/or tilting and/or folding lines formed in the sheet-like basic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Michael Boβ, Maximilian Götti, Mario Günther, Johann Obermaier
  • Patent number: 7579997
    Abstract: A system and method of constructing a phased array antenna system that incorporates a printed wiring board assembly with a metallic waveguide plate is provided. The system uses a metallic waveguide plate to dissipate heat toward and through the waveguide portion of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Julio A. Navarro, Richard N. Bostwick, Mark T. Chisa, Omer C. Helfer
  • Patent number: 7579998
    Abstract: A fractal dipole antenna includes a dielectric substrate, first and second closed-loop radiating elements, each of which is formed on the dielectric substrate, and first and second fractal radiating elements, each of which is formed on the dielectric substrate and is surrounded by and connected to a respective one of the first and second closed-loop radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Advanced Connection Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Chiou-Yung Fang, Hua-Ming Chen, Yang-Kai Wang, Chia-Ming Liang, Ching-Shun Wang
  • Patent number: 7579993
    Abstract: An electronic device detachable antenna assembly comprises a connector member coupled to an electronic device and configured to receive an external antenna in pluggable engagement therewith, the antenna and the connector member movable between a stored position on the electronic device and an extended position relative to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Lev, Paul J. Doczy, Mark S. Tracy
  • Patent number: 7579992
    Abstract: The invention relates to built-in antenna. Specifically, a multi-band built-in antenna having plurality of resonant frequencies and a method for adjusting resonant frequencies are provided, wherein resonant frequencies are able to be adjusted independently without affecting one another, for each resonant frequencies are adjusted separately through separate radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: E.M.W. Antenna Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hoon Ryou, Won-Mo Sung, Jeong-Pyo Kim
  • Patent number: 7576705
    Abstract: A device to couple an antenna array to a tower having three poles. The device includes a mast member and three support members. Each of the support members has a vertical portion and an angled portion. The angled portion is coupled to the mast member. The vertical member is operable to connect to one of the three poles and is generally aligned with the mast member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Tennagon, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger F Greenfield, Randall L McIntyre
  • Patent number: 7576700
    Abstract: An on-board antenna device, comprises a radiation element (22) formed on an inner-surface of a window glass (51) for a vehicle (50), a base plate (405) having an opening, the base plate (405) being fixed on the inner-surface of the window glass (51) so as to surround the radiation element (22), and a housing (27) assembled onto the base plate (405), the housing (27) having an opening surrounding the radiation element, wherein the base plate has four leakage prevention walls (405b, 405c, 405d and 405e) and each of four leakage prevention walls (405b, 405c, 405d and 405e) has a surface substantially parallel to each of four sidewalls (430b, 430c, 430d and 430e) of the housing (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Nippon Sheet Glass Company Limited
    Inventors: Hideaki Oshima, Hiroshi Iijima, Tomoki Ikeda, Norio Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7576699
    Abstract: A mobile phone includes a body and an antenna array that is coupled to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Via Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert P. Gilmore, Insung Kang
  • Patent number: 7576704
    Abstract: A universal eave mount is shown which is capable of mounting a satellite dish antenna on a structure with a sidewall and a roof with an eave. A base bar, with an initially open interior, attaches to a base plate designed to attach to the sidewall of the structure. An elbow shaped primary dish support, including a generally cylindrical upright leg connected to a generally horizontal leg, is provided. The horizontal leg of the elbow shaped primary dish support is sized to be telescopically inserted into the base bar. A threaded anchor element anchors the elbow shaped primary dish support to the eave of the structure in order to provide a sturdy location to mount a satellite dish antenna on the elbow shaped primary dish support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas E. Woodward
  • Patent number: 7573426
    Abstract: An antenna includes an antenna element, and a first magnetic body which is arranged at least a part of the antenna element and has positive magnetostrictive characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Takashi Amano, Akihiro Tsujimura
  • Patent number: 7573432
    Abstract: In one example, an antenna is disclosed comprising a first, outer conductor, at least one inner conductor within the first outer conductor, and a second outer conductor surrounding the first outer conductor. The second outer conductor may define a plurality of holes therethrough. The at least one inner conductor may comprise a plurality of inner conductors. At least two of the plurality of inner conductors may be connected to each other in series, across a capacitor. At least two of the plurality of inner conductors may be connected to each other in parallel, across a capacitor. The at least one inner conductor may be sufficiently surrounded by the first outer conductor to shield the inner conductor from receiving a radiofrequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Fonar Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Eydelman, Raymond Damadian, Anthony Giambalvo
  • Patent number: 7570215
    Abstract: The invention relates to antenna systems used in local wireless communications networks. The antenna system includes planar directional antennas (1), each of which is made as a dielectric plate (2), with an active element (5) of the antenna (1) mounted on said plate. The surface of the plate (2) that faces the active element is metallized and serves as a reflector (6) of the antenna (1). The plates (2) are interconnected along their edges in such a way as to form lateral facets of a hollow frame (9) of the device. The end face (10) is made as a dielectric plate (11) with the external surface metallized and can also contain an active element (12) of the antenna (13). An antenna commutation switch (14) connected to a switch control unit (16) and to active elements (5) of the antennas (1) is mounted on the inner surface of the end face (10) of the frame (9). Active element (5) is mounted on said plate by means of pins cut in the body of the active element (5) and bent during mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Airgain, Inc.
    Inventors: Oleg Jurievich Abramov, Aleksandr Germanovich Kashkarov, Farid Ibragimovich Nagaev
  • Patent number: 7570216
    Abstract: An antenna device for operating in a predetermined frequency band has a resonator section, a semiconductor section and an antenna section. The resonator section includes a first conductor section, a dielectric section, and a second conductor section for specifying a reference potential against each section which is arranged so as to oppose the first conductor section through the dielectric section. A semiconductor section is arranged so as to be sandwiched between the first conductor section and the second conductor section. The antenna section uses the second conductor section as a grounding conductor, is substantially spherical, makes at least its surface electroconductive, and is arranged on the first conductor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takeaki Itsuji
  • Patent number: 7567210
    Abstract: A small size ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna comprises a radiation element, a dielectric substrate, and a dielectric element. The radiation element includes a radiation conductor, a matching element, and an antenna feeding element. A signal feeding element and a conductor plane are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the dielectric substrate, respectively. With the matching element on the radiation conductor, the current distribution on the conductor plane is changed so that the antenna achieves a sufficient extension for both high and low impedance bandwidths. The UWB antenna is also suitable for surface-mountable fabrication process, which effectively reduces the manufacturing cost. The antenna has the advantages of small size, simple structure, and an impedance bandwidth of 7.97 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventor: Chun-Yi Wu
  • Patent number: 7564420
    Abstract: A hybrid antenna system for providing a communication service or/and a satellite broadcasting receiving service by coarsely tracking a target satellite in a mechanical fashion and finely tracking the target satellite in an electrical fashion is disclosed. The hybrid antenna system includes: a rotatory unit for tracking a satellite direction using a mechanical movement including a rotating motion and an electron beam tracking function and transmitting/receiving a multi-band frequency from a satellite through a free space; a stationary unit for communicating to an external terminal and/or transmitting and receiving a broadcasting signal from/to the external terminal; and a stabilizing unit for connecting the rotatory unit to the stationary unit, and driving and controlling the rotatory unit in mechanical fashion and electrical fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Soon-Ik Jeon, Soon-Young Eom, Young-Bae Jung, Seong-Ho Son, Jae-Seung Yun
  • Patent number: 7564422
    Abstract: A radiometer horn, an array of such horns, and a method of making a radiometer horn, comprising providing at least two primary walls comprising interior corrugations and fitting into the corrugations at least one secondary wall comprising projections fitting into the corrugations, and wherein no fastener holds any of the at least one secondary walls to the primary walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Jacob A. Diez, Charles D. Guth, Richard A. Kirchofer, Guy E. Maness, Michael E. Weinstein
  • Patent number: 7564412
    Abstract: An antenna grounding system comprises an electronic device having at first member movably coupled to a second member, at least one cable extending between the first and second members and coupled to an antenna, and a clip having at least two fingers configured to receive the at least one cable therebetween and provide grounding for the at least one cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul N. Walker, Patrick R. Conway, Kenneth D. Reddix
  • Patent number: 7557761
    Abstract: An array antenna apparatus includes a first feeding element having a first feed point, a second feeding element having a second feed point, and a first parasitic element electrically connected to the respective first and second feeding elements. In a first frequency band, respective resonances in the feeding elements occur independent of each other, by eliminating electromagnetic mutual coupling between the feeding elements, and exciting the first feeding element through the first feed point as well as exciting the second feeding element through the second feed point. In a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, a loop antenna having a certain electrical length is formed by the first and second feeding elements and the first parasitic element, and a resonance of the loop antenna substantially occurs by exciting the first feeding element through the first feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Iwai, Atsushi Yamamoto, Tsutomu Sakata, Toshiteru Hayashi, Kenichi Yamada
  • Patent number: 7557772
    Abstract: An antenna includes a substantially planer substrate and a helical winding. The substantially planer substrate includes a first surface and a second surface. The helical winding includes a first pattern, a second pattern, and a plurality of interconnections. The first pattern is affixed to the first surface and the second pattern is affixed to the second surface. Connection nodes of the first pattern are coupled to associated connection nodes of the second pattern by the plurality of interconnections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Broadcom Corporation
    Inventors: Franco De Flaviis, Seunghwan Yoon
  • Patent number: 7557763
    Abstract: A fob for a remote keyless entry system includes a printed circuit board (PCB) located within a housing. The PCB includes a surface on which circuitry is printed and components are mounted. A coil is mounted to the surface and provides an antenna for the fob. The coil includes a frame spaced apart from the PCB to provide room for other components on the PCB. Coil mounts extend from the frame and are received by the PCB at coil mount locations. The coil mounts contact the surface of the PCB to form an electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2009
    Assignee: Continental Automotive Systems US, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane Bilyeu, Jill Sara Logsdon, Michael J. Zaitz