Patents Examined by Jessica Han
  • Patent number: 10141638
    Abstract: An antenna system having reduced back radiation is disclosed. The antenna system includes an antenna and ground plane. The antenna includes electro-textiles and is configured to operate in at least the frequency range between 1.1-1.6 GHz. The ground plane includes electro-textiles and is configured to operate as a frequency selective surface with electronic band gap characteristics to suppress edge and curved surface diffraction effects. In this system, the antenna and ground plane are configured to be located on a curved surface and to radiate with a directional radiation pattern having attenuated back lobes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: THE MITRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Basrur Rama Rao, Eddie Nelson Rosario
  • Patent number: 10135149
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an antenna element. The antenna element includes a first portion of a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) and a cap covering at least part of the first portion of the multi-layer PCB. The multi-layer PCB includes multiple substrates, and the first portion of the multi-layer PCB includes a first slot through the multiple substrates. The cap includes a second slot and defines a space between the first portion of the multi-layer PCB and the cap. The cap and a conductive layer of the multi-layer PCB form a waveguide structure through which wireless signals radiate from the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hongyu Zhou
  • Patent number: 10135151
    Abstract: A segmented structure includes at least two panels, a first panel, called the main panel, a second panel, called the secondary panel. The structure further includes at least one deployment device configured to move secondary panel into a storage position or a deployed position. The deployment device has a translation system having an assembly with articulated arms, wherein the translation system is able to generate a movement of the secondary panel in translation in relation to the main panel. The translation system is connected to the secondary panel by an outer end. A rotation system is able to generate a rotation of the translation system and of the secondary panel connected to the translation system, in relation to the main panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: ArianeGroup SAS
    Inventor: Francis Grangerat
  • Patent number: 10128564
    Abstract: A passive repeater garment includes a clothing item and a plurality of flexible antenna apparatuses, each including an electromagnetically reflective layer; an insulation layer, which can be dielectric; an arrangement of conductors, including a first antenna, a second antenna, a coupling element, a reflector; an antenna layer; and a protective cover layer. The conductors can be made from conductive threads. The first and second antennas can include a dipole antenna, a rhombic antenna, a planar antenna, or a Yagi-Uda antenna, and an undulating portion. Also disclosed is a system of passive repeater garments, including a plurality of personal assemblies of passive repeater garments, each assembly configured for a human user, and including a plurality of passive repeater garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Inventor: Michael Clyde Walker
  • Patent number: 10128560
    Abstract: A hybrid antenna and integrated proximity sensor is described wherein a commonly shared conductive structure is used for both antenna functions as well as a proximity sensor functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Chew Chwee Heng
  • Patent number: 10128572
    Abstract: The invention relates to a patch antenna. The invention also relates to an antenna system for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic signals comprising at least one antenna according to the invention. The invention further relates to a method of manufacturing an antenna according to the invention. The invention moreover relates to a method for use in wireless communications by using an antenna according to the invention. The invention additionally relates to a RF transceiver of a wireless communications device comprising at least one antenna according to the invention. The invention further relates to an electronic device comprising an RF transceiver according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: The Antenna Company International N.V.
    Inventors: Diego Caratelli, Johan Leo Alfons Gielis, Vasiliki Paraforou, Luciano Mescia, Pietro Bia
  • Patent number: 10122087
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first conductor, a high-frequency blocking unit, and a second conductor. The first conductor includes a feeding segment, a coupling segment spaced apart from the feeding segment, and a DC blocking unit connected between the feeding segment and the coupling segment. The high-frequency blocking unit is connected to the coupling segment. The second conductor is spaced apart from the first conductor and couples with the coupling segment. An end of the second conductor is connected to a ground, and the second conductor is provided without connecting any capacitance member and any inductance member. The coupling segment is used as a capacitor electrode for detecting an external object. When the coupling segment is in a capacitor electrode mode, a capacitance value between the coupling segment and the external object is variable according to a distance between the coupling segment and the external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: AUDEN TECHNO CORP.
    Inventors: Chia-Lun Tang, Chi-Ming Chiang, Chun-Chuan Chang
  • Patent number: 10122066
    Abstract: A horn antenna includes a metallic horn having a rear end adapted for connection with a waveguide. The horn antenna further includes a dielectric horn connected with the metallic horn and extending forward from a front end of the metallic horn. The dielectric horn includes: i) a metallic horn filler section adapted for filling an internal space of the metallic horn; ii) a waveguide filler section formed to extend rearward from a rear end of the metallic horn filler section and adapted for filling an internal space of a section of a predetermined length of the waveguide; and iii) a flared end section having a frustum shaped internal space, which is formed to flare out toward the front end of the dielectric horn. The metallic horn and the flared end section of the dielectric horn have respective cross sections whose outer contours are the same as each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: TOKYO KEIKI INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Ito, Masaki Shimizu, Daisuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10116064
    Abstract: A millimeter-wave antenna device and a millimeter-wave antenna array device thereof are characterized in that bump portions on coaxial cable connector bases protrude into through holes of a millimeter-wave substrate to effectuate fixation thereof and ensure that the millimeter-wave substrate is tightly coupled to the coaxial cable connector bases to not only ensure the precision of the position of a feed impedance unit of a microstrip antenna structure but also ensure that, when fixed to an antenna back panel frame, a triangular configuration is effectuated such that larger antenna spacing (i.e., 8.5˜12 mm) is achieved while meeting the functional requirement of an antenna beam scan, that is, an allowance of ±30 degrees approximately, thereby circumventing a problem, i.e., the spacing between antenna units is too small to enable an external emitting/receiving module to function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Cheng-Nan Hu, Der-Phone Lin
  • Patent number: 10116040
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multi-frequency antenna and a terminal. An antenna body of the multi-frequency antenna includes: a grounding part, a feed part, and a first radiation branch arm and a second radiation branch arm which are connected with the feed part; the antenna body further includes a third radiation branch arm; one end of the third radiation branch arm is connected with the feed part, and the other end of the third radiation branch arm is connected with the grounding part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventor: Qun Li
  • Patent number: 10110297
    Abstract: A flying machine or other vehicle includes at least two antenna units and a central control unit. In a first mode of operation, the two antenna units send and/or receive signals independent of each other in different, non-overlapping frequency bands. The central control unit is adapted to control the two antenna units in a second mode of operation such that the two antennas transmit and/or receive a common signal in a common frequency band using a Multiple Input Multiple Output transmission technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE GMBH
    Inventors: Dominik Rieth, Volker Ziegler, Christoph Heller
  • Patent number: 10103423
    Abstract: A housing for a personal electronic device is described herein. The housing may include at least one modular subassembly configured to be arranged within an internal cavity of the housing. The at least one modular subassembly is aligned with a feature external to the housing, is affixed to an interior surface of the internal cavity, and is configured to function both as an antenna and as an internal support member of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel W. Jarvis, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Miguel C. Christophy, Hao Xu, Jayesh Nath, Jared M. Kole, Mattia Pascolini, Ruben Caballero, Jennifer M. Edwards, Peter I. Bevelacqua, Robert W. Schlub
  • Patent number: 10096889
    Abstract: A mobile device includes an antenna structure. The antenna structure includes a main radiation element, a first parasitic element, and a second parasitic element. The main radiation element has a feeding point. The first parasitic element has a first grounding point. The first parasitic element is adjacent to the main radiation element, and the first grounding point is adjacent to the feeding point. The second parasitic element has a second grounding point. The second parasitic element is adjacent to an end of the main radiation element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chung-Wen Yang
  • Patent number: 10096897
    Abstract: An array antenna with each antenna element in the array being physically tilted away from a base plane of the array. End antenna elements are tilted at a higher angle than regular antenna elements. The radiation pattern, the end antenna elements can provide coverage directly above the antenna array (i.e. at 90 degrees to the horizontal) for different electrical tilts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS ANTENNA INC.
    Inventors: Nasrin Hojjat, Minya Gavrilovic, Des Bromley
  • Patent number: 10084430
    Abstract: An elastic wave resonator includes a first, second and third reflectors. The first reflector is between a portion including a first IDT electrode and a third IDT electrode and a portion including a second IDT electrode and a fourth IDT electrode and is shared by the first to fourth IDT electrodes. The second reflector is shared by the first and third IDT electrodes. The third reflector is shared by the second and fourth IDT electrodes. The first and third IDT electrodes share a first common busbar. The second and fourth IDT electrodes share a second common busbar. The first and second common busbars are connected to the first reflector. A first busbar, a second busbar, a third busbar, and a fourth busbar of the respective first to fourth IDT electrodes are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junpei Yasuda
  • Patent number: 10079426
    Abstract: Provided is a chip antenna (1), including: an antenna pattern (3); and a base body (2), which has a hexahedral shape, the antenna pattern (3) including: an antenna part (31), which is held on an upper surface of the base body (2); and a plurality of terminal parts (32), which are held on a lower surface of the base body (2), each of the plurality of terminal parts (32) being soldered to a circuit board (10), in which the antenna pattern (13) further includes a band-shaped protruding part (34), which extends in a long-side direction of the antenna part (31), and is embedded in the base body (2), and the band-shaped protruding part (34) is provided at least along a range of each of two long sides of the antenna part (31) excluding a range in which the plurality of terminal parts (32) are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NTN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomokazu Sonozaki, Hiroyuki Noda, Natsuhiko Mori
  • Patent number: 10074903
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus may be provided that includes: a radiating metal; a ground which is connected to the radiating metal; a first impedance which forms a first path by being connected between the radiating metal and the ground, has an impedance value which is changed depending on a frequency, and opens the first path in response to a predetermined frequency, and a second impedance which forms a second path parallel with the first path by being connected between the radiating metal and the ground, has an impedance value which is changed depending on a frequency, and short-circuits the second path in response to the predetermined frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: HIDEEP INC.
    Inventors: Bumkyum Kim, Taeyeop Lee, Youngho Cho, Bonkee Kim
  • Patent number: 10062973
    Abstract: A wireless device includes at least one radiating system having a redundancy system and a combining system. The redundancy system includes two or more radiation boosters. The radiating system is characterized by its simplicity that facilitates its integration within the wireless device and achieves enhanced radio-electric performance in at least one frequency region of the electromagnetic spectrum, which may include multiple wireless services. The combining system enables a substantially balanced power distribution among the radiation boosters of the redundancy system, and the radiating system provides an increased robustness to human loading effects in at least one frequency region of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Fractus Antennas, S.L.
    Inventors: Aurora Andujar Linares, Jaume Anguera Pros
  • Patent number: 10062971
    Abstract: A power divider may include a signal conductor. The signal conductor may include an input, a first conductor section with a first width and a first output, and a second conductor section with a second width and a second output. The first and second widths may be different. The signal conductor may also include a septum. The septum may extend into the signal conductor from a side of the signal conductor opposite the input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Alexander Mössinger, Waldemar Ott, Daniel Geier
  • Patent number: 10063100
    Abstract: An electrical system incorporating a single structure multiple mode antenna is described. The antenna is preferably constructed having a first inductor coil that is electrically connected in series with a second inductor coil. The antenna is constructed having a plurality of electrical connections positioned along the first and second inductor coils. A plurality of terminals is connected to the electrical connections that facilitate numerous electrical connections and enables the antenna to be selectively tuned to various frequencies and frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: NuCurrent, Inc.
    Inventors: Vinit Singh, Alberto Peralta, Ajit Rajagopalan, Jason Luzinski, Jacob Babcock, Christine A. Frysz