Patents Examined by Jordan E. DeWitt
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Patent number: 12646846Abstract: A heterogeneous material integration antenna includes grounded conductive layer, dielectric layer, dielectric pieces, and antenna conductive structure. Dielectric layer is spaced apart from grounded conductive layer by first distance, and dielectric layer has first dielectric constant. Dielectric pieces each are formed in dielectric layer. Dielectric pieces are adjacent to one another and arranged in dielectric array. Outline of outermost edge of dielectric array forms dielectric region having area. The adjacent ones of dielectric pieces are spaced apart from each other by second distance. Dielectric pieces each have second dielectric constant. Magnitude of second dielectric constant is higher than magnitude of first dielectric constant. Antenna conductive structure is disposed between grounded conductive layer and dielectric array. Antenna conductive structure is electrically connected to signal source.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2024Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Chun-An Lu, Wei-Yu Li, Wei Chung, Jiun-Jang Yu
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Patent number: 12646857Abstract: An antenna (10) is provided. Said antenna (10) comprises a monocone feed (11a) for inputting an input signal and/or outputting an output signal, and a reflecting surface (12a) comprising a parabolic shape for transmitting the input signal as an electromagnetic output wave and/or receiving an electromagnetic input wave as the output signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2023Date of Patent: June 2, 2026Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Corbett Rowell
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Patent number: 12640485Abstract: An antenna device (1) including a printed circuit board (2) and a thereon arranged electronic component (3). The antenna device (1) includes at least two individual antenna elements (12) which are interconnected to the electronic component (3) configured to transmit and receive a signal. The antenna elements (12) each include at least one waveguide channel (9) interconnecting in the antenna assembly (6). A first waveguide aperture (10) is arranged at a back face (16) of the antenna assembly (6). The first waveguide aperture (10) is interconnected to the electronic component (3) and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal. A second waveguide aperture (11) is arranged at a front face (17) of the waveguide assembly (6) and is also configured to transmit and/or receive a signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: HUBER+SUHNER AGInventors: Alejandro Garcia Tejero, Pietro Romano, Francesco Merli
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Patent number: 12640493Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and for manufacturing an antenna structure, the method including providing an antenna plate and a sheet of dielectric including at least one electrical component on a first surface of said sheet of dielectric. Then forming a metal plate, wherein the metal plate includes a cavity structure and further includes a defined curvature around a central axis traversing a central portion of said metal plate. The metal plate also comprises an end angle which is based on an optimal contact-pressure in-between the at least one electrical component and a connecting surface of the antenna plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 26, 2026Assignee: SAAB ABInventor: Martin Blennius
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Patent number: 12633674Abstract: An vehicle antenna apparatus is disclosed. An vehicle antenna apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention may be a vehicle antenna apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio waves, comprising: a printed circuit board provided in a vehicle; a subprocessor mounted on the printed circuit board; and an antenna module electrically connected to the subprocessor, covering a portion of the printed circuit board and mounted on one surface of the printed circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.Inventors: Yun Su Kang, Beom Sic Yoo
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Patent number: 12633670Abstract: An antenna device includes: a waveguide; a transmission antenna disposed on the same side as a first opening in the waveguide, the transmission antenna transmitting a radio wave through the waveguide; a reception antenna disposed on the same side as the first opening in the waveguide, the reception antenna receiving a radio wave through the waveguide; and a lens, disposed on the same side as a second opening in the waveguide, through which the radio wave transmitted from the transmission antenna or the radio wave to be received by the reception antenna passes. The first opening has a larger opening area than the second opening. The transmission antenna and reception antenna are placed with an offset from the optic axis of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2024Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: Alps Alpine Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yuanzhu Dou
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Patent number: 12627027Abstract: An antenna device according to an embodiment may comprise: a substrate portion; a first via pad configured to provide a power supply signal to a radiation member comprising a radiator; a second via pad configured to provide a ground to the radiation member; the radiation member being connected to the first via pad and the second via pad; and a radiation guide portion formed of a dielectric extending from the substrate portion in a lateral direction of the substrate portion and configured to guide a beam emitted from the radiation member, thereby directing the beam in the lateral direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yeonsik Yu, Sungjae Kim, Hoyong Kim, Sanguk Park, Jongwan Shim, Jeongnam Cheon
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Patent number: 12627079Abstract: An antenna device includes: a dielectric layer; radiation conductors provided to the dielectric layer; and a plurality of columnar conductors disposed around the radiation conductor in plan view seen from a normal direction of the radiation conductor, and peripheral conductors are disposed on an outer side of the plurality of columnar conductors in plan view seen from the normal direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2024Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Kenichi Tezuka, Yasuharu Miyauchi, Yousuke Futamata, Misaki Tabata
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Patent number: 12627066Abstract: A dielectric encapsulated metal lens includes a planar conductive plate with a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is parallel to the second surface; a plurality of openings from the first surface through the planar conductive plate to the second surface, wherein a longitudinal axis of each opening is perpendicular to the first surface and the second surface, wherein a size of each opening is a function of a position of said each opening on the planar conductive plate; and a dielectric material encapsulating the planar conductive plate and filing the plurality of openings, where the dielectric material forms a top surface and a bottom surface for the metal lens to reduce reflected energy.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: David D. Crouch, Hooman Kazemi
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Patent number: 12609452Abstract: A dielectric block includes a bottom surface that includes a conductive ground member including an antenna ground surface inclined with respect to the bottom surface. A feed element is disposed at a distance from the antenna ground surface, and constitutes a patch antenna together with the antenna ground surface. A feed line is connected to a feed point of the feed element, and a dielectric member that supports the feed element with respect to the ground member. The ground member is exposed to the bottom surface, on both a lower side and a higher side of a contour line passing through an intersection point of a perpendicular line from the feed point to a virtual plane including the bottom surface and a plane including the antenna ground surface, using the bottom surface as a height reference.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2024Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Ueda, Kaoru Sudo, Natsumi Minamitani, Jun Adachi, Shu Hamada
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Patent number: 12609454Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a linear horn antenna with a conical collar are provided. For example, a linear horn antenna has a conical collar and a plurality of antenna feeds. The conical collar is located a first distance from a first end of the linear horn antenna. The plurality of antenna feeds include a first antenna feed and a second antenna feed. The linear horn antenna is configured to generate one or more electromagnetic fields based on one or more excitation signals received via at least one of the plurality of antenna feeds and configured to generate one or more received signals at at least one of the plurality of antenna feeds based on one or more received electromagnetic fields.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: CAES Systems LLCInventor: Andrew Pitra
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Patent number: 12609448Abstract: Techniques and apparatuses are described that implement collocated mm Wave and sub-6 GHz antennas. An apparatus includes at least one mmWave antenna that produces a near-field radiation region and a far-field radiation pattern in a mmWave frequency band. Disposed within the near-field radiation region is a sub-6 GHz antenna that produces a radiation pattern in a sub-6 GHz frequency band. The sub 6 GHz antenna is able to positively affect the far-field radiation pattern from the mm Wave antenna (e.g., via steering and/or broadening). In this way, the mmWave antenna and the sub-6 GHz antenna can be collocated to conserve space while also steering and/or broadening the far-field radiation pattern of the mm Wave antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Pei Li, Chun Kit Lai, Vijay L. Asrani
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Patent number: 12592489Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground element, a feeding radiation element, a connection radiation element, a coupling radiation element, a first shorting radiation element, and a second shorting radiation element. The feeding radiation element has a feeding point. The coupling radiation element is coupled through the connection radiation element to the feeding radiation element. The coupling radiation element is also coupled through the first shorting radiation element to a first grounding point on the ground element. The feeding radiation element is also coupled through the second shorting radiation element to a second grounding point on the ground element. A loop structure is formed by the ground element, the connection radiation element, the first shorting radiation element, and the second shorting radiation element.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2024Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.Inventors: Yen-Tze Peng, Meng-Kai Wu, Hong-Jun Jian, Chia-Hao Chang
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Patent number: 12592492Abstract: An antenna module includes: a dielectric substrate including upper and lower edges, opposing side edges, and interior and exterior faces, the substrate being placed in an aperture of a rim of a device such that the upper edge of the substrate is aligned with an upper edge of the rim, the opposing side edges of the substrate are adjacent opposing side edges of the aperture of the rim, and the lower edge of the substrate is adjacent a lower edge of the aperture of the rim; one or more antenna elements positioned adjacent the exterior face of the substrate and fed through apertures in the substrate; and one or more conductive portions shaped to define at least a part of a perimeter of a slot of a slot antenna fed separately to the antenna elements. The antenna elements wholly overlap the conductive portions and do not overlap the slot.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2024Date of Patent: March 31, 2026Assignee: Nokia Technologies OyInventors: Harri Arttur Varheenmaa, Pasi Yla-Oijala, Anu Kristiina Lehtovuori, Ville Viikari
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Patent number: 12586911Abstract: An antenna assembly mounted to an interior surface of a dielectric structure includes an antenna including a conductive patch defining an aperture, an upper surface, and a lower surface, where the upper surface of the conductive patch of the antenna faces the interior surface of the dielectric structure. The antenna assembly also includes a conductive enclosure mounted to the interior surface of the dielectric structure. The conductive enclosure includes a main body constructed at least in part of an electrically conductive material, where the main body of the conductive enclosure defines a cavity containing the antenna. The electrically conductive material of the conductive enclosure urges the electromagnetic radiation transmitted from the aperture of the conductive patch of the antenna to a space above the exterior surface of the dielectric structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2024Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Gregg R. Kittinger, Patrick Edward Leavy, Patrick J. Alvarez, Duane S. Carper, Timothy Brockett, Hyok Jae Song
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Patent number: 12586917Abstract: A frequency selective surface unit includes dielectric substrate(s), first resonant pattern(s) and second resonant pattern(s). A first resonant pattern is disposed on a dielectric substrate. Each of the first resonant pattern(s) includes a plurality of protruding portions. A second resonant pattern is disposed on the dielectric substrate; and the second resonant pattern and the first resonant pattern have a distance therebetween in a direction parallel to a plane where the dielectric substrate is located and/or a direction perpendicular to the dielectric substrate.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 24, 2026Assignees: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Mengwen Jia, Dongdong Zhang, Xichao Fan, Yali Wang, Yafei Zhang, Guoqiang Tang, Feng Qu, Biqi Li
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Patent number: 12573752Abstract: A phased array system has a substrate, a plurality of elements, a beamforming IC, and a plurality of feedlines electrically coupling the plurality of elements with at least one beamforming IC. In preferred embodiments, the feedlines are non-intersecting, symmetric feedlines that mitigate cross-polarization.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2024Date of Patent: March 10, 2026Assignee: Qorvo Texas, LLCInventors: Trang Thai, Jason Leo Durbin
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Patent number: 12562479Abstract: Antenna elements for multiband antennas are disclosed. A multiband antenna is configured to operate in at least two frequency bands. The antenna element is configured to receive a signal from an unbalanced signal feed and comprises: a stalk configured to be mounted on a ground plane; at least one radiating element extending from the stalk; a balun configured to receive and convert an unbalanced signal from an unbalanced signal feed to a balanced signal and to supply the balanced signal to the at least one radiating element; and at least one resonance suppression filter. The at least one resonance suppression filter comprises an inductive component and a capacitive component arranged in parallel, and in some embodiments a resistive component in series with the inductive component.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: Alpha Wireless Ltd.Inventors: Peter Liversidge, Shakil Bhuiyan
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Patent number: 12555914Abstract: An antenna module includes a ground radiator, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The first antenna comprises a first radiator, a second radiator, and a third radiator. The first radiator and the second radiator resonate at a low frequency band and a first high frequency band, and a part of the first radiator and the third radiator resonate at a second high frequency band. The second antenna includes a fourth radiator, the second radiator, and a connecting section. The connecting section is connected between the fourth radiator and the second radiator. A part of the fourth radiator, the connecting section, and the second radiator resonate at the low frequency band and the second high frequency band, and the fourth radiator, the connecting section, and a part of the second radiator resonate at the first high frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2024Date of Patent: February 17, 2026Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATIONInventors: Chao-Hsu Wu, Chien-Yi Wu, Hao-Hsiang Yang, Tse-Hsuan Wang, Chih-Wei Liao, Hau Yuen Tan, Shih-Keng Huang, Chia-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 12548911Abstract: A antenna structure is arranged on a circuit board, a first surface of the circuit board includes an RF circuit, and the antenna structure includes: a metal screw, fixed on the first surface through a metal hole; the metal hole forms a metal ring; a plastic column, set above the metal screw; a metal tube, embedded with the plastic column, wherein there is a first predetermined distance between the metal tube and the metal screw; a metal shrapnel, extending from a bottom of the metal tube, wherein the metal screw is electrically connected to the RF circuit or the metal tube is electrically connected to the RF circuit to enable the metal screw and the metal tube to transmit or receive signals. The present disclosure also provides an electronic device, and the metal screw also uses to fix the circuit board to the housing of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2024Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: CyberTAN Technology Inc.Inventor: Shih-Hung Cheng