Patents Examined by Michael M Bouizza
  • Patent number: 12126075
    Abstract: A vehicle antenna device includes a plurality of antennas in an accommodating space surrounded by a case and an antenna base, and has a height of 70 mm or less from an outer surface of a vehicle when attached to the outer surface of a vehicle. The vehicle antenna device includes a first substrate on which a first patch antenna is mounted, and a second substrate on which a second patch antenna is mounted. The first substrate is provided at a position higher than the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: YOKOMO CO., LTD., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Motohisa Ono, Toru Koike, Takuya Yamashita
  • Patent number: 12119546
    Abstract: A satellite platform is disclosed having a plurality of radiating elements configured to receive and/or transmit electromagnetic radiation and including at least one transmitter radiating element, and at least one block of material that absorbs electromagnetic radiation in a frequency band of interest in order to decrease electromagnetic coupling between the radiating elements. The block of material is implemented in at least one region of interest in the satellite platform to decrease electromagnetic coupling, the region of interest intersecting at least one predominant coupling path between at least two of the radiating elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS
    Inventor: Alexandre Piche
  • Patent number: 12119573
    Abstract: An information handling system to wirelessly transmit and receive data at an antenna may include a processor; a memory; a power management unit; a display housing containing components of the information handling system, the display housing including metal sidewalls formed along edges of a back metal chassis of the display housing and generally perpendicular to the back metal chassis; an antenna formed into a first sidewall of the display housing and nested into the first sidewall with a molded plastic keep-out structure to, upon execution of the processor, create radiating radio frequency (RF) bands from the antenna; the antenna operatively coupled to a feed excitation trace to transmit an excitation current to the antenna from a wireless interface adapter; and the plastic molded keep-out structure integrated along the sidewall to secure the antenna to the first sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS LP
    Inventors: Changsoo Kim, Suresh K. Ramasamy, Allen B. McKittrick, Christopher T. Barnard
  • Patent number: 12113275
    Abstract: A printed antenna may include a loop antenna body, a feed port, and a switch component. The loop antenna body includes a first end and a second end, there is a spacing between the first end and the second end, a connection line between the first end and the second end forms a closed loop with the loop antenna body. The feed module is configured to output a feed signal to the loop antenna body by using the feed port. The loop antenna body includes a plurality of loop antenna branches, the switch component is disposed between every two adjacent loop antenna branches, and the switch component is configured to connect or disconnect the two adjacent loop antenna branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongwei Wu, Jinjin Shao, Cao Shi
  • Patent number: 12113292
    Abstract: An antenna device is disposed on a first, a second, and a third surfaces, and includes a first antenna disposed on the first and the third surfaces, a second antenna disposed on the second surface, and a ground line disposed on the first surface. The first antenna includes a first feedpoint disposed on the first surface, a first element disposed on the first surface, and extending from the first feedpoint to the third surface, and a second element disposed on the third surface, and extending in a direction along the first surface from an end of the first element. The second antenna includes a second feedpoint disposed in a manner separated from the first feedpoint in a direction parallel with the first and the second surfaces, and an antenna element extending from the second feedpoint. The ground line includes a ground line element capacitively coupled to the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Kanasaki, Takahiro Ochi, Kazuya Tani
  • Patent number: 12113281
    Abstract: The teachings of the present application generally for an ultra-high frequency (UHF) antenna assembly which provides for a smaller package size with the same or better efficiency as a much larger antenna, particularly between 100 MHz to 500 MHZ. Particularly, through the combination of components and structures for implementing frequency selective surfaces (FSS) and high impedance structures (HIS) in combination with an anisotropic magneto-dielectric material, the present teachings provide for the use of both lower and higher frequency techniques through the operational frequency band and miniaturization, accurately improving the performance of UHF satellite communication antennas. Specifically improving performance in narrowband, with increases in efficiency, bandwidth, and lowered elevation angle radiation characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Nantenna LLC
    Inventor: Gary L. Bastin
  • Patent number: 12095146
    Abstract: An electronic device, including a metal back cover, a front cover, a metal wall, and at least one antenna radiator, is provided. The front cover covers the metal back cover and includes a frame area. The metal wall is disposed between the metal back cover and the front cover, and forms a metal cavity corresponding to the frame area together with the metal back cover. Each of the at least one antenna radiator is disposed in the metal cavity, is connected to a first side wall of the metal back cover, and is spaced apart from the metal wall by a distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Hau Yuen Tan, Chao-Hsu Wu, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Chen-Kuang Wang, Shih-Keng Huang, Chia-Hung Chen, Sheng-Chin Hsu, Hao-Hsiang Yang
  • Patent number: 12088010
    Abstract: An antenna is disposed, as a part of a conductor, on a substrate. The antenna includes a main plate providing a ground potential; and a patch portion arranged to face the main plate in Z direction. The substrate has a no-arrange region in which no conductor is arranged as a region between a periphery and the main plate in a plan view. A metal support portion of a case is in contact with the no-arrange region on a bottom surface of the substrate. The metal member is in contact with the no-arrange region on a top surface or on a bottom surface opposite to the top surface in the plate thickness direction of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Matsumoto, Jungaun Lee, Youichi Hayase, Ryu Atsuta
  • Patent number: 12081947
    Abstract: A hearing device adapted to be worn by a wearer comprises a shell configured for placement on an exterior surface of an ear of the wearer. The shell comprises a first end, a second end, a bottom, a top, and opposing sides, wherein the bottom, top, and opposing sides extend between the first and second ends. Circuitry is provided within the shell comprising at least a microphone, signal processing circuitry, radio circuitry, and a power source. A folded antenna is coupled to the radio circuitry and extends longitudinally along one of the bottom and the top and along the opposing sides between the first and second ends. The folded antenna encompasses at least some of the circuitry and forms an elongated gap between the opposing sides. The elongated gap faces the other of the bottom and the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Starkey Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhenchao Yang, Deepak Hosadurga, Karl Hilde, Beau Jay Polinske
  • Patent number: 12068536
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna unit and a terminal device. The antenna unit includes the first antenna module and the second antenna module, the first antenna module includes the first radiator and the feed connected to the first radiator, and the second antenna module includes the second radiator connected to the first radiator. The first radiator includes the at least one first contact, and the second radiator includes the at least one second contact. When the angle between the first radiator and the second radiator is less than or equal to the first angle, the second radiator is electrically connected to the first radiator in the target manner. The target manner is that N first contacts of the at least one first contact are correspondingly in contact with N second contacts of the at least one second contact, where N is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Welcal Zhu
  • Patent number: 12057645
    Abstract: The invention relates to a communication device radiating a purely dipole structure. The communication device includes a metallic sphere having a central axis and electrical wiring wound azimuthally around the central axis of the metallic sphere so that an electric current density of the electric wiring is proportional to a sine of a spherical elevation angle of the metallic sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventor: David Alan Garren
  • Patent number: 12027783
    Abstract: A multi-loop resonance structure and a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) antenna communication system. The multi-loop resonance structure includes a metal floor, a first feed branch plate, and a first metal patch, where the metal floor is disposed on a lower surface of the first dielectric substrate, and the metal floor is provided with a resonant-tank set; the first feed branch plate is disposed in parallel on an upper surface of the first dielectric substrate, and a first straight plate in the first feed branch plate is disposed opposite to the resonant-tank set along a substrate line; an end, in the first feed branch plate, far away from the substrate line is connected to the metal floor; and the first metal patch is connected to the metal floor through the first dielectric substrate along a first surface, in the second dielectric substrate, perpendicular to the first dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Anhui University
    Inventors: Lixia Yang, Haoran Yu, Aidi Ren, Zhanhao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12027782
    Abstract: An electronic device including an antenna structure and a switching circuit is provided. The antenna structure includes a first radiating element, a second radiating element, a feeding element and a grounding element. The first radiating element incudes a first radiating part and a feeding part. The second radiating element is coupled with the first radiating element, and includes a main body and an arm that is electrically connected to the switching circuit. The feeding element includes a feeding end electrically connected to the feeding part, and a grounding end electrically connected to the grounding element. The antenna structure generates a first operation bandwidth and second operation bandwidth when the switching circuit is switched to a first and second mode, respectively. A central frequency of the first operation bandwidth is different from that of the second operation bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsieh-Chih Lin, Shih-Hsien Tseng
  • Patent number: 12019110
    Abstract: Provided are a measurement system and a radio wave shielding member that include a radio wave absorber that has light transmittance and absorbs radio waves other than the radio waves to be measured, and thus is suitable for the measurement of radio wave properties. The measurement system includes a measuring target device 11, a measuring device 12 that emits and/or receives radio waves to measure the measuring target device, and a radio wave absorber 10 that has light transmittance and absorbs radio waves in and above the millimeter wave band. The radio wave absorber includes a transparent support member 2 and a radio wave absorbing sheet 1 that is attached to one surface of the support member. The radio wave absorbing sheet includes a resistive film 3, a dielectric layer 4, and a radio wave shielding layer 5 which are stacked on top of each other and all of which have light transmittance. The radio wave absorber blocks and/or absorbs unwanted radio waves around the measuring target device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Fujita, Masayuki Toyoda, Issei Watanabe
  • Patent number: 12009588
    Abstract: An antenna installation structure includes an antenna substrate, an insulation layer, and a bonding material. The antenna substrate includes a dielectric base including a first main surface and a second main surface, and an antenna conductor and a ground conductor which are on the first main surface and are separated from each other. The insulation layer is in contact with the first main surface of the antenna substrate. The bonding material is between the insulation layer and a radiation side wall of a housing and is in contact with the insulation layer and the radiation side wall. The porosity of the insulation layer is lower than the porosity of the bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeyuki Okabe, Nobuyuki Tenno, Daiki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12009580
    Abstract: A wearable glucose monitor may include a compact having an antenna positioned on a housing of the glucose monitor to allow the size of the antenna to be larger than a printed circuit board of the glucose monitor positioned internal to the housing. The antenna may be communicatively coupled to a wireless communication device, such as a transceiver on the PCB, to transmit glucose level measurements to an external device through low-frequency radio signals. In some aspects, the antenna may be configured to be distributed into multiple sections positioned on different sections of the housing and connected to form a complete antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC, DEXCOM, INC.
    Inventors: Uei-ming Jow, Maryam Fathi
  • Patent number: 12003014
    Abstract: An antenna module includes a substrate that includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer with a dielectric constant different from a dielectric constant of the first dielectric layer, a first antenna that is disposed on or in the first dielectric layer and transmits and receives a signal in a first frequency band, a second antenna that is disposed on or in the second dielectric layer and transmits and receives a signal in a second frequency band which is a lower frequency band than the first frequency band, and a radio frequency circuit that is disposed on or in the substrate and is electrically connected to the first antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryuken Mizunuma
  • Patent number: 12003024
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a casing, a circuit board, and an antenna. The casing has a positioning structure. The circuit board is disposed in the casing. The antenna is disposed in the casing and includes a main body portion and a connection portion connected to each other. The connection portion is connected to a surface of the circuit board. The main body portion is extended on a plane defined by a first axial direction and a second axial direction. The first axial direction is perpendicular to the surface and the second axial direction is parallel to the surface. The main body portion is positioned on the positioning structure and separated from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chi-Yang Chiu, Jung-Hsiu Lee, Yen-Ching Lee
  • Patent number: 11996635
    Abstract: An electronic watch with a built in antenna includes a watch case including a case body configured of a conductive material, a bezel configured of a conductive material and provided on a watch front surface side of the case body, and a cover glass attached to the bezel. The electronic watch includes a dial disposed inside the watch case, a dial ring disposed around the dial, and an antenna disposed inside the watch case. At least a portion of the antenna is disposed outside an outer circumference of the dial in plan view as seen from a direction orthogonal to a front surface of the dial. At least one of the dial, the dial ring, and the cover glass is a dielectric disposed to be closer to the watch front surface side than to the antenna and disposed within a predetermined distance from the antenna, the distance being set in accordance with a wavelength of radio waves received by the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hironobu Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11994916
    Abstract: This is directed to connecting two or more elements using an intermediate element constructed from a material that changes between states. An electronic device can include one or more components constructed by connecting several elements. To provide a connection having a reduced or small size or cross-section and construct a component having high tolerances, a material can be provided in a first state in which it flows between the elements before changing to a second state in which it adheres to the elements and provides a structurally sound connection. For example, a plastic can be molded between the elements. As another example, a composite material can be brazed between the elements. In some cases, internal surfaces of the elements can include one or more features for enhancing a bond between the elements and the material providing the interface between the elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Mattia Pascolini, Richard Hung Minh Dinh, Trent Weber, Robert Schlub, Josh Nickel, Robert Hill, Nanbo Jin, Tang Yew Tan