Patents Examined by Patrick Holecek
  • Patent number: 10326212
    Abstract: A phase lag cell and an antenna including the same are disclosed. A phase lag cell according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a plane reflector; a substrate spaced apart and positioned at a predetermined distance from the reflector; and a phase lag circuit formed at one side of the substrate such that L-shaped patterns are formed to be vertically and horizontally symmetrical around a cross-shaped slot, and a stub having a predetermined length is extended from the end of each L-shaped pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: EMW CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Gi Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 10243257
    Abstract: A portable electronic device cover, according to the present invention, comprises a conductive plate which is spaced at a predetermined distance from an antenna mounted in a portable electronic device and is arranged at a position overlapped with at least a part of the antenna when the portable electronic device is mounted in the portable electronic device cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wonseok Jeong, Donghwan Kim, Bumjin Cho, Donguk Choi, Sangmin Han
  • Patent number: 10211515
    Abstract: An antenna device of a portable terminal including conductive components is provided. The antenna device includes a first radiator connected to a power feeding unit of the portable terminal and a second radiator connected to each of the power feeding unit and a ground part of the portable terminal. At least one of the conductive components is connected to at least one the first radiator and the second radiator. The conductive components may be used as a radiator of the antenna device such that the antenna device may be easily installed within an inner space of a miniaturized and lightened portable terminal and the inner space of the portable terminal may be efficiently used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ho Hwang, Sung-Koo Park, Kyung-Jae Lee, Joon-Ho Byun
  • Patent number: 10211544
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a combine antenna and an electronic device. The combined antenna includes a first antenna of an electromagnetic induction type and a second antenna of an electromagnetic radiation type. The first antenna includes a substrate having an electrical conductivity with a body portion of the second antenna connected to the substrate of the first antenna, the substrate serving as a reference ground portion of the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianliang Shen, Bin Cui
  • Patent number: 10205240
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna for circularly polarized radiation including a substrate, a ground layer disposed on a first side of the substrate, a first radiating layer disposed on a second side of the substrate opposite the first side, one or more first electrically conductive pathways extending from the ground layer to the first radiating layer, wherein the one or more first electrically conductive pathways form a ring about an axis, one or more second electrically conductive pathways extending from the ground layer to the first radiating layer, wherein the one or more second electrically conductive pathways are disposed along a portion of a first line extending outwardly from the ring, and a feed conductor for connecting the antenna to a feed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: The MITRE Corporation
    Inventors: Ian T. McMichael, Erik T. Lundberg, Frank S. Kolak
  • Patent number: 10199724
    Abstract: An in-vehicle antenna is disclosed. The in-vehicle antenna is configured to be installed with an installation counterpart having a ground surface. The in-vehicle antenna has an element part, a ground part integrally connected to the element part, and a clamping part configured to clamp the installation counterpart together with the ground part with elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Saitou, Tohru Yamamoto, Takeshi Akitaya
  • Patent number: 10199745
    Abstract: An antenna system may include a first antenna, and a second antenna opposite the first antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna are configured to provide omnidirectional coverage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ronald O. Lavin, Andy H. Lee, Glenn T. Pyle, Mark E. Robeson
  • Patent number: 10199743
    Abstract: An array antenna includes a first metal layer, a first dielectric layer, a second metal layer, a second dielectric layer, and a third metal layer that are sequentially laminated, where multiple metal through holes are disposed on the second dielectric layer, the multiple metal through holes form a feeding section, the first metal layer includes multiple subarrays, each subarray includes multiple radiating arrays and one power splitter, the power splitter includes a central area and multiple branches extending from the central area, the multiple radiating arrays are respectively connected to ends of the multiple braches that are far from the central area, multiple coupling slots are disposed on the second metal layer, the multiple coupling slots respectively face central areas, the feeding section is used to feed a signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yujian Cheng, Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 10164314
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna module for installing at an opening of a vehicle roof, wherein the antenna module can be arranged at the opening and can be latched there via at least one spring element, wherein the fastening of the antenna module can be secured to the vehicle roof via a locking element which, in its locking position, blocks a resilient backward movement of the spring element out of the latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Kathrein SE
    Inventors: Florian Butscher, Simon Stachler, Johann Frisch, Gerhard Vogt
  • Patent number: 10158181
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna device for a radar system, comprising: a power supply unit; and a plurality of radiators disposed to be spaced from the power supply unit, wherein each radiator is formed according to a variable determined by a weight predetermined for each radiator. According to the present invention, the performance of the radar system can be improved by obtaining uniform performance of each radiator by forming each radiator according to the weight for each radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Guk Kim, Ja Kwon Ku, Sung Ju Kim, Hyoung Ki Nam, Hong Gil Yoo, Jeong Hoon Cho, Dong Hun Shin
  • Patent number: 10148013
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna array may be provided. The dual-band antenna array may comprise a trace split, a first frequency branch, and a second frequency branch. The trace split may feed the first frequency branch and the second frequency branch. The first frequency branch may comprise a first frequency branch geometry that may cause a majority of a current of a signal fed into the trace split to feed the second frequency branch when the signal comprises a second frequency. The second frequency branch may comprise a second frequency branch geometry that may cause the majority of the current of the signal fed into the trace split to feed the first frequency branch when the signal comprises a first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Erin Patrick McGough, Stephen V. Saliga, Thomas G. Lutman, Edward C. Kuhar
  • Patent number: 10148014
    Abstract: Described herein are technologies that facilitate wireless communication with highly-isolated, dual-port antenna system. More particularly, an example antenna system that implements the technology includes a complementary pair of physically co-located antennas for signal transmission and/or reception. More particularly still, an example implementation of the disclosed technology is an antenna system that utilizes a monopole antenna symmetrically and physically co-located with a slot antenna in a shared antenna plane with a simple feed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Seong-Youp John Suh, Tae Young Yang, Jose R. Camacho Perez
  • Patent number: 10148015
    Abstract: A dipole-shaped antenna element arrangement comprises two pairs of radiator halves which are arranged so as to be rotated by 90° to one another and are oriented in a radiator plane at a distance in front of a reflector and in parallel therewith. The radiator halves are arranged on a balancing and/or support arrangement. There is a passive beam-shaping frame which is arranged at a distance from the radiator halves towards the reflector. The passive beam-shaping frame has at the corners thereof a broadening of the peripheral frame web thereof, said broadening of the frame web extending in parallel with the radiator plane and/or transversely to the radiator plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Wolfgang Heyde, Markus Quitt, Johannes Kellerer
  • Patent number: 10141646
    Abstract: An array antenna device of this disclosure includes a substrate, a strip conductor with a linear-shape, which is provided on the substrate, and a power feeder that feeds power to the strip conductor, and a plurality of loop elements, a conductor plate, and a plurality of feeding elements. The plurality of loop elements are provided on a first surface of the substrate, and are located along the strip conductor with a specified spacing from each other. Each of the plurality of loop elements has a loop-shape with a notch. The plurality of feeding elements are connected to the strip conductor, and each has a shape extending along a portion of an outer edge of corresponding one of the plurality of loop elements. The conductor plate is provided on a second surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shiozaki, Yuichi Kashino, Junji Sato
  • Patent number: 10135131
    Abstract: To provide an electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover which can achieve range extension and angle widening of a sensing radar and is excellent in design property. An electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover of the invention includes a base material made of an electromagnetic-wave-transmissive material, a light-transmitting base material formed on a surface of the base material and made of a light-transmissive material, and a design layer disposed between the base material and the light-transmitting base material, the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover transmitting an electromagnetic wave, the electromagnetic-wave transmitting cover has an electromagnetic-wave transmitting area which transmits the electromagnetic wave, the base material and the light-transmitting base material in the electromagnetic-wave transmitting area has an interval of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Takao, Daiichiro Kawashima, Takashi Sekiya, Hideto Maeda, Koji Okumura, Kenji Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10135128
    Abstract: An antenna module is provided. The antenna module according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a ground portion which has a lower ground plane, a dielectric layer disposed on the lower ground plane, and an upper ground plane disposed on the dielectric layer, and an antenna portion disposed at an adjoining surface of the ground portion and configured to have a patch layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the patch layer, and an antenna layer disposed on the dielectric layer, and having a plurality of unit patterns which continuously repeat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Bae Oh, In Pyo Park
  • Patent number: 10128574
    Abstract: An antenna tuning assembly is disclosed, including: a substrate; an input path on the substrate, for receiving control signals; a tuning network on the substrate, including an impedance circuit with a tunable impedance and at least one tuner connecting with the impedance circuit and the input path for generating an corresponding impedance in response to the control signals; an output path connecting with the tuning network on the substrate, for coupling to an external antenna according to the corresponding impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: AAC ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD
    Inventor: Daniel Jansson
  • Patent number: 10116059
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a reradiation repeater may comprise a dielectric substrate, a ground conductor provided on a surface of the dielectric substrate, and a plurality of unit cells provided on another surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein the unit cells reradiate radio waves in the same direction by directing the radio waves which are incident onto the unit cells at different angles to a same direction. The reradiation repeater may facilitate to select, e.g., an installation location and secure a good reradiation capability even when the installation environment is changed (e.g., a variation in the installation location of base station facility), contributing to coverage of a shadow zone. The reradiation repeater may be implemented in various manners according to embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hyun-Jin Kim, Byung-Chul Kim, Young-Ju Lee, Dong-Kyu Choi
  • 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: 10050340
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a cover for an antenna for electromagnetic radiation of a specific wavelength. The antenna includes an array of radiating elements, such as a plurality of horn antennas. The cover comprises a layer of cellular embossments, an upper side, and a lower side. The distance between the upper side and the lower side is approximately ¼ of the wavelength. The upper side of the layer comprises the area within an upper side of the embossments, the lower side of the layer comprises the area surrounding the embossments, and the lower side of the layer is arranged in a spaced relationship from the antenna in a radiating direction of the antenna. The antenna is mounted on a portable satellite terminal operating in the X band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Merk