Patents Examined by Patrick R Holecek
  • Patent number: 11264712
    Abstract: A radar sensor module includes a substrate, at least one transmit antenna formed on a surface of the substrate, and at least one receive antenna formed on the surface of the substrate. A radome is disposed over the surface of the substrate and the at least one transmit antenna and the at least one receive antenna, such that a gap is located between the surface of the substrate and an underside of the radome in which a portion of radiation emitted from the at least one transmit antenna can propagate. At least one trench is formed in the underside of the radome and is electromagnetically coupled to the gap, the at least one trench being sized, shaped and positioned with respect to the gap such that the portion of radiation emitted from the at least one transmit antenna is substantially prevented from propagating toward the receiving antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: VEONEER US, INC.
    Inventor: Majid Ahmadloo
  • Patent number: 11245174
    Abstract: The housing includes a first base portion and a second base portion which are conductive respectively. The first base portion and the second base portion are disposed in contact. The antenna element is connected to the antenna ground. The antenna ground is formed on the antenna board. The gasket is located between the first base portion and the antenna ground in a height direction of the housing, and is conductive. The fixing member fixes the second base portion and the antenna ground so that the second base portion and the antenna ground are electrically connectable to each other in a state where the gasket is in contact with the first base portion and the antenna ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: DYNABOOK INC.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Hirota, Hikaru Hirata, Tomofumi Miyamoto, Shingo Koide
  • Patent number: 11228102
    Abstract: Various examples are provided for fragmented aperture antennas. In one example, a fragmented aperture antenna includes a two-dimensional lattice of conducting elements, where positioning of the conducting elements in adjacent rows are offset based upon a fixed skew angle. In another example, a fragmented aperture antenna includes a two-dimensional lattice comprising a combination of first and second geometric conducting elements, where a second geometric conducting element provides a connection between adjacent sides of diagonally adjacent first geometric conducting elements. In another example, a fragmented aperture antenna includes a two-dimensional lattice of conducting elements having a single common non-rectangular shape, where the conducting elements interleave in a digitated fashion. Diagonally adjacent conducting elements overlap along a portion of adjacent edges of the diagonally adjacent conducting elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: James Geoffrey Maloney, John Weber Schultz
  • Patent number: 11221127
    Abstract: A light fixture can include a housing comprising at least one wall that forms a cavity, wherein the housing complies with applicable standards for a hazardous environment. The light fixture can also include an antenna assembly disposed on an outer surface of the housing. The antenna assembly can provide communication with another device within the hazardous environment without compromising the applicable standards for the hazardous environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Benjamin Avery Freer, Daniel Robert Treible, Jr., Joseph Michael Manahan, Andrew Francis Scarlata, Adikaramge Asiri Jayawardena
  • Patent number: 11223124
    Abstract: A communications device provides variable ground plane tuning compensation. The communications device includes a radiofrequency antenna configured to generate an electromagnetic field, a ground plane assembly electrically coupled to the radiofrequency antenna, and a variable impedance compensation network electrically connected to the ground plane assembly. The ground plane assembly is configurable between a first physical configuration and a second physical configuration. Each physical configuration presents a different ground plane assembly impedance to the electromagnetic field of the radiofrequency antenna. The variable impedance compensation network provides a compensation impedance for each physical configuration of the ground plane assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Marc Harper
  • Patent number: 11217901
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an aperture layer coupled to a polarizer layer. The aperture layer includes an antenna and a filter. A circuit layer is mechanically and thermally coupled to the aperture layer. The antenna includes a square horn antenna made of a polymer material. The filter includes a waveguide filter having a first and a second piece separately molded. The waveguide filter includes a folded-back waveguide coupled to the horn antenna at one end and to the circuit layer at another end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Patrick Wink, James F. Mulvey, Eric P. Osborne, Thomas R. Stephenson
  • Patent number: 11205836
    Abstract: An antenna array module includes at least two antenna units mounted on a surface of a feed network circuit board with two power division circuits, and a filter mounted on a surface of the feed network circuit board with two coupling circuits. Each power division circuit includes an input end and a plurality of output ends. One power division circuit feeds an antenna unit for ?45° polarization, and the other power division circuit feeds an antenna unit for +45° polarization. Each coupling circuit includes a radio frequency input end and an output end, and the output end of the coupling circuit is electrically connected to the input end of the power division circuit. The filter includes at least two output ends that are electrically connected to the radio frequency input end of the coupling circuit. A base station antenna includes a mounting structure and a connection structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TONGYU COMMUNICATION INC.
    Inventors: Qingchen Chu, Mulin Liu, Zhonglin Wu, Wei Zhao, Wenlan Wang, Zhuofeng Gao, Lidong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11201414
    Abstract: Antenna assemblies for vehicles, such as RADAR sensor antenna assemblies. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an antenna block defining an array of waveguide grooves on a first side of the antenna block. A slotted layer comprising a plurality of slots may be coupled with the antenna block with the slots at least partially aligned with the waveguide grooves of the antenna block. An adhesive layer may be positioned in between the antenna block and the slotted layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott B. Doyle, Robert J. Sletten, Angelos Alexanian
  • Patent number: 11201384
    Abstract: In-building antenna apparatus and methods for manufacturing and installing the same. In one embodiment, the antenna apparatus includes a radome cover, a lower flange, an antenna housing, a spring-loaded mount apparatus, a signaling interface, and a plurality of spring arms. Each of the spring arms may include at least one tie-down location. Accordingly, when a removable tie is placed around a plurality of tie-down locations, the antenna apparatus resides in an installation configuration; however, when the removable tie is removed from around the plurality of tie-down locations, the antenna apparatus transitions towards a default configuration. The spring arms may also act as a ground plane for the antenna. Spring-loaded mount apparatus as well as methods of manufacturing and installing the aforementioned antenna apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Pulse Finland OY
    Inventors: Zack Ge, Jay Yuan
  • Patent number: 11189905
    Abstract: An apparatus includes an antenna array package cover comprising a radiating surface, a mating surface disposed opposite the radiating surface, and an array of antenna array sub-patterns wherein each antenna array sub-pattern comprises at least one antenna element. The antenna array package also includes an array of sub-pattern interface packages mated to the mating surface of the antenna array package cover. Each sub-pattern interface package of the array of sub-pattern interface packages comprises a package carrier, a sub-pattern integrated circuit electrically and mechanically coupled to the package carrier, and a set of interface lines corresponding to the antenna elements of the antenna array sub-pattern that corresponds to the sub-pattern interface package. Methods for mounting the above apparatus into a host circuit are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaoxiong Gu, Duixian Liu, Christian W. Baks, Alberto Valdes Garcia
  • Patent number: 11177565
    Abstract: A multi-band generalized antenna architecture using two or more types of antenna element is presented. Linear arrays of a first type of antenna element are used for one or more frequencies while a second antenna element type is used for other frequencies. The second type of antenna element is located between the linear arrays of the first antenna element type. The second antenna element type may be arranged in a staggered configuration or they may be arranged as linear arrays as well. The first type of antenna element may be a patch antenna element while the second type of antenna element may be a dipole antenna element. The patch antenna element may be used for high band frequencies while the dipole antenna element may be used in low band frequencies. The spacing in vertical direction is not equal to minimize the effect of arrays on each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: COMMUNICATION COMPONENTS ANTENNA INC.
    Inventors: Nasrin Hojjat, Sadegh Farzaneh, Lin-Ping Shen, Bret Jones, Hua Wang, Minya Gavrilovic, Des Bromley, Willi Lotz, Jacob Van Beek
  • Patent number: 11177573
    Abstract: C-fed antenna formed on multi-layer printed circuit board edge A patch antenna (120) comprises an antenna patch (121) and a feeding patch (125) configured for capacitive feeding of the antenna patch (121). The antenna patch (121) is formed of multiple conductive strips (122) extending in a horizontal direction along an edge of a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB). The multi-layer PCB has multiple layers stacked along a vertical direction. Each of the conductive strips (122) of the antenna patch (121) is arranged on a different layer of the multi-layer PCB. The conductive strips (122) are electrically connected to each other by conductive vias (123) extending between two or more of the conductive strips (122) of the antenna patch (121). The feeding patch (125) is formed of multiple conductive strips (126) extending in the horizontal direction. Each of the conductive strips (126) of the feeding patch (125) is arranged on a different layer of the multilayer PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Group Corporation
    Inventor: Zhinong Ying
  • Patent number: 11171423
    Abstract: In a meta-structure having multifunctional properties according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of unit blocks controlling a property of a wave is combined on a plane or in a space in a predetermined pattern to form one structure, at least one of the plurality of unit blocks is formed to have a different size, and a frequency range of a wave controlled is changed according to the size of the unit block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS, CENTER FOR ADVANCED META-MATERIALS
    Inventors: Boyoung Kang, Hak Joo Lee, Duckjong Kim, Jae-Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 11145991
    Abstract: The antenna includes a substrate and a plurality of unit cells coupled to the substrate. Each unit cell includes a dipole feed extending from the substrate, a first antenna dipole coupled to the dipole feed, and a second antenna dipole coupled to the dipole feed. The first antenna dipole includes a first arm on a first side of the dipole feed and a second arm on a second side of the dipole feed opposite the first side. The second antenna dipole includes a third arm on a third side of the dipole feed and a fourth arm on a fourth side of the dipole feed opposite the third side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Matilda G. Livadaru, Jeremiah D. Wolf
  • Patent number: 11145970
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an antenna device, which comprises: a radiator for receiving a power supply signal; multiple tuning units disposed adjacently to or on the radiator, wherein the tuning units are short-circuited to the radiator or adjacent tuning units are selectively short-circuited to each other. The antenna device as described above can be variously implemented according to embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Inventors: Kwang-Hyun Baek, Seung-Tae Ko, Yoon-Geon Kim, Won-Bin Hong
  • Patent number: 11139549
    Abstract: Perimeter truss reflector includes a perimeter truss assembly (PTA) comprised of a plurality of battens, each having an length which traverses a PTA thickness as defined along a direction aligned with a reflector central axis. A collapsible mesh reflector surface is secured to the PTA such that when the PTA is in a collapsed configuration, the reflector surface is collapsed for compact stowage and when the PTA is in the expanded configuration, the reflector surface is expanded to a shape that is configured to concentrate RF energy in a predetermined pattern. Each of the one or more longerons extend around at least a portion of a periphery of the PTA. These longerons each comprise a storable extendible member (SEM) which can be flattened and rolled around a spool, but exhibits beam-like structural characteristics when unspooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: EAGLE TECHNOLOGY, LLC
    Inventors: Robert M. Taylor, Philip J. Henderson
  • Patent number: 11133571
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus, according to various embodiments of the present invention, comprises: a first antenna of a first bandwidth; a second antenna of a second bandwidth which partially overlaps with the first bandwidth; a third antenna of the first bandwidth; a fourth antenna of the second bandwidth; a transmission/reception path corresponding to each of a plurality of bandwidths; a reception path corresponding to each of the plurality of bandwidths; and a path formation unit which forms a path such that any one of the first antenna and the third antenna is connected to the transmission/reception path, the other of the first antenna and the third antenna is connected to the reception path, and any one of the second antenna and the fourth antenna is connected to the transmission/reception path, and the other of the second antenna and the fourth antenna is connected to the reception path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-Chul Park, Yeon-Woo Kim, Jong-Hyuk Kim, Seung-Gil Jeon, Young-Ju Kim, Chae-Man Lim
  • Patent number: 11121467
    Abstract: A semiconductor device package is provided that incorporates an antenna structure within the package through use of three-dimensional additive manufacturing processes. Embodiments can provide semiconductor device packages that are thinner than traditional device packages by depositing specific metal and dielectric layers within the package in desired positions with precision that cannot be provided by other manufacturing techniques. Further, embodiments can provide antenna geometries and orientations that cannot be provided by other manufacturing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Jinbang Tang, Zhiwei Gong, Betty Hill-Shan Yeung, Michael B. Vincent
  • Patent number: 11121471
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna. The antenna comprises a feed line having first and second ends on opposite sides of the feed line, wherein a transmission axis is defined as the axis extending between the first and second ends of the feed line. Further, the antenna comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged along the feed line, protruding from the transmission axis. The antenna also comprises a first port at the first end of the feed line, wherein, at a first part of the antenna, the feed line, from the first port towards a reference point along the transmission axis, comprises antenna elements of gradually increasing length, configured to radiate in a first direction along the transmission axis from the reference point towards the first port during excitation in the first port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SAAB AB
    Inventor: Ola Forslund
  • Patent number: 11088436
    Abstract: Provided is an NFC antenna module which connects a side cover (i.e. metal frame), which is formed at one side of a portable terminal, to the antenna pattern so that the side cover is operated as an auxiliary radiator of an antenna pattern. The presented NFC antenna module comprises: a side cover made of a metal material and coupled to one side of the portable terminal; an antenna pattern having one end connected to a short-range communication chipset embedded in the portable terminal; a first terminal portion of the antenna pattern, the first terminal portion having one end connected to the short-range communication chipset and the other end connected to the side cover; and a second terminal portion having one end connected to the other end of the antenna pattern and the other end connected to the side cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Won Noh, Hyung-Il Baek, Beom-Jin Kim, Yong-Ho Hwang