Patents Examined by Ricardo I Magallanes
  • Patent number: 11705617
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag system includes a first strap mounting pad of an RFID antenna component, and a second strap mounting pad of the RFID antenna component, the second strap mounting pad being electrically coupled to the first RFID strap mounting pad. At least one of the first strap mounting pad and the second strap mounting pad may extend diagonally with respect to a wide edge direction of the antenna component, thus making the RFID antenna component configured to receive both a strap that is parallel to a wide edge direction of the antenna component and a strap that is perpendicular to a wide edge direction of the antenna component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Avery Dennison Retail Information Services, LLC
    Inventor: Ian J. Forster
  • Patent number: 11705616
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an antenna mount. The antenna mount may include a base plate having a plurality of mounting apertures configured to secure an antenna thereto, wherein the base plate includes a plurality of arm sections extending radially outwardly therefrom, each arm section comprising an elongated slot, a plurality of fasteners, each fastener configured to slide within a respective slot, and a plurality of brackets, each bracket secured to the base plate by a respective fastener extending through each slot, wherein the position of the brackets are adjustable relative to the base plate by sliding the fasteners within each slot, thereby allowing the antenna mount to be secured to different diameter mounting structures. Antenna mount assemblies are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Severin, Dale R. Heath, Jacob L. Adams, Michael Carnes, Brian D. Cross, Jared D. Haines, Eric Sarellana
  • Patent number: 11699854
    Abstract: An antenna includes: a first antenna portion and a second antenna portion arranged adjacently. The first antenna portion includes a first antenna branch and a first parasitic branch, and the second antenna portion includes a second antenna branch. The first parasitic branch is positioned between the first antenna branch and the second antenna branch. The first parasitic branch is L-shaped, and includes a first branch segment and a second branch segment. A first end of the first branch segment is in contact to a ground region, a second end of the first branch segment is joined to a first end of the second branch segment, and a second end of the second branch segment points towards the second antenna branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yali Wang
  • Patent number: 11688936
    Abstract: An antenna module, including a first antenna, a second antenna, a first ground, a third antenna, and a second ground, is provided. The first ground is located between the first antenna and the second antenna and is connected to the first antenna and the second antenna. The first ground has a first slot near the first antenna. The second antenna is located between the first antenna and the third antenna. An extension direction of the first antenna is not parallel to an extension direction of the second antenna. The extension direction of the second antenna is not parallel to an extension direction of the third antenna. The second ground is located between the second antenna and the third antenna and is connected to the third antenna. The second ground is separated from the first ground and the second antenna, and has a second slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Chao-Hsu Wu, Sheng-Chin Hsu, Chien-Chih Huang
  • Patent number: 11682824
    Abstract: An antenna assembly according to the present disclosure includes a dielectric substrate, and antenna elements configured as conductive patterns on the dielectric substrate to radiate radio signals. The antenna elements may include a first radiation structure and a second radiation structure. The first radiation structure includes a first conductive pattern electrically connected a first feeding portion, a second conductive pattern and a third conductive pattern electrically connected a ground. The second radiation structure includes a fourth conductive pattern electrically connected a second feeding portion and a fifth conductive pattern and a sixth conductive pattern electrically connected the ground. The first conductive pattern may be disposed between the second conductive pattern and the third conductive pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Dongjin Kim, Kangjae Jung, Byeongyong Park, Youngtaek Hong, Ilnam Cho
  • Patent number: 11682844
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heatsink antenna array structure, which includes a fin-shaped metal heatsink, a metal bottom base of heatsink, and a substrate. The upper surface of substrate is connected with the metal bottom base of heatsink, the lower surface is connected with a chip. The chip works as heat source. There is a rectangular through-cavity array in the bottom base as radiation aperture. The substrate contains multiple metal layers and dielectric layers. The top metal layer has rectangular apertures corresponding to the rectangular through-cavity array in the bottom base. The dielectric layers contain metallic vias to construct a substrate integrated waveguide structure. The metallic vias effectively reduce the thermal resistance between the fin-shaped metal heatsink and the chip, and form the substrate integrated waveguide structure as the feeding network of heatsink antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Min Tang, Jiawei Qian, Yueping Zhang, Junfa Mao
  • Patent number: 11677144
    Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna array which includes a structure in the form of a hexagonal pyramid with a flat top surface/facet. According to preferred aspects, the pedestal support of the present invention preferably further includes six side facets which are preferably disposed 60 degrees from each other. Preferably, each side facet preferably supports a patch antenna and the top facet supports a top/zenith antenna. According to a preferred embodiment, the azimuth antennas may be offset from the ground plane by an angle between 20 and 60 degrees. The zenith antenna is preferably substantially parallel to the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: ORBCOMM INC.
    Inventors: Phil Lafleur, Vadim Volinski
  • Patent number: 11677133
    Abstract: A deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna is provided that includes a flexible reflectarray and a deployment structure that includes an endless pantograph for deploying the flexible reflectarray from a folded, undeployed state towards a deployed state in which the flexible reflectarray is substantially planar. In a particular embodiment, the deployment structure includes a plurality of tapes that engage the endless pantograph and are used to establish a positional relationship between the deployed reflectarray and another component of the reflectarray antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: M.M.A. Design, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Harvey, Toby J. Harvey, Mitchell T. Wiens, Mark A. Bailey, Shane E. Stamm, Christopher A. Pelzmann
  • Patent number: 11670860
    Abstract: Provided herein are various enhanced antenna structures for radio frequency communications. In one example, an antenna includes a single-arm spiral antenna having an antenna element configured to couple to a radio frequency link at a central node of the spiral. A ground element is disposed proximate to the central node of the spiral and configured to couple to a ground reference for the radio frequency link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Patrick Cencich, W. Neill Kefauver
  • Patent number: 11664584
    Abstract: A monopole antenna assembly includes a cable having a cable inner conductor and a cable outer conductor. The monopole antenna assembly includes an antenna base including a ground plane. The ground plane is electrically connected to the cable outer conductor using a compression connection. The monopole antenna assembly includes a monopole radiator having a radiating element and a cable connection element extending from the radiating element. The crimp element is coupled to the cable inner conductor at a compression connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Xing Yun
  • Patent number: 11652297
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system having a plurality of transmitters for launching, according to a signal, instances of first electromagnetic waves having different phases to induce propagation of a second electromagnetic wave at an interface of a transmission medium, the second electromagnetic wave having a non-fundamental wave mode and a non-optical operating frequency, wherein the plurality of transmitters has a corresponding plurality of antennas. A reflective plate is spaced a distance behind the plurality of antennas relative to a direction of the propagation of the second electromagnetic wave. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J. Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 11652295
    Abstract: An antenna element includes an outer conductor and an inner conductor. The outer conductor forms a perimeter of the antenna element. The inner conductor is physically and electrically connected to the outer conductor only at an intermediate connection at an inner portion of the outer conductor. The outer conductor and the inner conductor are arranged to form a slot therebetween. The slot extends around the inner conductor such that each end of the slot is adjacent to the intermediate connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PLUME DESIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Miroslav Samardzija, Arthur Tung, Brian Nam, Liem Hieu Dinh Vo, William J. McFarland
  • Patent number: 11652282
    Abstract: A liquid crystal antenna is provided. The liquid crystal antenna includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer, a plurality of transmission electrodes including a first transmission electrode and a second transmission electrode, a plurality of signal lines including a first signal line and a second signal line, a plurality of signal terminals including a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal, and a ground electrode. A transmission electrode is electrically connected to a signal terminal through at least one signal line. The first transmission electrode is connected to the first signal terminal through the first signal line, and the second transmission electrode is connected to the second signal terminal through the second signal line. A resistance of the first signal line is A, and a resistance of the second signal line is B, where A/B is less than 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CHENGDU TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuocai Yang, Qinyi Duan, Ning He, Donghua Wang, Yingru Hu, Kerui Xi, Zhenyu Jia, Jinhao Shen
  • Patent number: 11652284
    Abstract: A nozzle cap assembly includes a body with a first curved side wall, the body defining a top end and a bottom end positioned opposite from the top end; a nut, the top end of the body positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; a spacer comprising a hollow body, the hollow body defining a curved outer surface, the spacer positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; and an antenna assembly coupled to the curved outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Isaac Ortiz, David James Carlos Dunn, Yanlong Li, Jesse Alvin Faunce
  • Patent number: 11648889
    Abstract: A vehicle decorative part includes a decorative main body and a heater. The decorative main body is configured to be attached to a vehicle at a front side in a transmission direction of millimeter waves from a millimeter wave radar and has a millimeter wave transparency. The heater has a heating element that emits heat when energized. At least a part of the heating element is located in an irradiation region of the millimeter waves in the heater. As a millimeter wave attenuation reducing configuration that reduces attenuation of the millimeter waves passing through the heater, the heating element is incorporated in the heater in a condition where an area proportion of an area of a section of the heating element that occupies the irradiation region to an area of the irradiation region is set such that an attenuation amount of the millimeter waves is less than or equal to a permissible value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Hideto Maeda
  • Patent number: 11641061
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a millimeter wave antenna having a ground plane, resonating element, feed, and parasitic element. The resonating element may include first, second, and third layer of traces that are shorted together. The second traces may be interposed between the first and third traces and the third traces may be interposed between the second traces and the parasitic. The third traces may have a width that is less than the widths of the second and third traces. The third traces and the parasitic may define a constrained volume having an associated cavity resonance that lies outside of a frequency band of interest. If desired, the resonating element may include a single layer of conductive traces having a grid of openings that disrupt impedance in a transverse direction, thereby mitigating the trapping of energy within the frequency band of interest between the resonating element and the parasitic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Simone Paulotto, Basim H. Noori, Matthew A. Mow
  • Patent number: 11634089
    Abstract: An emblem (30) (vehicle decorative part) includes a decorative main body (31) and a heater (55). The decorative main body (31) is configured to be attached to a vehicle at a front side in a transmission direction of millimeter waves from a millimeter wave radar to decorate the vehicle and has a millimeter wave transparency. The heater (55) has a heating element (57) that emits heat when energized. At least a part of the heating element (57) is located in a irradiation region (Z1) of the millimeter waves in the heater (55). As a millimeter wave attenuation reducing configuration that reduces attenuation of the millimeter waves passing through the heater (55), the heating element (57) is incorporated in the heater (55) in a condition where an area proportion of an area of a section of the heating element (57) that occupies the irradiation region (Z1) to an area of the irradiation region (Z1) is set such that an attenuation amount of the millimeter waves is less than or equal to a permissible value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Hideto Maeda
  • Patent number: 11621483
    Abstract: A nozzle cap assembly includes a body with a first curved side wall, the body defining a top end and a bottom end positioned opposite from the top end; a nut, the top end of the body positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; a spacer comprising a hollow body, the hollow body defining a curved outer surface, the spacer positioned between the nut and the bottom end of the body; and an antenna assembly coupled to the curved outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Isaac Ortiz, David James Carlos Dunn, Yanlong Li, Jesse Alvin Faunce
  • Patent number: 11611145
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes an asymmetric antenna, an antenna feed and a ground plane connected to the asymmetric antenna via the antenna feed. The ground plane includes radials which radiate from the antenna feed. Each of the radials includes: a first conductive element having a first end and a second end, the first end being conductively connected to the antenna feed, a second conductive element conductively unconnected to the first conductive element and to the antenna feed, and a resistor connecting the second end of the first conductive element to the second conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Infinidome Ltd.
    Inventor: Moshe Kaplan
  • Patent number: 11594805
    Abstract: An antenna assembly for a portable information handling system. The antenna assembly includes an antenna bounding component, the antenna bounding component being electrically and physically connected to a top cover portion of the portable information handling system; and, an antenna, the antenna being mounted to the antenna bounding portion, radio frequency (RF) radiation radiating via an RF radiation path, the RF radiation path being provided by a radiation slot, the radiation slot being located within a bottom cover portion of the portable information handling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Mark Andrew Schwager, Sumana Pallampati, Kai-Yuan Cheng, Nicholas G. DiLoreto, Zhong-Chao Lee, Changsoo Kim, Ching Cheng Hsu, Yu-Feng Huang