Patents Examined by Ricardo I Magallanes
  • Patent number: 11594820
    Abstract: The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to an antenna comprising: a plurality of Composite Right Left Handed (CRLH) magneto-electric unit-cell based structures, each CRLH magneto-electric unit-cell based structure comprising: a ground electrode for common electrical contacts, a first coaxial connector and a second coaxial connector, a first ground surface and a second ground surface, the first ground surface connected to a second end of the first coaxial connector and the second ground surface connected to a second end of the second coaxial connector, a coaxial line included in the second coaxial connector, a microstrip feed line connected to the coaxial line and electromagnetically coupled with the first and the second ground surfaces, and a first non-resonant meta-surface patch and a second non-resonant meta-surface patch, each of the first and second non-resonant meta-surface patches placed above a series-capacitor gap between the first ground surface and the second ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Senglee Foo
  • Patent number: 11581647
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a ground metal element, a first metal element, and a second metal element. The ground metal element has a slot. A feeding point is positioned at the first metal element. The first metal element and the second metal element are coupled to the ground metal element. The first metal element and the second metal element extend into the interior of the slot. The slot includes a first branch portion, a second branch portion, a third branch portion, and a fourth branch portion. The first metal element is disposed between the second branch portion and the third branch portion of the slot. The second metal element is disposed between the third branch portion and the fourth branch portion of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Yun-Tsan Lee, Chia-Hao Chang
  • Patent number: 11581662
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including a front plate and a rear plate disposed opposite the front plate, and a display disposed in a space between the front plate and the rear plate, and disposed at least partially along the front plate. The electronic device further includes a first antenna structure disposed in the space and configured to transmit or receive a first signal in a first frequency band, wherein the first antenna structure includes at least one first conductive pattern. The electronic device also includes a second antenna structure disposed in the space without being overlapped with the first conductive pattern when viewed from above the rear plate, and configured to transmit or receive a second signal in a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. In addition, the electronic device includes a conductive sheet disposed in the space and on the rear plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yonghyun Yoon, Mincheol Seo, Seho Kim, Minkyung Lee, Jongheon Lee, Sooyoung Jang, Hyuntae Jung, Kyunggu Kim, Jinwoo Jung
  • Patent number: 11569585
    Abstract: A highly integrated pattern-variable multi-antenna array, including a ground conductor structure, a first antenna array, a second antenna array, and an array conjoined grounding structure, is provided. A first inverted L-shaped resonant structure has a first feeding point, and the others respectively have a first switch and are electrically connected or coupled to the ground conductor structure. A second inverted L-shaped resonant structure has a second feeding point, and the others respectively have a second switch and are electrically connected or coupled to the ground conductor structure. The first and second antenna arrays respectively generate first and second resonance modes. The second and first resonance modes cover at least one same first communication frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Wei-Yu Li, Wei Chung, Kin-Lu Wong
  • Patent number: 11563275
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes a metal mechanism element, a dielectric substrate, a feeding radiation element, a coupling radiation element, a ground plane, a first shorting element, a second shorting element, and a circuit element. The metal mechanism element has a slot. The dielectric substrate has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other. The feeding radiation element extends across the slot. The coupling radiation element is adjacent to the feeding radiation element. The first shorting element is coupled to a first grounding point on the ground plane. The second shorting element is coupled to the metal mechanism element. The circuit element is coupled between the first shorting element and the second shorting element. The coupling radiation element is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate. The feeding radiation element is disposed on the second surface of the dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventor: Shih-Chiang Wei
  • Patent number: 11552387
    Abstract: A roof antenna may include an upper case formed to be opened at a lower portion thereof and including a plurality of fusion bosses and a plurality of hooks at the lower portion, a lower case coupled to the plurality of fusion bosses and the plurality of hooks to shield the opened lower portion of the upper case and configured to be coupled to a roof of a vehicle, and a rubber pad mounted to a lower portion of the lower case to prevent exposure to the outside by the upper case and provided so that the lower case is configured to be water-tightly coupled to the roof of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, ACE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byoung Hyun Lee, Hyunwoo Roh, Yoon-gi Kim
  • Patent number: 11545742
    Abstract: Example aspects of an antenna cap for an antenna node, an antenna assembly, and a method for assembling an antenna assembly are disclosed. The antenna cap for an antenna node can comprise a housing, the housing defining a continuous sidewall, the continuous sidewall defining a first end and a second end, an end wall at the first end, the end wall and continuous sidewall defining an interior cavity for receiving an antenna, an opening at the second end for access to the interior cavity, the continuous sidewall comprising a fastener proximate the second end for attaching the housing to the antenna node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy Alan McCraven
  • Patent number: 11545733
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including a first surface directed in a first direction and a second surface directed in a second direction that forms a predetermined first angle with respect to the first direction, a first antenna deployed on one surface of the first surface, and a second antenna deployed on one surface of the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juneseok Lee, Junsig Kum, Kwanghyun Baek, Dohyuk Ha, Jinsu Heo, Youngju Lee, Jungyub Lee
  • Patent number: 11539122
    Abstract: An antenna module (100) includes a dielectric substrate (130) having a multilayer structure, a first radiating electrode (121) and a ground electrode (GND) that are disposed in the dielectric substrate (130), and a second radiating electrode (150) disposed in a layer between the first radiating electrode (121) and the ground electrode (GND). The first radiating electrode (121) is a power feed element to which radio frequency power is supplied. When the antenna module (100) is viewed in plan from a normal direction of the dielectric substrate (130), the first radiating electrode (121) and the second radiating electrode (150) at least partially overlap with each other. A thickness of the second radiating electrode (150) is larger than that of the first radiating electrode (121).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisei Takayama, Kengo Onaka, Kaoru Sudo
  • Patent number: 11527809
    Abstract: A communication apparatus that includes a first antenna array having a first plurality of antenna elements, and a first plurality of thermoelectric devices that are arranged on the first plurality of antenna elements of the first antenna array. The communication apparatus further includes a processor that obtains traffic information of a geographical area surrounding a deployed location of the communication apparatus. The processor further controls each of the first plurality of thermoelectric devices to increase or decrease cooling from each of the first plurality of thermoelectric devices based on the obtained traffic information that indicates a number of user equipment (UEs) to be served in the geographical area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: PELTBEAM INC.
    Inventors: Mehdi Hatamian, Venkat Kalkunte
  • Patent number: 11527821
    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: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Isaac Ortiz, David James Carlos Dunn, Yanlong Li, Jesse Alvin Faunce
  • Patent number: 11527832
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) antenna is disclosed. The RFID antenna may include: a substrate; a radiator disposed on the substrate, the radiator comprising a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor that perpendicularly intersect a straight edge of the radiator, the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor being symmetrical to each other with respect to a central point of the radiator; a loop disposed on the substrate; and a stub disposed on the substrate between the loop and the central point of the radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: INTERMEC, INC.
    Inventor: Pavel Nikitin
  • Patent number: 11522295
    Abstract: An antenna structure includes first, second, and third radiators. The first radiator includes first, second, and third segments. One end of the first segment includes a signal feeding end. The second and third segments respectively extend in opposite directions from another end of the first segment. The second radiator includes a fourth segment, a fifth segment, and a sixth segment extending from an intersection of the fourth and fifth segments. The fourth segment includes a first ground end. The fifth segment includes a second ground end. A first slit is between the second and sixth segments; a second slit is between the third, fourth, and sixth segments. The third radiator includes seventh and eighth segments connected to each other in a bending manner. The seventh segment includes a third ground end. A third slit is between the first and seventh segments and between the third and eighth segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien-Yi Wu, Chao-Hsu Wu, Shih-Keng Huang, Cheng-Hsiung Wu, Ching-Hsiang Ko, Yi-Ru Yang
  • Patent number: 11522299
    Abstract: Presented herein is an electronic device comprising a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a first circuit board plane including a plurality of first patch antenna elements and a second circuit board plane including a plurality of second patch antenna elements, a communication module that transmits and receives a signal of a first frequency band using the plurality of first patch antenna elements, and transmits and receives a signal of a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band using the plurality of second patch antenna elements, a processor connected to the communication module, wherein central points of the plurality of first patch antenna elements are spaced apart from one another to have a first distance and central points of the plurality of second patch antenna elements are spaced apart from one another to have a second distance shorter than the first distance, and wherein the plurality of second patch antenna elements are arranged such that the central points of the plurality of sec
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sungchul Park, Sumin Yun
  • Patent number: 11515632
    Abstract: A dual-band antenna includes a first conductive portion, a ground layer, a ground portion, a second conductive portion and a third conductive portion. The first conductive portion has a resonant cavity. The ground portion extends from the ground layer toward the first conductive portion. The second conductive portion extends from the ground layer toward the first conductive portion. The third conductive portion extends from the ground layer toward the first conductive portion. The second conductive portion and the third conductive portion are disposed symmetrically with respect to the ground portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: INVENTEC APPLIANCES (PUDONG) CORPORATION, INVENTEC APPLIANCES CORP., INVENTEC APPLIANCES (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Wei Chang, Shu-Yang Tu
  • Patent number: 11515631
    Abstract: A wideband/broadband antenna is described, comprising a dielectric substrate with a first surface with an antenna feed with two conductors, comprising a first feed connection and a second feed connection, wherein the second feed connection is or acts as the ground. A first conductive layer extends from the antenna feed in a first direction and is electrically connected to the first feed connection, wherein the first conductive layer extends in a direction away from the antenna feed, and to a first end edge. A second conductive layer extends in a second direction, away from the first conductive layer, and is electrically connected to the second feed connection. A non-conductive zone separates the first and second conductive layers. On a second surface of the substrate there is a third conductive layer which extends from a second end edge in the direction towards the antenna feed, the extent of which at least in part coincides with that of the first conducting layer at the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: SHORTLINK RESOURCES AB
    Inventor: Alf Friman
  • Patent number: 11502408
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a first substrate (TFT substrate) including a first dielectric substrate, a second substrate (slot substrate) including a second dielectric substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and in all of an effective region and a portion of a non-effective region, a sealing seal portion configured to define the maximum value of the area of the liquid crystal layer when viewed from a normal direction of the first or second dielectric substrate, a cell gap control seal portion configured to define the minimum value of the thickness of the liquid crystal layer in the effective region, and a buffer portion provided in contact with the liquid crystal layer in the non-effective region and that deforms more easily due to external force than the first and second dielectric substrates in the effective region. The buffer portion includes a sheet and a joining section that joins the sheet and the first or second dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Yasuo, Kenichi Kitoh, Shinya Kadono, Junichi Inukai
  • Patent number: 11502389
    Abstract: In example implementations, an enclosure is provided. The enclosure includes a first layer of carbon fiber and a second layer of a carbon fiber pattern fabricated from a plastic. The first layer of carbon fiber is formed in a shape of a portable electronic device. An antenna window is formed in the first layer of the carbon fiber. The second layer of the carbon fiber pattern has a same shape and a same size as the first layer of carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Chien-Ting Lin, Chi Hao Chang, Kuan-Ting Wu
  • Patent number: 11495879
    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: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Isaac Ortiz, David James Carlos Dunn, Yanlong Li, Jesse Alvin Faunce
  • Patent number: 11482794
    Abstract: Systems and methods for providing a broadband antenna are described. The systems and methods involved providing a current sheet array. The current sheet array comprises a plurality of unit cells coupled together. Each unit cell comprises a slot and a stripline feed. The stripline feed couples to a dipole array through the slot. An electric field in the slot of a first unit cell is perpendicular to one or more of the stripline feed of the first unit cell and one or more dipoles of the first unit cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Matthew Salem, Jeffrey Godard