Patents Examined by Ricardo I Magallanes
  • Patent number: 11367941
    Abstract: A coupling assembly for a first device having a bayonet is provided. The coupling assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and first fasteners securing the top and bottom plates to one another. The top plate having a slot along a connection axis, where the slot receives the bayonet. The bottom plate has a locking arm in axial alignment with the slot and a biasing arm in a region that is radially offset from the locking arm. The region of the bottom plate receives the bayonet, when in a locked position, with the locking arm preventing the bayonet, by interference with locking arm, from rotating about the connection axis back into alignment with the slot and with the biasing arm preventing the bayonet, by interference with biasing arm, from being withdrawn axially along the connection axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: RF ELEMENTS SRO
    Inventors: Juraj Tapti{hacek over (c)}, Martin Marcin{hacek over (c)}ák
  • Patent number: 11355832
    Abstract: A communications device is provided, including a metal carrier having a mounting plane with at least one mounting area, and further includes an antenna element disposed in each mounting area. The mounting area is where the mounting plane intersects a circle centered at a feedpoint of the antenna element in the area and whose radius does not exceed a specified radius. When a boundary line of the mounting area includes a boundary line, a distance from the feedpoint to the boundary line is less than or equal to a specified distance; and/or when a boundary line of the mounting area includes a vertex of the mounting plane, a distance from the feedpoint to the vertex is less than or equal to a specified distance. A feed position on the antenna element is designed to obtain relatively good antenna roundness performance and enhance an antenna signal coverage effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Changshun Deng, Chuan Liu, Ke Long, Shuchen Zhao, Ji Yan
  • Patent number: 11355846
    Abstract: An antenna structure with wide radiation bandwidth includes a first radiation portion, a ground portion, a connection portion, a second radiation portion, and a feed portion. The ground portion is positioned at a plane perpendicular to plane of the first radiation portion. The ground portion is grounded. The connection portion connects to one side of the first radiation portion. The second radiation portion connects to one side of the connection portion away from the first radiation portion. The feed portion is electrically connected to the connection portion and the second radiation portion for feeding current and signals to the antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Futaijing Precision Electronics (Yantai) Co., Ltd., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Hsiang-Neng Wen, Chi-Sheng Liu, Yung-Yu Tai, Ching-Ling Wu
  • Patent number: 11349198
    Abstract: An antenna structure applied in a wireless communication device includes a metal frame. The wireless communication device includes at least one electronic component. The metal frame includes a substrate. The substrate includes an antenna. The antenna includes a feed portion and a gap. The feed portion spans the gap. The metal frame is spaced from the electronic component. A clearance is formed between the metal frame and the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Mobile Drive Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Jia Chen, Kuo-Cheng Chen, Jian-Wei Chang, Zhen-Chang Tang, Yi-Ling Jiang, Wei-Yu Ye, Bo Peng, Chun-Sheng Wu
  • Patent number: 11329399
    Abstract: There is provided an antenna arrangement. The antenna arrangement comprises a baseband chain. The antenna arrangement comprises an antenna array. The antenna array is coupled to the baseband chain and divided into a first sub-array and a second sub-array. The first sub-array comprises antenna elements of only a first polarization and the second sub-array comprises antenna elements of only a second polarization. The first sub-array and the second sub-array have their antenna elements at identical locations relative each other, except for the antenna elements of the first sub-array and the antenna elements of the second sub-array being translated, but not rotated, relative each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Sven Petersson, Andreas Nilsson
  • Patent number: 11309632
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low-loss and flexible curved or orthogonal transmission line-integrated multi-port antenna for an mmWave band. The low-loss and flexible curved transmission line-integrated multi-port antenna includes a multi-port antenna portion which includes a plurality of single antennas and forms multi-ports and a transmission line portion which includes a plurality of transmission lines which correspond to the single antennas, respectively, are integrated with electricity feeding portions of the single antennas to which central conductors used as signal lines of the transmission lines correspond, and has a curved shape. Here, the single antennas each include a ground plate, a dielectric substrate, formed on the ground plate, a signal conversion portion formed on the dielectric substrate, and an electricity feeding portion formed on the dielectric substrate and connected to the signal conversion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SENSORVIEW CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Nam Kim, Hong Il Yoo
  • Patent number: 11303025
    Abstract: A 5G dual-polarized antenna module and a terminal device are disclosed. The 5G dual-polarized antenna module comprises a substrate, a first metal ground and at least one antenna unit group are disposed in the substrate, the first metal ground partitions the substrate into a first region and a second region, the antenna unit group includes a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit which are located in the first region, and the first antenna unit comprises a dipole element and a parasitic element matched with the dipole element; the second antenna unit comprises a T-shaped probe, which is partially located between the dipole element and the parasitic element; and a first ground layer conductive with the first metal ground is disposed on the bottom surface of the substrate. The 5G dual-polarized antenna module thus being particularly suitable for light and thin terminal devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SUNWAY COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yue Zhao, Anping Zhao
  • Patent number: 11303031
    Abstract: An antenna device including: a ground conductor having one end and another end in a longitudinal direction; a feeding antenna conductor disposed close to the other end; a non-feeding antenna conductor disposed close to the one end; an artificial magnetic conductor that is layered between the feeding and the non-feeding antenna conductors, and the ground conductor, and that is disposed away from each of the feeding and non-feeding antenna conductors, and the ground conductor; and at least one via conductor that is disposed between the one end of the ground conductor and the non-feeding antenna conductor in the longitudinal direction, and that electrically connects the ground conductor and the artificial magnetic conductor, wherein in the longitudinal direction, a length from the one end of the ground conductor to the non-feeding antenna conductor is shorter than a length from the other end of the ground conductor to the feeding antenna conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taichi Hamabe
  • Patent number: 11296400
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a ground plane that includes an edge and a surface, a protruding metallic member that includes a first connecting part and a second connecting part coupled to the ground plane, protrudes from the edge, and constructs a first loop including the edge, and a T-shaped antenna element that extends from a feeding point to a first end and a second end along the edge, the feeding point being disposed in the vicinity of the surface between the first connecting part and the second connecting part of the first loop, wherein a length of the first loop corresponds to an electric length of one wavelength in a first frequency, and corresponds to an electric length of two wavelengths in a second frequency that is a second order harmonic of the first frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Yamagajo, Yohei Koga, Manabu Yoshikawa, Tabito Tonooka, Hirotake Sumi
  • Patent number: 11296416
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a metamaterial structure antenna may comprise: a feed line for feeding a signal; a ground plane comprising a cross-shaped aperture forming circular polarization on the basis of a magnetic field induced by the fed signal; and a patch plane formed parallel to the ground plane which emits electromagnetic waves on the basis of the circular polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jae-Seok Park, Jeong-Hae Lee, Jae-Hyun Park, Kwi-Seob Um, Young-Ho Ryu, Chang-Hyun Lee, Sang-Wook Kwon, Sung-Bum Park, Jae-Gon Lee, Sang-Wook Chi
  • Patent number: 11296396
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an antenna wiring sleeve, and an antenna assembly provided with the wiring sleeve. The antenna assembly comprises a pole and several antenna vertically distributed on the pole along the axial direction, each antenna being internally provided with a wiring sleeve mounted on the pole, cables on each antenna passing through the wiring sleeve in the antenna located below and passing along the axial direction of the pole through the antenna located below, each wiring sleeve comprising a sleeve body and a plurality of wiring grooves formed on a side surface of the sleeve body for the cables on the antenna to pass through. The wiring sleeve is additionally arranged on the antenna pole so as to axially wire the antenna cables along the outside of the pole, thereby saving space, achieving an aesthetically pleasing and neat appearance, and facilitating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER TECHNOLOGY (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kun Wang, Yan Zhang, Jing Sun
  • Patent number: 11289823
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna and an electronic device. The antenna has a radiation part, a grounding sheet arranged separated from the radiation part and a number of ground connection parts. The radiation part has four radiators forming a first gap and a second gap. Each radiator is electrically connected to the grounding sheet through a ground connection part. The ground connection part includes at least an attaching sheet and a number of metal through holes. Each side of opposite two sides of each attaching sheet is electrically connected to at least one of the metal through holes. The electronic device includes the antenna. According to the technical scheme, the antenna has the advantage of low profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Si Chen, Jing Wu
  • Patent number: 11289808
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a tunable dual spectrum antenna aperture including a RF antenna having first and second portions, wherein the first portion comprises a photoconductor material having a conductive state and a non-conductive state, and an IR sensor to detect IR energy. The state of the first portion determines a size of the RF antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Timothy R. Holzheimer, Ricardo H. Paredes
  • Patent number: 11289810
    Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a grounding conductor, a first radiator, and a second radiator. The grounding conductor has a grounding function. The first radiator has a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, and a feeding portion configured to connect to a signal source. The second radiator includes a third radiating portion, a fourth radiating portion, and a first grounding portion. A length of the third radiating portion or a length of the fourth radiating portion is longer than lengths of first radiating portion and the second radiating portion combined, and the third radiating portion or the fourth radiating portion is radiationally coupled with the first radiating portion and the second radiating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chao-An Lyu
  • Patent number: 11283192
    Abstract: Directive gain antenna elements implemented with an aperture-fed patch array antenna assembly are described. A feed network for the aperture-fed patch array may include offset apertures and may also include meandering feed lines. Scalable aperture shapes and orientations that can be used with antennas operating at any frequency and with dual orthogonal polarizations are also disclosed. Directive gain antenna elements implemented with arrays of orthogonal reflected dipoles are also described with optimal feed networks and parasitic elements to achieve desired directive gain characteristics. Such arrayed dipole antennas feature dual orthogonal polarizations with assembly tabs that lower cost and improve reliability. Backhaul radios that incorporate said antennas are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SKYLINE PARTNERS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: David Andrew G. Lea, Kevin J. Negus
  • Patent number: 11276915
    Abstract: Embodiments include apparatuses, methods, and systems including an electronic apparatus having a configurable sector cavity antenna integrated into a PCB. The configurable sector cavity antenna may include a first panel embedded within a first layer of the PCB along an edge of the first layer, and a second panel embedded within a second layer of the PCB along an edge of the second layer. The configurable sector cavity antenna may further include a fixed via wall to couple the first panel and the second panel along an inner edge of the first panel and the inner edge of the second panel, and a switchable via wall to selectively couple multiple interior points of the first panel and multiple interior points of the second panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jose Rodrigo Camacho Perez, Aycan Erentok, Huan-Sheng Hwang, Paul Beaucourt, Thomas H. Liu, Brian Girvin
  • Patent number: 11267410
    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: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Hideto Maeda
  • Patent number: 11264730
    Abstract: An Antenna Radiating Element provides 4 simultaneous isolated radiation ports that can be used to increase the orders of MIMO communication for wireless applications. An antenna array that contains a plurality of the Quad-Port Radiating Elements (QPRE). An antenna that contains multiple arrays of the QPRE in single-band or Multi-Band configurations that produces 2× the available polarization states without the need to increase the antenna aperture or reduce the size of the antenna array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Amphenol Antenna Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: James E. Thompson, Jr., Mark W. Kishler, Jodie M. Bell, Joshua W. Shehan, Kostyantyn Semonov, Ryan M. Nagel, James C. Carson
  • Patent number: 11258185
    Abstract: A system comprises a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a two-dimensional array, and a plurality of transmitter circuits communicatively coupled to the antenna elements, wherein the antenna elements and transmitter circuits are configured such that desired components of signals output by the plurality of transmitter circuits and radiated via the antenna elements coherently combine in a desired direction. Each of the transmitter circuits is operable to generate a corresponding second signal for transmission via a respective one of the antenna elements by shifting a phase of undesired components in the signal relative to a phase of desired components in the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: MaxLinear, Inc.
    Inventor: Curtis Ling
  • Patent number: 11245206
    Abstract: A multi-mode antenna system include at least a first modal antenna and a second modal antenna. The first modal antenna is disposed on a ground plane of a circuit board and configurable in a plurality of different modes. The first modal antenna can include a driven element, at least one parasitic element and an active element configured to adjust a reactance of the at least one parasitic element. The multi-mode antenna system further includes a second modal antenna disposed on the ground plane and configurable in a plurality of different modes. The second modal antenna can include a driven element, at least one parasitic element, and an active element configured to adjust a reactance of the at least one parasitic element. The parasitic element of the second modal antenna is positioned such that adjusting the reactance of the parasitic element affects the radiation pattern associated with the first modal antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AVX Antenna, Inc.
    Inventor: Abhishek Singh