Patents Examined by Tho G. Phan
  • Patent number: 11966802
    Abstract: An RFID system includes an RFID antenna assembly configured to be positioned on a product module assembly of a processing system. The product module assembly is configured to releasably engage at least one product container. A first RFID tag assembly configured to be positioned on the at least one product container. The at least one product container is configured to position the first RFID tag assembly within a detection zone of the RFID antenna assembly whenever the product module assembly releasably engages the at least one product container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventors: James J. Dattolo, David Blumberg, Jr., Eric J. VanWyk
  • Patent number: 11967774
    Abstract: An antenna array for a high frequency device includes a plurality of antenna elements used for a radar device and arranged in a two-dimensional array in a predetermined area. The plurality of antenna elements includes grouped on-elements and single on-elements with specific distance for grating lobe cancellation, each of them is electrically connected to a phase shifter. The on-elements are arranged such that density of the on-elements at a center portion in the two-dimensional array is high and density of the on-elements at four corners in the two-dimensional array is low.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIRISE Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Masato Kohtani
  • Patent number: 11959952
    Abstract: An anechoic chamber and a construction method thereof are provided, the anechoic chamber includes a top surface, being a polygon; trapezoid surfaces, corresponding to edges of top surface, upper edge lengths of trapezoid surface being equal to edge lengths of top surface, trapezoid surfaces being connected to edges of top surface through the upper edges, the trapezoid surfaces being sequentially connected along a circumferential direction of top surface, and being at angle to the top surface; rectangular surfaces, corresponding to the trapezoid surfaces, upper edge lengths of rectangular surface being equal to lower edge lengths of trapezoid surface, rectangular surfaces being connected to the trapezoid surfaces through the upper edges, the rectangular surfaces being sequentially connected along a circumferential direction of the lower edges of trapezoid surfaces, and being perpendicular to the top surface; and an absorbing material, disposed on the top surface, the trapezoid surfaces and the rectangular surf
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING ORIENT INSTITUTE OF MEASUREMENT AND TEST
    Inventors: Zibin He, Deqiang Song, Hao Xing, Huiru Zhang, Shujuan Song, Hao Chai, Zheng Li, Quan Chen, Yizhou Wang, Wenyu Cheng
  • Patent number: 11955719
    Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to an antenna system comprising two oppositely directed antennas integrated in a structure including two layers of resistivity switching material, and methods for controlling transmission of radiation through the layers of resistivity switching material to thereby allow for simultaneous and switchable transmission of antenna radiation in two opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: United Arab Emirates University
    Inventors: Mahmoud F. Y. Al Ahmad, Abdul-Halim Jallad
  • Patent number: 11949168
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a motorized drive assembly that includes a motor and a drive assembly, where the drive assembly has an axle configured to be disposed through a rotatable substrate of a polarization shifter for a dual-polarized radiating element, the axle being further configured to fasten, at a first end of the axle, to a support structure of the polarization shifter, wherein, when the motorized drive assembly is assembled to the polarization shifter, the motor is controllable to impart rotational forces, via movement of the axle, to the polarization shifter to effect polarization adjusting for the dual-polarized radiating element. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ISCO International, LLC
    Inventors: Amr Abdelmonem, Anthony Teillet, Richard Loy Smith, Jr., David E. Urbasic, Richard David Peacock, Andre F. A Fournier, Guenadi Miliavski
  • Patent number: 11949169
    Abstract: A resistive splitter can include a monolithic substrate and a patterned resistive layer formed over the monolithic substrate. The resistive splitter can include a first terminal, a second terminal, and a third terminal each connected with the patterned resistive layer. The resistive splitter can include at least one frequency compensating conductive layer formed over a portion of the patterned resistive layer. In some embodiments, the resistive splitter can exhibit a first insertion loss response between the first terminal and the second terminal that is greater than about ?10 dB for frequencies ranging from about 0 GHz up to about 30 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation
    Inventors: Cory Nelson, Gheorghe Korony
  • Patent number: 11942684
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns an antenna subsystem that can be used in various repeater systems to optimize gain of the repeater by increasing isolation between donor and server antennas, wherein at least one of the donor and server antennas is an active multi-mode antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS (SAN DIEGO), INC.
    Inventors: Abhishek Singh, Sebastian Rowson, Laurent Desclos, Jeffrey Shamblin
  • Patent number: 11940477
    Abstract: A method of determining electromagnetic exposure values for radiative compliance tests a transmitting device with multiple transmitters or antenna. The device transmits a first set of excitation signals that are chosen in advance. These signals are measured for their electromagnetic exposure values. A second set of excitation signals are then transmitted that are adaptively chosen based on result of a previous measurements of the first excitation signals. The second set of signals are also measured. From the measurements of the predetermined and adaptive signals, the electromagnetic exposure values of all possible transmitted signals are inferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: University of Notre Dame du Lac
    Inventors: Bertrand Hochwald, Arash Ebadi Shahrivar
  • Patent number: 11940634
    Abstract: An antenna and a formulation and method for making the antenna are disclosed. The antenna comprises: a first phase comprising at least one polymer; a second phase comprising at least one first component; and, optionally; and an interface between the first and second phases, wherein the interface has a concentration gradient of the at least one first component, whereby the concentration of the at least one first component decreases with distance away from the second phase towards the first phase, wherein the at least one first component comprises at least one functional component, at least one functional precursor component, or combinations thereof, and the at least one first component, in combination with the at least one polymer, has a high dielectric constant and/or a low dielectric loss tangent, wherein the antenna is a functional antenna, a functional precursor antenna, or a combination of a functional and functional precursor antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventors: Bhavana Deore, Chantal Paquet, Thomas Lacelle, Patrick Roland Lucien Malenfant, Rony Amaya, Joseph Hyland
  • Patent number: 11936104
    Abstract: Disclosed is a Luneberg lens that is formed of a plurality of wedge sections that can be easily assembled into a sphere. The wedge sections can be formed of an injection molded plastic, which can dramatically reduce the cost of manufacturing the lens. Different configurations of wedge sections are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Urtz, Jeremy Benn, Evan Wayton
  • Patent number: 11936115
    Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic device comprising an antenna module and a wireless communication circuit. The antenna module comprises: a printed circuit board comprising a first surface extending in a first direction and a second surface extending in a second direction opposite the first direction; a first area comprising a first antenna array; a second area comprising a second antenna array and at least partially overlapping the first area; a third area comprising a third antenna array and not overlapping the first area; a fourth area comprising a fourth antenna array and at least partially overlapping the third area; and a ground layer. The wireless communication circuit is electrically connected to the plurality of antenna arrays and transmits and/or receives a signal having a frequency in a range of about 3 GHz to 100 GHz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeonwoo Kim, Wonbin Hong, Wonpyo Kwon, Sehyun Park, Sumin Yun
  • Patent number: 11929550
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) connector includes an insulating portion configured in a cylindrical shape; an outer conducting portion configured in a cylindrical shape and disposed to surround an outer circumferential surface of the insulating portion; and an inner conducting portion disposed inside the insulating portion in a hollow shape and having both ends protruding from the insulating portion, the insulating portion electrically separating the outer conducting portion from the inner conducting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yiwei Ma, Rongbiao Su, Yuanwei Wang
  • Patent number: 11924967
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a substrate includes a first dielectric substrate with a first through-hole, a second dielectric substrate with a first conductive via, a first signal line provided between the first dielectric substrate and the second dielectric substrate, a third dielectric substrate with a second conductive via, a first planar conductor provided between the second and third dielectric substrates and located away from the first and second conductive vias, a fourth dielectric substrate, and a second signal line provided between the third and fourth dielectric substrates. At least a part of a first inner wall of the first through-hole is not covered with a conductor. The first through-hole and the first conductive via partially overlap in a first direction. The first and second conductive vias partially overlap in the first direction. The second conductive via and the second signal line partially overlap in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Makoto Sano
  • Patent number: 11916308
    Abstract: A method of detecting products includes a magnetic field generating device configured to generate a magnetic field, and a split ring resonator assembly configured to be magnetically coupled to the magnetic field generating device and configured to focus the magnetic field produced by the magnetic field generating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DEKA Products Limited Partnership
    Inventor: David Blumberg, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11909117
    Abstract: A modular radio frequency (RF) device includes N base units, each including a differential segmented array (DSA) tile with a support board and a two-dimensional (2D) array of electrically conductive tapered projections disposed on the support board. Neighboring pairs of the electrically conductive tapered projections form RF pixels. The N DSA tiles are arranged to form an RF aperture. The N base units are programmed to switch the RF aperture between a first operating mode and a second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the N base units are operated as at least two independent subsets with each subset operating as an RF transmitter or receiver independently of the other subsets. In the second operating mode all N base units coherently combine as a single phased array RF transmitter or receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Douglas A. Thornton, Kevin P. Crawford, Daniel A. Perkins, Raphael J. Welsh, Curtis A. Cutright
  • Patent number: 11909124
    Abstract: An electronic device having multiple antenna groups for data communication may determine a temperature of a first antenna group and determine a power gain of a second antenna group. The electronic device may communicate using the second antenna group in response to determining that the temperature of the first antenna group exceeds a temperature threshold and the power gain of the second antenna group exceeds a gain threshold. In some embodiments, the electronic device may receive communication link preferences, determine an antenna group that is disposed outside of thermal hotspots of the electronic device, and determine a beam that enables the communication link preferences via the antenna group. The electronic device may then transmit or receive data via the antenna group by forming the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Franz J. Eder, Carlo Tosetti, Kenan Kocagoez, Prashant H. Vashi, Murali Mohan Chakka, Muthukumaran Dhanapal
  • Patent number: 11909091
    Abstract: Expansion compensation structures for an antenna are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an array of antenna elements; and a structure coupled to the array of antenna elements, the structure having a plurality of components comprising materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs), wherein first and second components of the plurality of components are pin bonded with one or more pins, and one or more components of the plurality of components other than the first and second components are between the first and second components and have one or more slots through which the one or more pins traverse and have CTEs different than CTEs of the first and second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Howard Linn, Mehdi Afkhami Reihani, Stephen Olfert, Chris Eylander, Felix Chen, Corey Pfeiff, Jonathan Byron
  • Patent number: 11901627
    Abstract: The present invention provides a better electromagnetic lens, a method for producing it and a lens antenna. The electromagnetic lens is a winded body made of a strip material. The dielectric constant of a dielectric material gradually changes in both a transverse direction and a longitudinal direction of the strip material. After the strip material is winded to be a winded body, the dielectric material is distributed in at least one artificially predetermined three-dimensional space range called a lens body inside the winded body. A part of the winded body besides the lens body is called a non-lens part. The dielectric constant of the lens body is not lower than that the dielectric constant of the non-lens part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: FOSHAN EAHISON COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongzhen Zheng, Yongchao Lu, Yaozhi Sun, Jiaduo Li, Tao Li
  • Patent number: 11901629
    Abstract: Deployable reflector system includes a support structure and a reflector surface secured to the support structure. The support structure transition from a compact stowed configuration to a larger deployed configuration to deploy the reflector surface. The reflector surface is comprised of a carbon nanotube (CNT) sheet. The sheet is intricately folded in accordance with a predetermined folding pattern to define a compact folded state. This predetermined folding pattern is configured to permit automatic extension of the CNT sheet from a compact folded state to a fully unfolded state. The unfolding operation occurs when a tension force is applied to at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the CNT sheet. In some scenarios, the support structure can comprise a circumferential hoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Eagle Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Ian Peterson, Andrew Bucossi
  • Patent number: 11895253
    Abstract: According to various embodiments of the disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a first housing including a first insulating portion, a second housing including a second insulating portion adjacent to the first insulating portion, a hinge connecting the first housing and the second housing to be pivotable from a folded state to an unfolded state with respect to a pivot shaft, a hinge cover exposed to an outside and covering the hinge in the folded state and including a third insulating portion in at least a partial area thereof, a flexible display configured to be deformable in response to relative motion of the second housing with respect to the first housing, and an antenna structure including an antenna circuit board disposed in at least a partial area of the hinge and a plurality of antenna elements comprising at least one antenna forming an array on or in the antenna circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seunghan Seo, Jaehoon Song, Dongil Son