Patents Examined by Trinh Dinh
  • Patent number: 9425507
    Abstract: Disclosed is a phased-array antenna. The phased-array antenna includes a plurality of element antennas having feed lines formed thereon, antenna modules configured to extend and be disposed in longitudinal directions of the element antennas and independently connected to one ends of the plurality of element antennas, respectively, and a signal distribution module disposed in a direction perpendicular to the antenna modules, having one side surfaces being perpendicularly connected to each of the antenna modules, and configured to distribute an input signal to the corresponding antenna modules through connection pins whose one sides are respectively connected to the antenna modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: XMW INC.
    Inventor: Moohong Lee
  • Patent number: 9413072
    Abstract: In a lower-side-columnar-conductor installing process, a first columnar sub-conductor (2), a second columnar sub-conductor (3), and a first main columnar conductor (1) are set up individually, and the first main columnar conductor (1) is disposed between the first columnar sub-conductor (2) and the second columnar sub-conductor (3). In a U-shaped-conductor fastening process, the upper-side end portion of the first columnar sub-conductor (2) is arranged facing one end of a U-shaped conductor (7) bent in a U-shape, the upper-side end portion of the second columnar sub-conductor (3) is arranged facing the other end of the U-shaped conductor (7), and the center portion of the U-shaped conductor (7) is fastened to the tip portion of a second main columnar conductor (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Yamamoto, Atsushi Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Takeuchi, Junji Takaki
  • Patent number: 9407004
    Abstract: An antenna circuit board assembly comprises a substrate having a ground plane comprised of a conductive material; a first antenna element mounted to the substrate and coupled to the ground plane; a second antenna element mounted to the substrate and coupled to the ground plane; a third antenna element mounted to the substrate and coupled to the ground plane; and a plurality of features etched into the ground plane, each of the plurality of features having a respective length and a respective width. The respective length and the respective width of each of the plurality of features are selected to increase isolation between the first, second, and third antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Foster Bishop, Luis Cardenas
  • Patent number: 9385424
    Abstract: The three-dimensional integrated structure including a support element, an interface device connected to the support element by first electrically conductive connection, an integrated circuit arranged between the support element and the interface device and connected to the interface device by second electrically conductive connection, a filler region between the second electrically conductive connection and between the interface device and the integrated circuit, and an antenna, having a radiating element in electromagnetic coupling with an excitation element through the interconnection of a slot, the antenna being distributed over the interface device and the integrated circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: STMicroelectronics SA, Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Pierre Bar, Laurent Dussopt, Jean-François Carpentier
  • Patent number: 9368867
    Abstract: System for positioning a reflector includes a base (112), yoke (104) and a reflector in the form of a lens mirror assembly (10). A motor (120) is mounted and remains substantially stationary with respect to rotation about a first axis while the yoke rotates about the first axis. A connecting rod (152) actuated for movement by the motor is mechanically coupled to the reflector so that movement of the connecting rod in relation to the yoke imparts rotation to the reflector about the second axis when the reflector is supported by the yoke. A mechanical drive system couples an output shaft of the motor to the connecting rod. The mechanical drive system is arranged so that it varies an angular position of the reflector at a rate which is linearly related to the rotation of the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Evans
  • Patent number: 9362623
    Abstract: An antenna is disclosed. The antenna includes a substrate and an antenna layer disposed on a top surface of the substrate. The antenna layer includes a patch and a feed line electrically connected to the patch. The patch includes a number of slots disposed at a center portion thereof for forming a gridding part and an edge part surrounding the gridding part. A ratio of the width of the edge part and the width of the patch is at least 0.32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Yew Choon Tan, Ng Guan Hong, Roger Tay
  • Patent number: 9362616
    Abstract: A dipole antenna comprises a hollow dielectric whip, a coaxial center feed extending therethrough, and a pair of conductive dipole elements comprising an upper element and a lower element. The dipole antenna further comprises an upper element lead connecting the upper element to a first portion of the coaxial center feed at a feed point and a lower element lead connecting the lower element to a second portion of the coaxial center feed at the feed point. The dipole antenna further comprises a feed point strengthening means to mechanically strengthen the feed point against disconnection when the whip is impacted. Additionally, the dipole antenna may be a dual dipole antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: R.A. Miller Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Bogdans
  • Patent number: 9362624
    Abstract: An antenna, including at least one set of conductive arms radiative at a resonant frequency, the at least one set of conductive arms including a first conductive arm having a first terminus and a second conductive arm having a second terminus, the first and second termini being closely spaced so as to form a capacitive gap therebetween, the capacitive gap having a width, a feed connection located on the first conductive arm, a first electrical length being defined along the first conductive arm between the feed connection and the first terminus, a ground connection located on the second conductive arm, a second electrical length being defined along the second conductive arm between the ground connection and the second terminus, the resonant frequency depending at least on the width of the capacitive gap and on the first and second electrical lengths, a total electrical length along the set of conductive arms between the first and second termini being less than or equal to half of a wavelength corresponding to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: GALTRONICS CORPORATION, LTD
    Inventors: Marin Stoytchev, Randell Cozzolino
  • Patent number: 9350078
    Abstract: A structure of the present disclosure is provided with a first conductor element (11), a conductor pattern (19) facing the first conductor element (11). In the conductor pattern (19), a part opposed to the first conductor element (11) includes a line part (14) with an open end (141), an opening (13) partially surrounding the line part (14) and a second conductor element (12) surrounding the opening (13) and being continuous to the line part (14). The first conductor element (11) and the line part (14) make up a microstrip line (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Ando, Hiroshi Toyao
  • Patent number: 9343806
    Abstract: Antennas are integrated into shield cans by etching one or more slots from a body portion thereof. Multiple antennas can be grouped onto a single shield can to provide both cost and space saving features. Antenna feed and ground connections are positioned on the circuit board and connections to the antenna are made when the shield can connects to the circuit board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ETHERTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Laurent Desclos, Jeffrey Shamblin
  • Patent number: 9343802
    Abstract: An antenna of a communication device includes a metal frame, a metal back cover and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a first circuit block and a second circuit block electrically connected to the first circuit block. A first conductor is connected between a first part of the metal frame and a signal terminal of the first circuit block. A second conductor is connected between a second part of the metal frame and a ground terminal of the first circuit block. A third conductor is connected to a third part of the metal frame. A fourth conductor is connected to a ground terminal of the second circuit block, and at least one coupling gap is defined between the third conductor and the fourth conductor. A signal terminal of the second circuit block is electrically connected to a fourth part of the metal frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsin-Cheng Su, Chun-Ta Liu, Shu-Chen Lin
  • Patent number: 9343811
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a phase adjustment apparatus. The phase adjustment apparatus includes at least two phase adjustment units, a switching apparatus, and a driving apparatus; where the at least two phase adjustment units are configured to modulate a phase; the driving apparatus is configured to drive the at least two phase adjustment units to move; the at least two phase adjustment units are selectively connected to the driving apparatus; and the switching apparatus is configured to select the at least two phase adjustment units, so that the driving apparatus drives, at a same moment, only one of the at least two phase adjustment units connected to the driving apparatus to move, so as to change a phase. The present invention discloses a multi-frequency antenna which applies the phase adjustment apparatus. The phase adjustment apparatus of the present invention may adjust a downtilt angle of an antenna unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shoubo Xie, Liming Zhao, Zhixiong Zhao, Maobin Li
  • Patent number: 9337542
    Abstract: A planar antenna comprising: a substrate, a resonant element generating an electromagnetic wave, a plurality of parallel, spaced apart conductive strips on the substrate, wherein conductive strips form collinear rows of at least two strips that are physically separated by a slot to guide the electromagnetic wave in a specific direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: William O. Coburn, Amir I. Zaghloul
  • Patent number: 9331383
    Abstract: An antenna structure is provided. The antenna structure includes a radiating portion having an approximately quadrangular body, wherein the quadrangular body has a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side, and a fourth side opposite to the third side; and a ground portion surrounding an entire length of the first side, an entire length of the fourth side, and at most a half of a length of the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: ARCADYAN TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jian-Jhih Du, Chih-Yung Huang, Kuo-Chang Lo
  • Patent number: 9325063
    Abstract: A radiation pattern insulator and an antennae system thereof are proposed. The radiation pattern insulator includes a dielectric substrate and a plurality of radiation pattern insulation elements. The dielectric substrate allocated between a plurality of antennae includes a top surface and a bottom surface, and a normal direction of the dielectric substrate is substantially perpendicular to propagation directions of electromagnetic waves radiated from the antennae. In addition, the radiation pattern insulation elements are allocated on the top surface or the bottom surface of the dielectric substrate, or alternatively, all allocated on the top surface and the bottom surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignees: Industrial Technology Research Institute, National Sun Yat-sen University
    Inventors: Chun-Yih Wu, Hung-Hsuan Lin, Ken-Huang Lin, Hsin-Lung Su, Chih-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 9318793
    Abstract: A display cover layer may be mounted in an electronic device housing using housing structures such as corner brackets. A slot antenna may be formed from a corner bracket opening, metal traces on a hollow plastic support structure, or other conductive structures. The slot antenna may have a main portion with opposing ends. An antenna feed may be located at one of the ends. The slot antenna may have a slot with one or more bends. The bends may provide the slot antenna with a C-shaped outline. A side branch slot may extend from the main portion of the slot at a location between the two bends. The presence of the side branch slot may enhance antenna bandwidth. A hollow enclosure may serve as an antenna support structure and as a speaker box enclosing a speaker driver. The antenna feed may be positioned so as to overlap the speaker driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jiang Zhu, Qingxiang Li, Robert W. Schlub, Miroslav Samardzija, Gordon Coutts, Rodney A. Gomez Angulo, Yi Jiang, Boon W. Shiu, Salih Yarga, Emily B. McMilin, Ruben Caballero
  • Patent number: 9306274
    Abstract: An antenna device (10) includes: an antenna (100) including a radiating element (101) and an internal ground (103); a coaxial cable (200) whose internal conductor (204) is connected with the radiating element (101) and whose external conductor (203) is connected with the internal ground (103); and an external ground (500) connected with the external conductor (203) of the coaxial cable (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: FUJIKURA LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroiku Tayama, Ning Guan
  • Patent number: 9306287
    Abstract: In an antenna structure having a serial connected capacitance effect, mainly a metallic planar antenna is provided thereon at least with a first metallic plane board, and a second metallic plane board being close to but not connected to the first metallic plane board to form the effect of capacitance in serial connecting. And more, the antenna structure further has an extension arm made from a microstrip extended from the antenna or the second metallic plane board, and can be optionally grounded or not grounded, for the purpose of adjusting the impedance value of the antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: AUDEN TECHNO CORP.
    Inventor: Chi-Ming Chiang
  • Patent number: 9306284
    Abstract: An antenna includes antenna coil having a magnetic-material core and a coil conductor. The antenna coil is arranged toward a side of a planar conductor, such as a circuit board. Of the coil conductor, a first conductor part close to a first main face of the magnetic-material core and a second conductor part close to a second main face of the magnetic-material core are provided such that the first conductor part is not over the second conductor part in view from a line in a direction normal to the first main face or the second main face of the magnetic-material core. In addition, a coil axis of the coil conductor is orthogonal to the side of the planar conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniaki Yosui, Hiroyuki Kubo, Hiromitsu Ito
  • Patent number: 9300055
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a system circuit board, a ground element, a communication module, a first antenna, a second antenna, a first ASM (Antenna Switch Module), and a second ASM. The first antenna is configured to receive or transmit a first signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna is configured to receive or transmit a second signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is different from the first frequency band. The first ASM is coupled between the first antenna and the communication module, and is configured to separate frequencies of the first signal. The second ASM is coupled between the second antenna and the communication module, and is configured to separate frequencies of the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Kuo-Hua Tseng, Chih-Hua Chang, Shao-Yu Huang