Patents Examined by Trinh V. Dinh
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Patent number: 10777872Abstract: Systems and devices are disclosed for implementing a low profile antenna that can be mounted on various platforms or vehicles without significantly changing the appearance of the platform or vehicle. The disclosed technology can be used to construct low profile antennas to reduce the antenna thickness while maintaining high efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ATOMICSInventors: John Robert Glabe, Daniel George Laramie
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Patent number: 10770784Abstract: In one embodiment, an antenna assembly includes a reflector antenna whose aperture is covered by a radome. The radome has a principle plane corresponding to the azimuth axis of the antenna. The radome has a bulk material and a pair of absorbers made of a radio-frequency (RF)-absorbent material different from the bulk material. The pair of absorbers are arranged symmetrically along the principle plane and about the center of the radome. The pair of absorbers are located near the perimeter of the radome and are at least partially embedded in the bulk material. The pair of absorbers cover from 4%-8% of the total aperture area of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2015Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Allan Mitchell Tasker, Slavi Rumenov Baev
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Patent number: 10763572Abstract: An antenna module is provided. The antenna module includes a circuit board, a conductive layer, and a spiral coil. The circuit board has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The circuit board further includes a first block and a second block connected to each other. The conductive layer is disposed on the first block. The spiral coil is disposed in the second block of the circuit board. The conductive layer at least partially surrounds the spiral coil.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventors: Chien-Hung Tsai, Kuo-Chu Liao, Wei-Cheng Lo, Te-Li Lien, Hsuan-Chi Tsai, Ming-Shan Wu, Yung-Chieh Yu
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Patent number: 10720709Abstract: A self-grounded bowtie antenna arrangement includes an antenna structure having a number of antenna petals. An antenna petal has an arm section tapering toward an end tip portion and is made of an electrically conductive material. End tip portions are arranged to approach a first side of a base portion and to connect to feeding ports. The base portion includes a conductive ground plane or a printed circuit board. Each antenna petal is made in one piece from a conductive sheet, such as metal, and is surface-mounted on either the front side or back side of the base portion. Antenna petals can be mounted by automatic placement and soldering (“pick-and-place”) machines.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2015Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: GAPWAVES ABInventors: Per-Simon Kildal, Sadegh Mansouri Moghaddam, Andrès Alayon Glazonov
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Patent number: 10720695Abstract: A Near field communication (NFC) antenna and circuit modules are provided for communication terminal devices with metal frame, which aims at simplifying the implementation of the NFC antenna, and especially facilitating the application of the NFC for the devices with rear metal housing. The rear metal housing of a terminal device may be divided into three sections by the gap, the first section is metal frame, the second section is metal back shell. The metal frame as the main NFC antenna radiator, and also can be used as other microwave frequency antenna radiator. The rear metal shell connected to the motherboard ground. The NFC circuit module can transmit the NFC signal to the metal frame through different feeding methods to realize the radiation function of the NFC antenna.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 21, 2020Assignee: SPEEDLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Bin Yu, Sile Gong, Nana Li, Yanmei Shi
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Patent number: 10714824Abstract: In accordance with one or more embodiments, a planar surface wave launcher includes a substrate having a planar substrate surface. A planar antenna having first and second antenna elements on the planar substrate surface, the first and second antenna elements having edges on an aperture side of the planar surface wave launcher and opposing edges, is configured to transmit and receive first guided electromagnetic waves on a surface of a transmission medium. A conductive ground plane is provided on the planar substrate surface and coplanar to the planar antenna, the conductive ground plane having a mating edge with a shape conforming to the opposing edges of the first and second antenna elements, the mating edge electrically isolated from the opposing edges of the first and second antenna elements, wherein the transmission medium is spaced a distance apart from, and parallel to, the conductive ground plane.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.Inventors: Robert Bennett, Irwin Gerszberg, Thomas M. Willis, III, Paul Shala Henry, Farhad Barzegar, Donald J. Barnickel, Giovanni Vannucci
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Patent number: 10714833Abstract: An antenna structure utilizing metal housing of a wireless communication device as antenna includes first, second, and third metallic members, and a feed portion. A first gap is between the first and second metallic members. A second gap is between the second and third metallic members. The current feed portion is connected to the second metallic member, and current entering the second metallic member flows towards the first gap and the second gap respectively to excite radiation signals in a first frequency band. The first and third metallic members obtain the current by coupling and excite radiation signals in a second and a third frequency bands respectively. Frequencies of the third frequency band are higher than frequencies of the second frequency band, which are higher than the frequencies of the first frequency band. A wireless communication device using the antenna structure is provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.Inventors: Tun-Yuan Tsou, Shu-Wei Jhang
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Patent number: 10714832Abstract: An antenna tuning circuit is provided. The antenna tuning circuit includes an antenna, an inductor and a variable capacitor. The antenna includes a first terminal, which serves as a feed terminal, and a second terminal, which is separate from the first terminal. The inductor and the variable capacitor are coupled to the second terminal, to tune the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventor: Winfried Bakalski
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Patent number: 10693218Abstract: An apparatus is provided with a conductive bezel section and a conductive ground plane section forming a perimeter and being positioned opposite the conductive bezel section. The conductive ground plane section is separated from the conductive bezel section by a perimeter gap at the perimeter. A structural tank circuit is integrated with and connecting the conductive bezel section and the conductive ground plane section across the perimeter gap. Another implementation may include a structural capacitor or a structural inductor integrated with and connecting the conductive bezel section and the conductive ground plane section across the perimeter gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Sidharath Jain, Nil Apaydin, Javier R. De Luis, Ben Shewan, Alireza Mahanfar, Paul O'Brien
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Patent number: 10680317Abstract: A vehicle antenna device has a stably held coil element while its winding shape is maintained, and the number of turns of the coil element winding is easily adjusted during production. A coil element is configured by forming a winding around a resin-made bobbin. A guide groove, which is a path of the winding, and a plurality of projections, which are along the path of the winding, are disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the winding barrel of the bobbin. The guide groove spirally extends around the outer circumferential surface of the winding barrel. The projections are disposed in plural numbers in each of a plurality of circumferential positions on the outer circumferential surface of the winding barrel. A winding end portion of the winding is drawn out in the axial direction while being hooked to an arbitrary one of the projections, and electrically connected to an upper terminal.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Sadao Ohno, Kengo Osawa
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Patent number: 10680314Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes an outer front side having a display disposed therein, and an outer rear side including a conductive part and a non-conductive part. The apparatus also includes a battery disposed between the outer front side and the outer rear side, a circuit board, and an antenna. The antenna includes a radiation unit capable of receiving a signal, at least a portion of the radiation unit being disposed between the outer front side and the non-conductive part of the outer rear side. The antenna also includes a feeding unit which electrically connects the radiation unit to the circuit board. The antenna further includes a ground part which electrically connects the radiation unit to the conductive part of the outer rear side. The ground part is connected to the conductive part at a connection point spaced apart from a ground point connecting the circuit board with the conductive part.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Sang Bong Sung, In Jin Hwang, Seung Hwan Kim, Jae Ho Lee
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Patent number: 10665920Abstract: Glazing panel having an electrically conductive connector. A glazing panel comprising (i) a pane of glass, (ii) an antenna, (iii) an electrically conductive connector joined to the antenna by a lead-free solder material, and (iv) a coaxial cable joined to the electrically conductive connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, AGC Inc., AGC AUTOMOTIVE AMERICAS R&D, INCInventors: Remi Sarkis, Paul Schoebrechts, Peter Schnoerch, Shoichi Takeuchi, Naoki Hashimoto
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Patent number: 10664738Abstract: An antenna device includes first and second coil antennas with winding axis directions that are not perpendicular to each other, and a feeder coil including a winding axis that extends perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the winding axis of the first coil antenna. The feeder coil is located between the first and second coil antennas in the winding axis direction thereof. A first coil aperture is closer to a coil aperture of the first coil antenna than a second coil aperture. The second coil aperture is closer to a coil aperture of the second coil antenna than the first coil aperture. The first and second coil antennas are connected to each other in a polarity such that magnetic fluxes thereof with respect to the winding axis direction of the first coil antenna are in phase with each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Nobuyuki Tenno, Hiromitsu Ito, Kentaro Mikawa
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Patent number: 10658741Abstract: Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna devices and methods of using and fabricating the same are provided. A MIMO antenna device can include a substrate that is capable of being folded and an antenna element disposed thereon. The antenna element can be disposed on the substrate in a polygon shape such as a rectangle or a square. The substrate can have predefined folding lines such that the substrate can be folded into different positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: The Florida International University Board of TrusteesInventors: Constantinos L. Zekios, Stavros Georgakopoulos
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Patent number: 10658748Abstract: What is provided is a shield housing for shielding interconnect structures and/or components disposed on a circuit board, wherein at least two antenna radiators can be disposed on the shield housing, and wherein the shield housing is configured in such a manner that it can cover the interconnect structures and/or components disposed on the circuit board, at least in part, can be connected with a ground surface of the circuit board, and has a region between the antenna radiators, which region is configured in such a manner that it provides electrical decoupling of the feed of the antenna radiators from one another.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: KATHREIN SEInventors: Jörg Langenberg, Torsten Richter, Josef Mayer
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Patent number: 10651535Abstract: An antenna device is to be installed in a vehicle. The antenna device includes a first element; a second element; and a feeding part. An angle formed between an electric field plane generated at the first element and the second element and a direction of a long side of the vehicle is within a range of ±45 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: AGC INC.Inventors: Kazuhiko Niwano, Koji Ikawa
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Patent number: 10637137Abstract: A broadband quadruple helical circularly-polarized antenna for receiving circularly polarized GNSS signals includes a dielectric cylinder oriented along a vertical axis; four spiral conductors wrapped around the cylinder; the four spiral conductors divided into an upper longitudinal section and a lower longitudinal section; and inductors connecting corresponding spiral conductors of the top and lower longitudinal sections. The spiral conductors in each section have a constant winding angle around the cylinder. The winding angle of all of the conductors in the same longitudinal section is the same. The winding angle of the upper longitudinal section is smaller than the winding angle of the bottom longitudinal. An excitation circuit is connected to the conductors. A third longitudinal section is below the lower longitudinal section, wherein the third longitudinal section includes conductors wound in an opposite direction relative to the lower longitudinal section.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: Topcon Positioning Systems, Inc.Inventors: Anton Pavlovich Stepanenko, Andrey Vitalievich Astakhov, Dmitry Vitalievich Tatarnikov, Ivan Miroslavovich Chernetskiy
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Patent number: 10627502Abstract: A waveguide device includes: an electrically conductive member having an electrically conductive surface; a waveguide member having an electrically-conductive waveguide face of a stripe shape opposing the electrically conductive surface, the waveguide member extending along the electrically conductive surface; and an artificial magnetic conductor extending on both sides of the waveguide member. The waveguide member has a bend at which the direction that the waveguide member extends changes. A waveguide which is defined by the electrically conductive surface, the waveguide face, and the artificial magnetic conductor includes a gap enlargement where a gap between the electrically conductive surface and the waveguide face is locally increased. In a perspective view along a direction perpendicular to the electrically conductive surface, at least a portion of the bend has an overlap with the gap enlargement.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: NIDEC CORPORATION, WGR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hideki Kirino, Hiroyuki Kamo
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Patent number: 10629997Abstract: An integrated antenna unit where two dual-polarized radiating elements are connected on a PCB serving reflecting board as well as a filter lid of two-band pass filters. Each of two band-pass filter is connected directly to a two-way power splitter serving connection of same polarization from the two radiating elements. Two walls running parallel are extending at the band-pass filter edges to support the cavity of the filters and at same time serving as reflecting walls enabling to control the 3 dB azimuth beam generated by the radiating elements. Next, a multi-array antenna by collocating multiple arrays of the integrated antenna units.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: TONGYU COMMUNICATION INC.Inventors: Samb Doudou, ZhongLin Wu, Mulin Liu, Isola Ari
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Patent number: 10615513Abstract: A planar phased array antenna assembly includes a first face sheet with a first plurality of radiating slots for a first frequency band and a second plurality of radiating slots for a second frequency band, a second face sheet, a third face sheet, and a structure interposed between the first and second face sheets with a third plurality of radiating elements at the first frequency band and a fourth plurality of radiating elements at the second frequency band, and a first feed network for the third plurality of radiating elements and a second feed network for the fourth plurality of radiating elements, and the second face sheet interposed between the structure and the third face sheet. The planar phased array antenna assembly may form part of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) antenna.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Inventors: Peter Allen Fox, Abhijit Bhattacharya, Ying Chen, Rodney Grant Vaughan