Patents by Inventor Adam Bily

Adam Bily has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20150236415
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed herein for a cylindrically fed antenna and method for using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave; a first layer coupled to the antenna feed and into which the feed wave propagates outwardly and concentrically from the feed; a second layer coupled to the first layer to cause the feed wave to be reflected at edges of the antenna and propagate inwardly through the second layer from the edges of the antenna; and a radio-frequency (RF) array coupled to the second layer, wherein the feed wave interacts with the RF array to generate a beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Adam Bily, Nathan Kundtz, Mikala Johnson
  • Publication number: 20150236412
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed herein for a cylindrically fed antenna and method for using the same. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave and a tunable slotted array coupled to the antenna feed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Inventors: Adam Bily, Nathan Kundtz, Mikala Johnson
  • Publication number: 20150222021
    Abstract: A reconfigurable holographic antenna includes a metamaterial layer and a waveguide with at least one ridge. The metamaterial layer includes an array of tunable slots configurable to form holographic diffraction patterns. A reactance of each tunable slot in the array of tunable slots is individually tunable. The at least one ridge influences coupling between tunable slots in the array of tunable slots. The holographic diffraction patterns formed by the array of tunable slots generate a desired antenna wave in response to a received feed wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan A. Stevenson, Jeff Dallas, Adam Bily, Mike Slota, Mark LaCombe, Nathan Kundtz
  • Publication number: 20150222022
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus and method for using the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna apparatus comprises two sets of orthogonal linearly polarized antenna elements interleaved with each other to receive multiple waves of differing polarizations simultaneously; and a coupling interface having two input ports coupled to receive signals from the two sets of orthogonal linearly polarized antenna elements and having two output ports to output signals with left hand circular polarization (LHCP) and right hand circular polarization (RHCP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Nathan Kundtz, Adam Bily
  • Publication number: 20150222014
    Abstract: A reconfigurable holographic antenna includes a waveguide and a metamaterial layer. The metamaterial layer includes an array of tunable slots. In one embodiment, the array of tunable slots is configurable to generate holographic diffraction pattern(s) to steer received communication signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Ryan A. Stevenson, Jeff Dallas, Adam Bily, Mike Slota, Mark LaCombe, Nathan Kundtz
  • Publication number: 20140154895
    Abstract: An outlet that includes first and second substrates, and a plurality of electrical contacts. The first substrate includes an electrical circuit adjacent to and spaced apart from a first ground plane. Each of the electrical contacts is connected to the circuit. The second substrate includes a second ground plane electrically connected to the first ground plane. The circuit is spaced apart from the second ground plane. The electrical contacts are positioned adjacent to the first and second substrates. Together the first and second ground planes may form a localized, electrically floating, isolated ground plane. The outlet may be connected to a cable and/or configured to be mounted to a panel for use with a rack. The outlet may be implemented as a Category 7A and/or Next Generation type outlet having an overall height that allows two rows of twenty-four like outlets to be mounted within one rack unit (“1RU”).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2013
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Poulsen, Frank Chin-Hwan Kim, Adam Bily, Bryan L. Sparrowhawk
  • Patent number: 8425255
    Abstract: A spring assembly for a communications jack including a plurality of jack contacts each electrically connectable to a corresponding plug contact of a communications plug. First and second jack contacts carry a first differential signal. Fifth and sixth jack contacts carry a second differential signal. The jack contacts carrying the first differential signal are adjacent a third jack contract and the jack contacts carrying the second differential signal are adjacent a fourth jack contract. For each jack contact, the assembly has a conductive spring member electrically connected to the jack contact that biases the jack contact against a corresponding plug contact. To reduce crosstalk, the spring members connected to the first and second jack contacts are each capacitively coupled to the fourth jack contact, and the spring members connected to the fifth and sixth jack contacts are each capacitively coupled to the third jack contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Erickson, Hua Wang, Adam Bily
  • Publication number: 20120202389
    Abstract: A spring assembly for a communications jack including a plurality of jack contacts each electrically connectable to a corresponding plug contact of a communications plug. First and second jack contacts carry a first differential signal. Fifth and sixth jack contacts carry a second differential signal. The jack contacts carrying the first differential signal are adjacent a third jack contract and the jack contacts carrying the second differential signal are adjacent a fourth jack contract. For each jack contact, the assembly has a conductive spring member electrically connected to the jack contact that biases the jack contact against a corresponding plug contact. To reduce crosstalk, the spring members connected to the first and second jack contacts are each capacitively coupled to the fourth jack contact, and the spring members connected to the fifth and sixth jack contacts are each capacitively coupled to the third jack contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Jason Erickson, Hua Wang, Adam Bily, Jeffrey P. Seefried
  • Patent number: 8235731
    Abstract: A substrate operable to construct a male-type connector, a female-type connector, and/or a multi-outlet module. The substrate has a plurality of circuits and an edge card male connector including contacts for each circuit. For each circuit, the substrate has a ground plane connected to one or more of the contacts for the circuit. The ground planes may be implemented as localized, electrically floating, isolated ground planes. The substrate may include multiple layers upon which portions of the circuits and ground planes may be disposed. The ground plane corresponding to each of the plurality of circuits may be located in close proximity to conductive elements of the circuit so as to provide a localized common ground to which energy can be conveyed from the conductive elements to thereby limit an amount of energy radiated outwardly from the conductive elements to surrounding conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Poulsen, Bryan L. Sparrowhawk, Jason Erickson, Bret Taylor, Adam Bily
  • Publication number: 20120194399
    Abstract: Surface scattering antennas provide adjustable radiation fields by adjustably coupling scattering elements along a wave-propagating structure. In some approaches, the scattering elements are complementary metamaterial elements. In some approaches, the scattering elements are made adjustable by disposing an electrically adjustable material, such as a liquid crystal, in proximity to the scattering elements. Methods and systems provide control and adjustment of surface scattering antennas for various applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Adam Bily, Anna K. Boardman, Russell J. Hannigan, John Hunt, Nathan Kundtz, David R. Nash, Ryan Allan Stevenson, Philip A. Sullivan