Patents by Inventor Adrian Cooke

Adrian Cooke 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: 20110149935
    Abstract: A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN. The polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may include a first antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape and a first polarization, and a second antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape. The second antenna element may also have a second polarization different from the first polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicants: of Ontario, Canada)
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adrian Cooke
  • Patent number: 7941116
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and comprising a ground plane, and wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board. The device may also include an antenna assembly carried by the housing. The antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and at least one pair of floating, electrically conductive director elements on opposite sides of the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Ying Tong Man, Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Krystyna Bandurska
  • Patent number: 7912435
    Abstract: A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN. The polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may include a first antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape and a first polarization, and a second antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape. The second antenna element may also have a second polarization different from the first polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adrian Cooke
  • Publication number: 20110050540
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Publication number: 20110025567
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicants: Ontario, Canada)
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Adrian Cooke
  • Patent number: 7830325
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Patent number: 7812773
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Adrian Cooke
  • Patent number: 7705776
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna may also be carried by the portable housing and connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver. Further, at least one electrically conductive director element may be carried by the portable housing in spaced apart relation from the antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adrian Cooke
  • Publication number: 20100094552
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. Moreover, a satellite positioning antenna may be carried by the portable housing. The satellite positioning antenna may include an active element connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver, and a passive element connected to a voltage reference and positioned in spaced apart relation from the active element and operatively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Publication number: 20100056212
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. An antenna may also be carried by the portable housing and connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver. Further, at least one electrically conductive director element may be carried by the portable housing in spaced apart relation from the antenna and inductively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adrian Cooke
  • Patent number: 7656353
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, at least one wireless transceiver carried by the portable housing, and a satellite positioning signal receiver carried by the portable housing. Moreover, a satellite positioning antenna may be carried by the portable housing. The satellite positioning antenna may include an active element connected to the satellite positioning signal receiver, and a passive element connected to a voltage reference and positioned in spaced apart relation from the active element and operatively coupled thereto for directing a beam pattern thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Publication number: 20090278750
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include at least two antennas having a different structure. The device may also include wireless transceivers, a load(s), signal processing circuitry, and a controller. The controller may be for selectively switching the signal processing circuitry to a desired one of the wireless transceivers, selectively switching a desired one of the antennas to the desired one of the wireless transceivers, and selectively switching a different one of the antennas to at least one of the loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Ying Tong Man, Yihong Qi, Krystyna Bandurska, Adrian Cooke
  • Publication number: 20090160714
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor, a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point, and a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point. A third branch conductor has a first portion within the main loop conductor, and a second portion connected to the second feed point. A tuning branch conductor may have a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the respective first ends of the first and second branches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited (a corp. organized under the laws of the Prov. of Ontario, Canada)
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Adrian Cooke, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Publication number: 20090143040
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and comprising a ground plane, and wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board. The device may also include an antenna assembly carried by the housing. The antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and at least one pair of floating, electrically conductive director elements on opposite sides of the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Ying Tong Man, Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Krystyna Bandurska
  • Publication number: 20090085812
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a circuit board carried by the portable housing and having a ground plane thereon, wireless communications circuitry carried by the circuit board, and an antenna assembly carried by the housing. More particularly, the antenna assembly may include a flexible substrate, an electrically conductive antenna element on the flexible substrate and connected to the wireless communications circuitry and the ground plane, and a floating, electrically conductive director element on the flexible substrate for directing a beam pattern of the antenna element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Adrian Cooke
  • Patent number: 7489276
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a housing and a multi-frequency band antenna carried within the housing. The multi-frequency band antenna may include a main loop conductor having a gap therein defining first and second ends of the main loop conductor, a first branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the first end of the main loop conductor and having a second end defining a first feed point, and a second branch conductor having a first end connected adjacent the second end of the main loop conductor and a second end defining a second feed point. A third branch conductor has a first portion within the main loop conductor, and a second portion connected to the second feed point. A tuning branch conductor may have a first end connected to the main loop conductor between the respective first ends of the first and second branches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Adrian Cooke, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Publication number: 20080316122
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: December 25, 2008
    Applicants: Ontario, Canada)
    Inventors: Yihong QI, Adrian Cooke, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Patent number: 7423605
    Abstract: A mobile wireless communications device may include a portable housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) carried by the portable housing, a wireless transceiver carried by the PCB, and an antenna connected to the transceiver and carried by the PCB. The mobile wireless communications device may further include at least one director element for directing a beam pattern of the antenna. More particularly, the at least one director element may include an electrically conductive main branch carried by the portable housing, and an electrically conductive connector portion extending between the main branch and the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Adrian Cooke, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski
  • Publication number: 20080123609
    Abstract: A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN. The polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may include a first antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape and a first polarization, and a second antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape. The second antenna element may also have a second polarization different from the first polarization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adrian Cooke
  • Patent number: 7353013
    Abstract: A mobile wireless LAN communications device may include a portable, handheld housing, and a wireless LAN transceiver carried by the housing. A polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may be included for cooperating with the wireless LAN transceiver to communicate over a wireless LAN. The polarization diversity wireless LAN antenna may include a first antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a first shape and a first polarization, and a second antenna element coupled to the wireless LAN transceiver having a second shape different from the first shape. The second antenna element may also have a second polarization different from the first polarization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Yihong Qi, Ying Tong Man, Perry Jarmuszewski, Adrian Cooke