Patents by Inventor Benjamin Limongi

Benjamin Limongi 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).

  • Antenna apparatus for determining the position of a radio-frequency transponder
    Patent number: 9151819
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for determining the position of a radio-frequency transponder is provided, comprising a phased array of antennas enabled to transmit and receive power at a given frequency for communicating with a radio frequency (RF) transponder, the phased array being movable; and a phase shifter for providing a phase shift to at least one antenna of the phased array to provide a minima in a main radiated lobe of the phased array, such that when the phased array is moved from a first position, for detecting the RF transponder via the main radiated lobe, to a second position, where a signal from the RF transponder is minimized, a position of the RF transponder determined to be along an axis of the minima in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: PSION INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Bonnefoy, Benjamin Limongi
  • ANTENNA APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THE POSITION OF A RADIO-FREQUENCY TRANSPONDER
    Publication number: 20130009820
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for determining the position of a radio-frequency transponder is provided, comprising a phased array of antennas enabled to transmit and receive power at a given frequency for communicating with a radio frequency (RF) transponder, the phased array being movable; and a phase shifter for providing a phase shift to at least one antenna of the phased array to provide a minima in a main radiated lobe of the phased array, such that when the phased array is moved from a first position, for detecting the RF transponder via the main radiated lobe, to a second position, where a signal from the RF transponder is minimized, a position of the RF transponder determined to be along an axis of the minima in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: PSION INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Bonnefoy, Benjamin Limongi