Patents by Inventor H. Dean Cubley

H. Dean Cubley 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).

  • Set-top box having an improved patch antenna
    Patent number: 7071883
    Abstract: A set top box is provided with a patch antenna to wirelessly communicate with other devices. In one embodiment, the set top box has a metallic enclosure with a non-metallic bezel covering the front of the device. A communication circuit board with an imprinted patch antenna is located in the interstitial space between the metallic enclosure and the non-metallic bezel. The communications board preferably comprises a thin (0.06 inch) FR-4 circuit board with etched copper cladding. The patch antenna preferably comprises a ground plane on one side of the circuit board, and a rectangular patch on the opposite side of the circuit board. The patch is side-fed by a microstrip feed. The dimensions of the antenna are selected to optimize the antennas performance in frequency range between 2.400 and 2.483 GHz when located in the above-described interstitial space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Eagle Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: H. Dean Cubley, Richard C. Liu
  • Set-top box having an improved patch antenna
    Publication number: 20030028902
    Abstract: A set top box is provided with a patch antenna to wirelessly communicate with other devices. In one embodiment, the set top box has a metallic enclosure with a non-metallic bezel covering the front of the device. A communication circuit board with an imprinted patch antenna is located in the interstitial space between the metallic enclosure and the non-metallic bezel. The communications board preferably comprises a thin (0.06 inch) FR-4 circuit board with etched copper cladding. The patch antenna preferably comprises a ground plane on one side of the circuit board, and a rectangular patch on the opposite side of the circuit board. The patch is side-fed by a microstrip feed. The dimensions of the antenna are selected to optimize the antennas performance in frequency range between 2.400 and 2.483 GHz when located in the above-described interstitial space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventors: H. Dean Cubley, Richard C. Liu
  • Scanning receiver for nationwide radio paging system
    Patent number: 5122795
    Abstract: A scanning radio reciever for a wide area paging system which interconnects conventional radio common carriers (RCC) for broadcasting page information. A plurality of RCC's in each geographical area served by the paging system of the invention are connected to a local page processor. The local page processor processes incoming page information and transfers the information to an available RCC for broadcast in the local area. If broadcast of the page information is also desired in a remote geographical area, a copy of the page information is transferred to a central page processor for distribution to the selected remote geographical area for broadcast. The paging receiver is designed so that it scans the frequency of a plurality of RCCs. Thus, the same receiver may be used to receive pages from more than one RCC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Assignee: Metrocast
    Inventors: H. Dean Cubley, Bartus H. Batson, Thomas D. DiNoto, John B. Macleod, Robert M. Skomer