Patents by Inventor Jacco Van Beek
Jacco Van Beek 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).
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Publication number: 20240145909Abstract: An ultrawideband ultra-flat antenna and an ultrawideband ultra-flat transparent antenna which maintains visibility while functioning in surfaces without sacrificing antenna performance. The antenna, when mounted, appears substantially invisible and includes a mesh grid antenna that does not use a radome. The mesh grid antenna is optically transparent and may be easily mounted on windows and ceiling of buildings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: GALTRONICS USA, INC.Inventors: Abdolmehdi Dadgarpour, Sadegh Farzaneh, Farid Jolani, Julie Love, Jacco Van Beek, Brian Wixon
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Publication number: 20240145936Abstract: An antenna comprising a plurality of spatial bandpass structures, wherein each spatial bandpass structures comprises an LC resonator having at least one parasitic patch disposed within a loop of the resonator. The plurality of spatial bandpass structures is positioned around a central section of the antenna. In some embodiments, each spatial bandpass structure is embedded in a radiating arm of an antenna. In some embodiments, the central section comprises at least one radiator. In some embodiments, the antenna further comprises at least one parasitic radiator disposed between two spatial bandpass structures. In other embodiments, the antenna has only one spatial bandpass structure, and/or is configured unevenly (i.e., such that different sides of the antenna are configured differently).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Farid JOLANI, Abdolmehdi DADGARPOUR, Sadegh FARZANEH, Behnam ZARGHOONI, Jacco VAN BEEK
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Patent number: 11912213Abstract: An apparatus for delivering wastewater from a recreational vehicle to a drain includes a housing having an outer wall and an inner wall generally perpendicular or slightly angled to the outer wall. The housing and the inner wall define an inlet chamber above the inner wall and a further chamber below the inner wall. The housing further includes an outlet downwardly extending from the inlet chamber.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Thetford BVInventors: Jacco Van Beek, Joop Van Leeuwen, Tijs Slezak, Wilco Wessels, Ruud Van Den Heijkant, Ronald Van Der Hoeven, Mark Mulders, Tom Kieboom, Didier Van Riel, Mitchell Van De Sande, Dineke Van Duijn
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Patent number: 11912212Abstract: An additive sub-system for a wastewater management system of a vehicle including at least one holding tank and a toilet has a controller, at least one additive dispenser and a pump. The at least one additive dispenser is in fluid communication with the at least one holding tank or the toilet. The pump is associated with each additive dispenser of the at least one additive dispensers. Each pump is controlled by the controller to dispense an additive from the at least one additive dispenser to the at least one holding tank or the toilet.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Thetford BVInventors: Jacco Van Beek, Joop Van Leeuwen, Tijs Slezak, Wilco Wessels, Ruud Van Den Heijkant, Ronald Van Der Hoeven, Mark Mulders, Tom Kieboom, Didier Van Riel, Mitchell Van De Sande, Dineke Van Duijn
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Publication number: 20240008612Abstract: An antenna package, comprising an antenna and a protective enclosure for the antenna, the enclosure comprising a case element and at least one guard element and at least one handle attached to the case element. The antenna is secured inside the case element. The enclosure can also comprise mounting hardware for mounting the antenna. The enclosure has at least one connector for the antenna, and, in some embodiments, has a connector protector element configured to protect the connector from damage. The enclosure can be any suitable size or shape. In some embodiments, guard elements and/or handles can be omitted or be removable. The antenna package is suitable for temporary installation and for repeated installation and deinstallation. A transport unit for securing the protective enclosure during transport is also disclosed. In some embodiments, the transport unit is modifiable by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2021Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: GALTRONICS USA, INC.Inventors: Michael Moy, Minya Gavrilovic, Des Bromley, Jacco Van Beek, Sadegh Farzaneh, Brian Wixon
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Publication number: 20230352815Abstract: A dual-polarized multi-band base station antenna array having a reduced physical footprint with compact antenna elements for deployment in wireless communication systems. The array includes a wall structure for suppressing air coupling between adjacent antenna element columns and for reducing the surface wave. Also described is a swapping technique for improving beamwidth and sector power ratio, and a low-profile antenna element for minimizing cross-band scattering, reducing impact on low-band antenna arrays, and improving passive intermodulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2022Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: GALTRONICS USA, INC.Inventors: Abdolmehdi Dadgarpour, Farid Jolani, Sadegh Farzaneh, Zhihua Yu, Jacco Van Beek
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Patent number: 11351935Abstract: A wastewater management system 10 includes a black water tank 12 for holding black wastewater and a grey water tank 14 for holding grey wastewater. The system 10 may additionally include a filter 62 for filtering suspended solids from the grey water; a first conduit 64 between the grey water tank 14 and the filter 62; a second conduit 66 between the filter 62 and a toilet 22, and a third conduit 68 between the filter 68 and the black water tank 12, the third conduit 68 associated with a valve 26; and a fourth conduit 69 between the filter 62 and the grey water tank 14, the fourth conduit 69 associated with the valve 26. The system 10 further includes a control sub-system 38 in communication with the valves 26 for controlling valves 26 to deliver filtered grey water to the toilet 22 for flush and to periodically clean the filter 62 of captured solids and deliver the captured solids to the black water tank 12.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Thetford BVInventors: Jacco Van Beek, Joop Van Leeuwen, Tijs Slezak, Wilco Wessels, Ruud Van Den Heijkant, Ronald Van Der Hoeven, Mark Mulders
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Publication number: 20210218144Abstract: Systems relating to antennas. Antenna elements are coupled to adjacent other antenna elements by way of a coupler. The coupled antenna elements may be part of the same antenna array. The coupler may take the form of a substrate with conductive traces and the antenna elements may be dipoles or crossed dipole antennas. The coupled antenna elements may have similar polarizations. The capacitive coupling allows for physically smaller reflectors for antenna arrays.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2021Publication date: July 15, 2021Inventors: Sadegh FARZANEH, Farid JOLANI, Minya GAVRILOVIC, Jacco VAN BEEK, Michael MOY
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Publication number: 20210078507Abstract: A toilet sub-system of a wastewater management vehicle includes a toilet and a housing. The housing is associated with the toilet and includes a macerator pumping arrangement having a macerator and a pump. The macerator includes a plurality of macerating knives. The pump is an air pump providing positive pressure in a macerator chamber to pump waste from the macerator chamber. The sub-system further includes at least one motor for driving the pumps and the macerator. The macerator pumping arrangement is operative in a macerating mode and a pumping mode, such that in the macerating mode the first motor first drives the macerating knives to macerate the waste and subsequently in the pumping mode the waste is pumped out of the macerating chamber by positive pressure.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: THETFORD BVInventors: Jacco VAN BEEK, Joop VAN LEEUWEN, Tijs SLEZAK, Wilco WESSELS, Ruud VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Ronald VAN DER HOEVEN, Mark MULDERS, Tom KIEBOOM, Didier VAN RIEL, Mitchell VAN DE SANDE, Dineke VAN DUIJN
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Publication number: 20210078509Abstract: An apparatus for delivering wastewater from a recreational vehicle to a drain includes a housing having an outer wall and an inner wall generally perpendicular or slightly angled to the outer wall. The housing and the inner wall define an inlet chamber above the inner wall and a further chamber below the inner wall. The housing further includes an outlet downwardly extending from the inlet chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: THETFORD BVInventors: Jacco VAN BEEK, Joop VAN LEEUWEN, Tijs SLEZAK, Wilco WESSELS, Ruud VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Ronald VAN DER HOEVEN, Mark MULDERS, Tom KIEBOOM, Didier VAN RIEL, Mitchell VAN DE SANDE, Dineke VAN DUIJN
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Publication number: 20210078508Abstract: An additive sub-system for a wastewater management system of a vehicle including at least one holding tank and a toilet has a controller, at least one additive dispenser and a pump. The at least one additive dispenser is in fluid communication with the at least one holding tank or the toilet. The pump is associated with each additive dispenser of the at least one additive dispensers. Each pump is controlled by the controller to dispense an additive from the at least one additive dispenser to the at least one holding tank or the toilet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: THETFORD BVInventors: Jacco VAN BEEK, Joop VAN LEEUWEN, Tijs SLEZAK, Wilco WESSELS, Ruud VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Ronald VAN DER HOEVEN, Mark MULDERS, Tom KIEBOOM, Didier VAN RIEL, Mitchell VAN DE SANDE, Dineke VAN DUIJN
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Patent number: 10892559Abstract: A dipole antenna is disclosed herein. The dipole antenna may include, but is not limited to, a first transmission line configured to receive a radio frequency signal from a first feed, a first balun galvanically coupled to the first transmission line, a first conductive strip galvanically coupled to the first transmission line and the first balun, a second conductive strip galvanically coupled to the first transmission line and the first balun, a first dipole arm, and a second dipole arm, wherein the first balun and the first transmission line are only capacitively coupled to the first and second dipole arms via the first and second conductive strips.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2018Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: GALTRONICS USA, INC.Inventors: Sadegh Farzaneh, Minya Gavrilovic, Des Bromley, Jacco Van Beek
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Publication number: 20190173186Abstract: A dipole antenna is disclosed herein. The dipole antenna may include, but is not limited to, a first transmission line configured to receive a radio frequency signal from a first feed, a first balun galvanically coupled to the first transmission line, a first conductive strip galvanically coupled to the first transmission line and the first balun, a second conductive strip galvanically coupled to the first transmission line and the first balun, a first dipole arm, and a second dipole arm, wherein the first balun and the first transmission line are only capacitively coupled to the first and second dipole arms via the first and second conductive strips.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2018Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: GALTRONICS USA, INC.Inventors: Sadegh FARZANEH, Minya GAVRILOVIC, Des BROMLEY, Jacco VAN BEEK
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Publication number: 20180354432Abstract: A wastewater management system 10 includes a black water tank 12 for holding black wastewater and a grey water tank 14 for holding grey wastewater. The system 10 may additionally include a filter 62 for filtering suspended solids from the grey water; a first conduit 64 between the grey water tank 14 and the filter 62; a second conduit 66 between the filter 62 and a toilet 22, and a third conduit 68 between the filter 68 and the black water tank 12, the third conduit 68 associated with a valve 26; and a fourth conduit 69 between the filter 62 and the grey water tank 14, the fourth conduit 69 associated with the valve 26. The system 10 further includes a control sub-system 38 in communication with the valves 26 for controlling valves 26 to deliver filtered grey water to the toilet 22 for flush and to periodically clean the filter 62 of captured solids and deliver the captured solids to the black water tank 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2018Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Jacco VAN BEEK, Joop VAN LEEUWEN, Tijs SLEZAK, Wilco WESSELS, Ruud VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Ronald VAN DER HOEVEN, Mark MULDERS
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Patent number: 8777434Abstract: A refrigerator constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a cabinet that defines an interior volume. A first door is coupled to the cabinet and is movable between a closed position and an open position. A light is disposed on the cabinet outside of the interior volume. The light is configured to illuminate when the door is in the open position and shine light toward the interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Thetford CorporationInventors: Jacco Van Beek, Wilco Wessels
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Publication number: 20130050984Abstract: A refrigerator constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a cabinet that defines an interior volume. A first door is coupled to the cabinet and is movable between a closed position and an open position. A light is disposed on the cabinet outside of the interior volume. The light is configured to illuminate when the door is in the open position and shine light toward the interior volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2012Publication date: February 28, 2013Applicant: THETFORD CORPORATIONInventors: Jacco VAN BEEK, Wilco WESSELS
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Publication number: 20070194675Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door mounted to the cabinet for pivotal movement about a pivot axis, and a control panel carried by the door. A plurality of wires is in electrical communication with the control panel. The plurality of wires passing through the door and exits a lower portion of the door. A hinge bracket is carried by the cabinet and supports the door at a hinge pin. The plurality of wires passes immediately below the hinge bracket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2007Publication date: August 23, 2007Inventors: Jacco Van Beek, Wilco Wessels, Patrick Donders