Patents by Inventor Joseph Christopher Modro

Joseph Christopher Modro 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).

  • Patent number: 9415869
    Abstract: A plurality of UAVs may be operated in a fleet, each of the UAVs in the fleet being configured to work collectively to achieve one or more functions, such as to create a display or implement an antenna array. The fleet of UAVs may operate individually and/or may be coupled to one another to operate as a collective unit. In some embodiments, one or more UAVs in the fleet may operate individually, while two or more UAVs in the fleet may be connected to one another. In such embodiments, the individual UAVs and the connected UAVs may together comprise the fleet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Danny Chan, Eswarappa Channabasappa, Namhoon Kim, Tzung-I (Ian) Lee, Ulf Jan Ove Mattsson, Joseph Christopher Modro, Ming Zheng
  • Patent number: 9407003
    Abstract: Antenna structures and methods of operating the same of an electronic device are described. One apparatus includes a radio frequency (RF) including a surface-current dispersing circuit and an antenna structure coupled to the RF feed at a feeding point and coupled to a ground plane at a grounding point. The antenna structure comprises an even multiple of quarter-wavelength elements with a first element coupled to the feeding point and a second element coupled to the grounding point and the grounding point is located at a specified distance from the feeding point. Surface currents, generated as a result of the RF signals being applied to the RF feed at the feeding point, create a first hot spot of an even multiple of hot spots of magnetic field at the feeding point. The surface-current dispersing circuit and the ground point disperse a portion of the surface currents at the feeding point towards the grounding point to create other hot spots of the even multiple of hot spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay William Kruse, Joseph Christopher Modro, Ming Zheng, Jerry Weiming Kuo
  • Patent number: 9350077
    Abstract: A low Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) gamma-folded loop-shaped antenna has a resonant structure including two arms connected to an elongated loop and has dual resonant elements in the 5 GHz WiFi band, dividing emissions in the 5 GHz bands between two emission hotspots. The elongated loop folds back upon itself 180 degrees. The antenna also may include a discontinuous transition in cross-sectional area tuned to boost emissions in the 2.4 GHz WiFi band. The antenna is designed for compact handheld devices that may be held close to a person's body, reducing the intensity of energy irradiated into the body in the 5 GHz band by distributing the energy across spatially-separated dual resonant elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ming Zheng, Joseph Christopher Modro
  • Patent number: 9325070
    Abstract: Antenna structures and methods of operating the same of a dual-loop-slot antenna of an electronic device are described. One dual-loop-slot antenna includes a first loop antenna coupled to a radio frequency (RF) feed and a ground plane, a second loop coupled to the RF feed and the ground plane. At least a portion of the second loop antenna is formed by the first loop antenna. The dual-loop-slot antenna also includes a slot antenna formed at least in part by a portion of at least one of the first loop antenna or the second loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Khaled Ahmad Obeidat, Mark Corbridge, Ming Zheng, Joseph Christopher Modro
  • Patent number: 9099789
    Abstract: Methods and systems for radiating electromagnetic energy with a dual-band inverted slot antenna are described. The dual-band inverted slot antenna may be formed of a metallic member with two open ends at one or more edges of the metallic member. The inverted slot antenna is configured to radiate electromagnetic energy in response to the RF signal at two resonant modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Christopher Modro
  • Patent number: 6160513
    Abstract: An antenna is formed from a metal sheet partitioned by a slot. A corner of the metal sheet is short-circuited, and a field is coupled to the antenna near to the short circuit corner. The slot extends from a point near the field, across the metal sheet to an opposite corner to the short circuit corner. The metal sheet may be supported over air, or by a solid dielectric substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Nokia Mobile Phones Limited
    Inventors: Brian James Davidson, Joseph Christopher Modro