Patents by Inventor Martin Zimmerman
Martin Zimmerman 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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Patent number: 11652278Abstract: An individually formed radiating unit, an antenna array, and an antenna assembly are provided. The individually formed radiating unit includes a reflector, at least one radiating element integrated into a first side of the reflector, and a housing disposed on a second side of the reflector.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Martin Zimmerman, Troy Inslee Vanderhoof, Peter Bisiules
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Publication number: 20230109598Abstract: A metrocell utility pole assembly includes a utility pole, an auxiliary device, and a metrocell antenna assembly. The utility pole has an upper end. The metrocell antenna assembly includes a support and an antenna module. The support is mounted on the upper end of the utility pole. The support includes an elongate post having a post upper end. The elongate post extends upwardly from the upper end of the utility pole to the post upper end. The antenna module includes an enclosure and an antenna. The enclosure defines an enclosure passage extending vertically through the enclosure. The antenna is disposed in the enclosure. The post extends through the enclosure passage. The auxiliary device is mounted on the upper end of the post.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Martin ZIMMERMAN, Julian R. COLAPIETRO, Wenkang WANG, Yan WANG
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Patent number: 11469537Abstract: A jumper cable assembly includes: a plurality of jumper cables, each having a first end terminated in a first connector and a second end terminated in a second connector; and a first mounting structure, the first connectors being mounted in the first mounting structure in a fixed arrangement relative to each other, the arrangement matching an arrangement of connectors of one of an antenna and a piece of cellular equipment to facilitate installation of the jumper cable assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventor: Martin Zimmerman
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Patent number: 11411661Abstract: A base station antenna includes a backplane and a plurality of radiating elements that extend forwardly from the backplane. The antenna further includes a plurality of feed boards, and each of the feed boards has a respective group of one or more of the radiating elements mounted thereon. The antenna also includes a calibration port and a calibration circuit that has a calibration combiner that has an output that is coupled to the calibration port and a plurality of directional couplers that are coupled to the calibration combiner. At least a first portion of a first of the first directional couplers is implemented on a first of the feed boards.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Hong Hui Li, Martin Zimmerman, Bo Wu, Ligang Wu
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Patent number: 11264726Abstract: Phased array antennas include a plurality of radiating elements and a plurality of RF lenses that are generally aligned along a first vertical axis. Each radiating element is associated with a respective one of the RF lenses, and each radiating element is tilted with respect to the first vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Martin Zimmerman, Igor Timofeev, Kevin Eldon Linehan
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Patent number: 11081789Abstract: Base station antennas are provided herein. A base station antenna includes first and second wiper phase shifters. In some embodiments, the base station antenna includes first and second wiper supports that are on the first and second wiper phase shifters, respectively, and the first wiper support includes a portion that is beside and interlocked with a portion of the second wiper support. In some embodiments, the base station antenna includes a first linkage that is on the second wiper phase shifter, and a second linkage that intersects, and is coupled to, the first linkage and is configured to adjust the first and second wiper phase shifters via the first linkage. In some embodiments, the first and second wiper phase shifters are a mirror-image pair of wiper phase shifters. Related methods of operating a base station antenna are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Guomin Ding, Martin Zimmerman, Junfeng Yu, Haifei Qin
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Patent number: 10994161Abstract: A release device (10) is provided for use with a fall protection unit (12) having a lifeline (14) that can be deployed N in a fall direction to protect a worker (16) in a fall event, and includes a frame (22) configured to fix the release device (10) to a fall protection unit (12), a release member (24) mounted for movement from a lock position to a release position, a connection member (26) configured to connect the deployable lifeline (14) of the fall protection unit (12) to another piece of fall protection equipment connected to the worker (16), the connection member (26) having a locked condition wherein the connection member (26) is prevented from moving in a fall direction relative to the frame (22) and a released condition wherein the connection member (26) is free to move in the fall direction relative to the frame (22); the connection member (26) having a stop surface (34); and a stop link (28) mounted to the frame (22) to move from a engaged position to a disengaged position in response to the releaType: GrantFiled: May 3, 2016Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.Inventor: Martin Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20210057844Abstract: A jumper cable assembly includes: a plurality of jumper cables, each having a first end terminated in a first connector and a second end terminated in a second connector; and a first mounting structure, the first connectors being mounted in the first mounting structure in a fixed arrangement relative to each other, the arrangement matching an arrangement of connectors of one of an antenna and a piece of cellular equipment to facilitate installation of the jumper cable assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventor: Martin Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20210028871Abstract: A base station antenna includes a backplane and a plurality of radiating elements that extend forwardly from the backplane. The antenna further includes a plurality of feed boards, and each of the feed boards has a respective group of one or more of the radiating elements mounted thereon. The antenna also includes a calibration port and a calibration circuit that has a calibration combiner that has an output that is coupled to the calibration port and a plurality of directional couplers that are coupled to the calibration combiner. At least a first portion of a first of the first directional couplers is implemented on a first of the feed boards.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Hong Hui Li, MARTIN ZIMMERMAN, BO WU, LIGANG WU
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Patent number: 10831041Abstract: In a method for creating a design of a prescription surface of a multifocal lens, in particular for a progressive spectacle lens, at first data and second data for describing at least one aberration of an eye of a proband for a first situation of use and a second situation of use, respectively, are obtained, and then a first set of parameters and a second set of parameters of a predetermined prescription surface equation are determined from the first and second data, wherein the prescription surface equation is assigned to a first reference point of the prescription surface for the first set of parameters, and is assigned to a second reference point of the prescription surface for the second set of parameters.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Helmut Altheimer, Wolfgang Becken, Gregor Esser, Werner Müller, Adam Muschielok, Martin Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20200091591Abstract: An individually formed radiating unit, an antenna array, and an antenna assembly are provided. The individually formed radiating unit includes a reflector, at least one radiating element integrated into a first side of the reflector, and a housing disposed on a second side of the reflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2019Publication date: March 19, 2020Inventors: Martin Zimmerman, Troy lnslee Vanderhoof, Peter Bisiules
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Publication number: 20200059004Abstract: Phased array antennas include a plurality of radiating elements and a plurality of RF lenses that are generally aligned along a first vertical axis. Each radiating element is associated with a respective one of the RF lenses, and each radiating element is tilted with respect to the first vertical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Inventors: Martin Zimmerman, Igor Timofeev, Kevin Eldon Linehan
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Publication number: 20200006848Abstract: Base station antennas are provided herein. A base station antenna includes first and second wiper phase shifters. In some embodiments, the base station antenna includes first and second wiper supports that are on the first and second wiper phase shifters, respectively, and the first wiper support includes a portion that is beside and interlocked with a portion of the second wiper support. In some embodiments, the base station antenna includes a first linkage that is on the second wiper phase shifter, and a second linkage that intersects, and is coupled to, the first linkage and is configured to adjust the first and second wiper phase shifters via the first linkage. In some embodiments, the first and second wiper phase shifters are a mirror-image pair of wiper phase shifters. Related methods of operating a base station antenna are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2019Publication date: January 2, 2020Inventors: Guomin Ding, Martin Zimmerman, Junfeng Yu, Haifei Qin
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Patent number: 10483650Abstract: Phased array antennas include a plurality of radiating elements and a plurality of RF lenses that are generally aligned along a first vertical axis. Each radiating element is associated with a respective one of the RF lenses, and each radiating element is tilted with respect to the first vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Martin Zimmerman, Igor Timofeev, Kevin Eldon Linehan
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Patent number: 10418716Abstract: Phased array antennas include a plurality of radiating elements and a plurality of RF lenses that are generally aligned along a first vertical axis. Each radiating element is associated with a respective one of the RF lenses, and each radiating element is tilted with respect to the first vertical axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Martin Zimmerman, Igor Timofeev, Kevin Eldon Linehan
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Publication number: 20190143158Abstract: A release device (10) is provided for use with a fall protection unit (12) having a lifeline (14) that can be deployed N in a fall direction to protect a worker (16) in a fall event, and includes a frame (22) configured to fix the release device (10) to a fall protection unit (12), a release member (24) mounted for movement from a lock position to a release position, a connection member (26) configured to connect the deployable lifeline (14) of the fall protection unit (12) to another piece of fall protection equipment connected to the worker (16), the connection member (26) having a locked condition wherein the connection member (26) is prevented from moving in a fall direction relative to the frame (22) and a released condition wherein the connection member (26) is free to move in the fall direction relative to the frame (22); the connection member (26) having a stop surface (34); and a stop link (28) mounted to the frame (22) to move from a engaged position to a disengaged position in response to the releaType: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2016Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventor: Martin ZIMMERMAN
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Publication number: 20190020392Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an antenna providing a coverage area using beamforming and carrier aggregation techniques. The proposed system aims to optimize the use of carrier aggregation for beamforming systems. The system may include a beamforming module coupled to first array and second arrays of radiating elements, the first array being configured to provide wireless coverage on a first frequency carrier in a first coverage area, and the second array being configured to provide wireless coverage on a second frequency carrier in a second coverage area. The beamforming module may be configured to receive one or more indicators associated with one or more user equipments (UEs) in the coverage area. Based on the one or more indicators, the beam-forming module may be configured to dynamically adjust, in the RF domain, at least one of a location of the second coverage area and a size of the second coverage area.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2017Publication date: January 17, 2019Inventors: Ray BUTLER, Scott MICHAELIS, Pedro TORRES MARTOS, Louis MEYER, Martin ZIMMERMAN, Sammit PATEL, Mohamed Nadder HAMDY, Morgan KURK, Michael WOLFE
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Patent number: 10177438Abstract: A multi-band radiating array includes a planar reflector, first radiating elements defining a first column on the planar reflector, second radiating elements defining a second column on the planar reflector alongside the first column, and third radiating elements interspersed between the second radiating elements in the second column. The first radiating elements have a first operating frequency range, the second radiating elements have a second operating frequency range that is lower than the first operating frequency range, and the third radiating elements have a third, narrowband operating frequency range that is higher than the second operating frequency range but lower than the first operating frequency range. Respective capacitors are coupled between elongated arm segments and an elongated stalk of the third radiating elements, and a common mode resonance of the third radiating elements is present in a lower frequency range than the second operating frequency range.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Jing Sun, Ligang Wu, Hangsheng Wen, Martin Zimmerman
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Publication number: 20180088353Abstract: In a method for creating a design of a prescription surface of a multifocal lens, in particular for a progressive spectacle lens, at first data and second data for describing at least one aberration of an eye of a proband for a first situation of use and a second situation of use, respectively, are obtained, and then a first set of parameters and a second set of parameters of a predetermined prescription surface equation are determined from the first and second data, wherein the prescription surface equation is assigned to a first reference point of the prescription surface for the first set of parameters, and is assigned to a second reference point of the prescription surface for the second set of parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Applicant: RODENSTOCK GMBHInventors: Helmut ALTHEIMER, Wolfgang BECKEN, Gregor ESSER, Werner MÜLLER, Adam MUSCHIELOK, Martin ZIMMERMAN
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Patent number: 9831548Abstract: A low sidelobe beam forming method and dual-beam antenna schematic are disclosed, which may preferably be used for 3-sector and 6-sector cellular communication system. Complete antenna combines 2-, 3- or -4 columns dual-beam sub-arrays (modules) with improved beam-forming network (BFN). The modules may be used as part of an array, or as an independent 2-beam antenna. By integrating different types of modules to form a complete array, the present invention provides an improved dual-beam antenna with improved azimuth sidelobe suppression in a wide frequency band of operation, with improved coverage of a desired cellular sector and with less interference being created with other cells. Advantageously, a better cell efficiency is realized with up to 95% of the radiated power being directed in a desired cellular sector.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2009Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Igor Timofeev, Martin Zimmerman, Huy Cao, Yanping Hua