Patents by Inventor Matthew Stoneback

Matthew Stoneback 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: 10355777
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for adaptive beam aggregation in wireless communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground-based stations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method for transmitting wireless data between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a customer premise equipment (CPE) station includes transmitting a first wireless data between a first antenna array and a first CPE station and transmitting a second wireless data between a second antenna array and a second CPE station. The first and second antenna arrays can include one or more individual antennas of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Hong Gan, Matthew Stoneback, Wilhelmus Hendrikus Theunissen, Michael Tseytlin, Raymond R. Blasing, Gordon Michael Coutts, Sam Padinjaremannil Alex
  • Publication number: 20180191082
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for improved phased array antennas are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a communication system for wireless signals includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an M×N array of antenna elements carried by the PCB, and a radio chip carried by the PCB. In one disclosed embodiment the antenna elements can produce a gain of 29 dB over a bandwidth of 57-66 GHz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventor: Matthew Stoneback
  • Publication number: 20180054252
    Abstract: Systems and associated methods for adaptive beam aggregation in wireless communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and ground-based stations are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a method for transmitting wireless data between an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a customer premise equipment (CPE) station includes transmitting a first wireless data between a first antenna array and a first CPE station and transmitting a second wireless data between a second antenna array and a second CPE station. The first and second antenna arrays can include one or more individual antennas of the UAV.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Hong Gan, Matthew Stoneback, Wilhelmus Hendrikus Theunissen, Michael Tseytlin, Raymond R. Blasing, Gordon Michael Coutts, Sam Padinjaremannil Alex