Patents by Inventor Meng Hou

Meng Hou 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: 12658588
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an antenna system includes a first antenna and a second antenna. The first and second antenna include a shared first radiator and an additional radiator. Two ends of the first radiator are connected to a ground, each radiator has a first end farther from a first end of the other radiator, and the first end of the second radiator and the first end of the third radiator are separately connected to the first radiator. The second end of the second radiator is disposed opposite a gap to the second end of the third radiator. The first antenna is through a first feeding connection on the second radiator, and the second antenna is through a second feeding connection on the third radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Xue, Meng Hou, Hanyang Wang, Pengfei Wu, Chuanbo Shi
  • Patent number: 12658567
    Abstract: An electronic device has a radiator including a first end, a second end, a ground point, a first connection point, and a second connection point. The ground point is disposed in a central area of the radiator. A length of the radiator is greater than three-quarters of a first wavelength which is a medium wavelength of a first resonance generated by the radiator. A first inductor is electrically connected between the first connection point and the ground plane, and a second inductor is electrically connected between the second connection point and the ground plane, inductance values of the inductors are less than or equal to a first threshold. A distance between the first connection point and the first end is less than a quarter of the first wavelength, and the second connection point is located between the first connection point and the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liang Xue, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou, Mao Ye, Sining Sun
  • Patent number: 12614849
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a radiator, a feed point, and a ground point. The plurality of radiators include a first radiator, a second radiator, and a third radiator. A first end of the first radiator and a first end of the second radiator are opposite to each other, and form a first gap. A second end of the first radiator and a first end of the third radiator are opposite to each other, and form a second gap. The feed point and the ground point are disposed on the first radiator. The ground point is disposed in a central region of the plurality of radiators or the first radiator, and the feed point is disposed between the central region and the first end of the first radiator. Gaps are formed between a plurality of radiators, so that a broadband antenna can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mao Ye, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou, Liang Xue, Kun Li
  • Patent number: 12586909
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna includes a radiator and a first feed and a second feed that are configured to feed a radio frequency signal, and a first feedpoint and two second feedpoints are disposed on the radiator. The first feedpoint is located at a central position of the radiator, and the first feedpoint is electrically connected to the first feed, and is configured to feed a radio frequency signal into the radiator, to excite the radiator to generate a TM02 mode. The two second feedpoints deviate from the central position of the radiator and are spaced apart from the first feedpoint. The second feed is electrically connected to the second feedpoints through an adjustment circuit. The second feedpoints are configured to feed a radio frequency signal into the radiator, and the second feedpoints excite, by using the adjustment circuit, the radiator to generate a TM10 mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuanbo Shi, Hanyang Wang, Pengfei Wu, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12562477
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, an antenna includes at least two radiators. The at least two radiators include a first radiator and a second radiator that are spaced apart in parallel, and a first end of the first radiator is disposed closer to a first end of the second radiator than a second end of the first radiator. Both the first radiator and the second radiator are connected to a feed point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Liang Xue, Meng Hou
  • Publication number: 20260005427
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a conductive frame and a first antenna unit. The conductive frame is disposed around a periphery of the electronic device. The first antenna unit includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer spaced apart in a thickness direction of the electronic device; a conductive connection portion is configured to connect the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a conductive frame portion is a part of the conductive frame. The conductive connection portion, the conductive frame portion, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer enclose a first cavity, and the first conductive layer and the conductive frame portion are spaced apart to form a first slot of the first cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2025
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou, Chien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12506253
    Abstract: A millimeter wave antenna includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate, and a radiation patch that are arranged in a stack manner. The first metal plate and the second metal plate form a cavity, and a first feeder is disposed in the cavity to feed the cavity. The second metal plate has a first slot. The radiation patch includes at least two patch elements, and a first patch slot is formed between the at least two patch elements. The first slot feeds the radiation patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naida Zhu, Meng Hou, Youquan Wu
  • Publication number: 20250385427
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first radiator and a transmission line having a first end and a second end. The first end is coupled proximate to a ground end or an open end of the first radiator, and a length T of the transmission line is set to satisfy T=¼? or T=½?, where ? is a dielectric wavelength corresponding to one of resonances generated by the antenna when the antenna is fed. A feeding circuit is coupled to a coupling point of the transmission line in a configuration for feeding the first radiator through the transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12500339
    Abstract: An antenna includes a patch radiator, a feed point, a first ground point, and a second ground point. The patch radiator has a first side edge and an intersecting second side edge, and a first coupling contact and a second coupling contact. The patch radiator is coupled to the first ground point and the second ground point through the first coupling contact and the second coupling contact, and is biased coupled to the feed point. A distance between the first coupling contact and the first side edge, a distance between the first coupling contact and the second side edge, a distance between the second coupling contact and the first side edge, and a distance between the second coupling contact and the second side edge are all greater than or equal to 0.05?, where ? is an operating wavelength of the antenna in an operating frequency band range of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yu, Jiaming Wang, Liang Xue, Yuanpeng Li, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12482921
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first radiator, a second radiator, and a feed. The first radiator has a first feed point and a first ground point. The second radiator has a second feed point and a second ground point. The antenna further includes a connection line. The connection line has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other. The first end is coupled to the first feed point of the first radiator, and the second end is coupled to the second feed point of the second radiator. A feeding point is disposed on the connection line, and the feeding point is coupled to the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Lijun Ying, Hanyang Wang, Dong Yu, Meng Hou, Chien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12444835
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus for an electronic device having a middle frame, a cover, and a battery located between the middle frame and the cover. The antenna apparatus includes at least one group of coupling feeding elements and at least one group of radiation elements. A first radiator and a second radiator in each group of radiation elements are arranged on an inner surface of a cover. The first radiator and the second radiator are respectively located on two sides of a coupling feeding element, and the coupling feeding element is separately coupled to feed the first radiator and the second radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Jiahui Chu, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou, Chien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12438254
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a conductive frame and a first antenna unit. The conductive frame is disposed around a periphery of the electronic device. The first antenna unit includes a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer spaced apart in a thickness direction of the electronic device; a conductive connection portion is configured to connect the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer; and a first conductive frame, is a part of the conductive frame. The conductive connection portion, the first conductive frame, the first conductive layer, and the second conductive layer enclose a first cavity, and the first conductive layer and the first conductive frame are spaced apart to form a first slot of the first cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou, Chien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12366415
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a shell extending in a longitudinal direction D from a first end to a second end and including a mantle extending from the first end to the second end, and a solid inner core made of a core material and located inside the shell, the core extending in direction D from a first extremity towards the first end to a second extremity towards the second end. Whereby, at least one first flow path is provided inside the core, each first flow path extending from the first extremity to the second extremity of the core, n circuitous second flow paths extend through the core and/or between the core and the mantle, so that the at least one first flow path is surrounded by the n second flow paths over a non-zero rectilinear distance ?L in direction D, n being an integer greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: L'Air Liquide, Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude, American Air Liquide, Inc.
    Inventors: Rémi Tsiava, Jiefu Ma, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12362483
    Abstract: This application provides an antenna unit and an electronic device. A signal at a C-mode port and a signal at a D-mode port of a same loop antenna in any antenna unit are respectively excited by using two feeds, and the antenna unit is electrically symmetrically disposed, so that the signal at the C-mode port is self-cancelled at the D-mode port, and the signal at the D-mode port is self-cancelled at the C-mode port, to implement signal isolation between the two ports and interference self-cancel, and the signal at the C-mode port and the signal at the D-mode port can be complementary to each other in different radiation directions, to implement two antennas with high isolation and a low envelope correlation coefficient ECC based on the same loop antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Yu, Kexin Liu, Yuan Zhou, Hanyang Wang, Lijun Ying, Pengfei Wu, Chien-Ming Lee, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12355163
    Abstract: An antenna structure including a slot antenna and a wire antenna is disposed, and the antenna structure is excited to generate four antenna modes: a common mode slot antenna, a differential mode slot antenna, a common mode wire antenna, and a differential mode wire antenna in a symmetric feed manner and an anti-symmetric feed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Hanyang Wang, Kun Feng, Dong Yu, Meng Hou
  • Patent number: 12341273
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first radiator having a first end and a second end, where the second end or a middle position of the first radiator is grounded; a second radiator having a third end and a fourth end, the fourth end is disposed away from the first end relative to the third end, and the second end or a middle position of the second radiator is grounded; a feeding circuit configured to feed the first radiator and the second radiator, at the first end of the first radiator and the third end of the second radiator; and a tuning circuit configured to selectively connect the feeding circuit to the first end of the first radiator or the third end of the second radiator to feed the first radiator or the second radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pengfei Wu, Meng Hou, Hanyang Wang, Chien-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 12322873
    Abstract: An electronic device comprises a first radiator coupled to a second radiator. One end of a second branch of the second radiator is connected between a head end and a tail end of a first branch of the second radiator. The other end of the second branch is connected between a head end and a tail end of a third branch of the second radiator. A projection of a reference face of the first branch on the first radiator is a first projection. The first projection partly overlaps the first radiator, or a distance between the first projection and the first radiator is within a range of 0 to 3 millimeters. A ratio of a first center distance between an end face of the third branch and the reference face, and a second center distance between the other end face of the third branch and the reference face is within a range of 0.5 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaowei Zhang, Dong Yu, Meng Hou, Hanyang Wang
  • Publication number: 20250062533
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a radiator, a feed point, and a ground point. The plurality of radiators include a first radiator, a second radiator, and a third radiator. A first end of the first radiator and a first end of the second radiator are opposite to each other, and form a first gap. A second end of the first radiator and a first end of the third radiator are opposite to each other, and form a second gap. The feed point and the ground point are disposed on the first radiator. The ground point is disposed in a central region of the plurality of radiators or the first radiator, and the feed point is disposed between the central region and the first end of the first radiator. Gaps are formed between a plurality of radiators, so that a broadband antenna can be implemented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Mao YE, Hanyang WANG, Meng HOU, Liang XUE, Kun LI
  • Patent number: 12224506
    Abstract: A foldable electronic device includes a first housing and a second housing that are rotationally connected to each other by means of rotating shafts located on two sides, and an antenna. The first housing can switch between an unfolded state and a folded state relative to the second housing, and the antenna is disposed in a closed slot. The antenna includes a first antenna segment and a second antenna segment that are sequentially connected and disposed in a length direction of the antenna. One end of the first antenna segment is connected to a ground plate of the first housing. The first antenna segment extends from one end toward a direction in which an opening/closing region of the first housing and the second housing in the unfolded state is away from the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhou, Xiaopeng Liu, Meng Hou, Dong Yu
  • Patent number: 12224500
    Abstract: The electronic device includes a composite antenna including a slot antenna and a wire antenna. A first strip-shaped conductor of the slot antenna includes a first ground part, a second ground part, and a feeding part. The first ground part and the second ground part are respectively two ends of the first strip-shaped conductor. The feeding part is located between the first ground part and the second ground part. A second strip-shaped conductor of the wire antenna includes a first end and a second end. The first end of the second strip-shaped conductor is electrically connected to the first ground part. The second end of the second strip-shaped conductor is an open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hanyang Wang, Meng Hou, Dong Yu, Pengfei Wu, Xiaowei Zhang, Chuanbo Shi