Patents Issued in March 12, 2024
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Patent number: 11929512Abstract: An electrode catalyst for an Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) is provided that includes a transition metal nitride layer on a substrate, an ORR surface oxide layer deposited on the transition metal nitride layer, where the ORR surface oxide layer includes from sub-monolayer to 20 surface oxide monolayers.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityInventors: Melissa E. Kreider, Michaela Burke Stevens, Alessandro Gallo, Hadi Abroshan, Seoin Back, Samira Siahrostami, Jens K. Nørskov, Laurie A. King, Thomas Francisco Jaramillo
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Patent number: 11929513Abstract: A bifunctional catalyst and a preparation method therefor are provided. The bifunctional catalyst is prepared by providing carbon matrix, adding 0.01-10 mol/L platinum containing solution, 0.01-10 mol/L palladium containing solution, 0.01-10 mol/L silver containing solution, and 0.01-15 mol/L sodium citrate trihydrate solution to the carbon matrix for reacting at 20° C. to 80° C. for 0.5 h to 24 h to obtain a mixed solution, and adding reducing agent to the mixed solution for reacting for 0.5 h to 30 h, and centrifuging and drying so as to obtain the bifunctional catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, SHENZHENInventors: Yan Huang, Jinbo Fei, Jiaqi Wang
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Patent number: 11929514Abstract: Devices for insulating the electrical terminals of cylindrical batteries, such as lithium-ion cells, to prevent the occurrence of shorting. One configuration is a device or apparatus which covers one or more terminals of the cell, thereby providing an insulative barrier, while still allowing the cell to be used. Another configuration is a cell covering partially covering the topmost portions of the negatively charged exterior cell case, closest to the positive terminal of the cell, and attaching the covering via a circumferential appendage which locks onto the cell. In another configuration the cell covering extends axially down the side of the cell case to cover part of, or the entirety of, the side of the negatively charged case.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventors: Glen R Stevick, Philip E. Alei, Rong Yuan
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Patent number: 11929515Abstract: The application relates to a battery pack case and a battery pack. The battery pack case includes: a bottom plate and a side plate connected with the bottom plate, the bottom plate and the side plate surround to form an accommodating portion configured to accommodate a unit cell; the bottom plate is provided with a plurality of first grooves and a plurality of second grooves opening toward the accommodating portion, the plurality of first grooves are spaced apart from each other, the plurality of second grooves are spaced apart from each other, and the first grooves and the second grooves are arranged to cross each other. The bottom plate of the battery pack itself has good rigidity, is not prone to warp deformation, and can prevent the overflow of structural glue from contaminating the wiring harness or electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Zhaolin Xie, Peng Wang, Derong Wang, Libing Chan, Zengzhong Wang, Yifeng Chen
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Patent number: 11929516Abstract: A battery module can include multiple battery cells, multiple cell tubes, and a first plate. The multiple cell tubes can accommodate the multiple battery cells within the plurality of cell tubes so that individual of the plurality of battery cells are positioned within individual of the plurality of cell tubes. Each battery cell can have a first electric pole and a second electric pole. The first plate can include a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board can include a first conductive layer and an isolating layer. The isolating layer can include at least one blind hole for wire-bonding the conductive layer to one of the battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: H55 SAInventors: Sébastien Demont, Stéphane Pierre-Jean Boirin, Michaël Roger Fournier, Nicolas Bosi
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Patent number: 11929517Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes, among other things, a tray, a lid secured to the tray to provide an enclosure having an interior, at least one battery module disposed within the interior, a cross-member disposed within the interior adjacent to the at least one battery module, and a stanchion secured to the cross-member. The stanchion disposed entirely within the interior. The assembly further includes a fastener that extends through an opening in the lid to engage the stanchion.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Derek Langley, Dave Moschet, Micah Smith, Melissa Kathryn Christensen, Brent Zapczynski, Michael Luchtman, Saravanan Paramasivam
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Patent number: 11929518Abstract: A traction battery for a motor vehicle includes a plurality of battery cells which are electrically connected to one another, a battery housing which houses the battery cells, several degassing elements for conducting gas away out of the battery housing in the case of a cell outgassing, a sensing system for localizing the cell outgassing, and a control unit which, in the case of a cell outgassing, actuates the degassing elements such that the degassing element situated nearest the cell outgassing remains closed and one or more of the degassing elements that are farther away from the cell outgassing is/are opened.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Savo Asanin, Felix Laasch, Alexander Mueller
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Patent number: 11929519Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for a secondary battery, the separator including a substrate and a coating layer formed on the surface of the substrate, wherein the coating layer includes an organic binder and inorganic particles, and the organic binder contains an ethylenically unsaturated group, and to a lithium secondary battery including the same.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Won Kyung Shin, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Chul Haeng Lee, Jae Won Lee
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Patent number: 11929520Abstract: Disclosed herein is a porous separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the porous separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Kwan Woo Nam, Chul Haeng Lee, Young Duk Kim, Je An Lee
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Patent number: 11929521Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rechargeable battery, including an electrode assembly and a connecting member. The electrode assembly includes an electrode assembly body and an electrode tab extending from an end surface of the electrode assembly body. The connecting member includes a guiding plate, a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate respectively connected to the guiding plate. The first connecting plate, the second connecting plate and the guiding plate extend along a width direction. The electrode tab is bent with respect to a longitudinal direction to form a bending part and the bending part of the electrode tab is connected to the first connecting plate. The width direction is to a thickness direction of the rechargeable battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Zhijun Guo, Jie Zhang, Peng Wang, Taosheng Zhu
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Patent number: 11929522Abstract: Batteries according to embodiments of the present technology may include a housing including a first terminal disposed on a first side of the housing and a second terminal disposed on the first side of the housing. The batteries may include an electrode stack positioned within the housing. The electrode stack may include an anode current collector. The anode current collector may define an anode tab along a first side of the anode current collector, and be electrically coupled with the first terminal. The electrode stack may include a cathode current collector. The cathode current collector may define a cathode tab along a second side of the cathode current collector. The cathode tab may extend from the cathode current collector in a direction normal to a direction the anode tab extends from the anode current collector. The cathode tab may be electrically coupled with a busbar disposed within the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Christopher T. Campbell, Nivay Anandarajah, William A. Braff, Oskar Dondelewski, Russell A. McLellan
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Patent number: 11929523Abstract: Batteries including electrochemical cells, associated components, and arrangements thereof are generally described. In some aspects, batteries with housings that undergo relatively little expansion and contraction even in cases where electrochemical cells in the battery undergo a relatively high degree of expansion and contraction during charging and discharging are provided. Batteries configured to apply relatively high magnitudes and uniform force to electrochemical cells in the battery, while in some cases having high energy densities and a relatively low pack burden, are also provided. In certain aspects, arrangements of electrochemical cells and associated components are generally described. In some aspects, thermally conductive solid articles that can be used for aligning components of the battery are described. In some aspects, thermally insulating and compressible components for battery packs are generally described.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Sion Power CorporationInventors: Mark Niedzwiecki, Daniel G. Milobar, Ryan Michael Niccum, Jared M. Jennings, Homa Shayan
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Patent number: 11929524Abstract: The present disclosure provides a separator plate suitable for use in a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell. Also provided is a fuel cell and an article including the separator plate. Further, the present disclosure provides a fuel cell stack where each fuel cell includes the separator plate. Additionally, a closed-cathode proton-exchange membrane fuel cell stack is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Spectronik Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Maung Maung Zarli, Jogjaman Jap, Hao Shen
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Patent number: 11929525Abstract: A coolant flow field of a fuel cell stack includes a power-generation-portion-cooling flow path including a portion overlapping a power generation section of a membrane electrode assembly, a bypass flow path provided on outer peripheries of separators, a main supply flow path extending from a coolant supply passage through the bypass flow path and communicating with the power-generation-portion-cooling flow path, and a bubble release flow path extending from an upper portion of the coolant supply passage in the gravity direction toward the bypass flow path and communicating with the bypass flow path, wherein the bubble release flow path extends upward in the gravity direction above the coolant supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshinobu Mito, Yoshio Kajita, Kenta Watanabe, Shuhei Goto
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Patent number: 11929526Abstract: A method for bonding two plates together for a fuel cell, wherein the method comprises applying an adhesive to the surface of at least one of the plates and pressing the two plates together with the adhesive in between. The adhesive contains a mixture in the range of 0.01% to 30% PVDF and a solvent, and optionally a surfactant.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FISCHER ECO SOLUTIONS GMBHInventors: Denys Gromadskyi, Søren Andreasen, Morten Sørensen, Jakob Bork
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Patent number: 11929527Abstract: A fuel cell device of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The fuel cell device includes a fuel cell, a supply air path leading to the fuel cell for a cathode supply air flow, and an exhaust air path leading away from the fuel cell for a cathode exhaust air flow. The supply air path and the exhaust air path are routed through a humidifier that humidifies the supply air and dehumidifies the exhaust air. The exhaust air path is further routed through a water separator that removes water from the exhaust air to provide evaporation water. A heat exchanger for cooling the fuel cell is provided that has an evaporative cooler for cooling the heat exchanger. The evaporative cooler is assigned to the water separator in fluidic communication and is supplied with evaporation water by the water separator.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Mahle International GmbHInventors: Michael Baumann, Richard Bruemmer, Matthias Gaenswein, Sven Alexander Kaiser, Frank Von Luetzau, Jan Schultes, Thomas Strauss
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Patent number: 11929528Abstract: The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for determining the ratio of oxidized and reduced forms of a redox couple in solution, each method comprising: contacting first and second stationary working electrodes and first and second counter electrode to the solution; applying a first potential at the first stationary working electrode and a second potential at the second stationary working electrode relative to the respective counter electrodes and measuring first and second constant currents for the first and second stationary working electrodes, respectively; wherein the first and second constant currents have opposite signs and the ratio of the absolute values of the first and second constant currents reflects the ratio of the oxidized and reduced forms of the redox couple in solution. When used in the context of monitoring/controlling electrochemical cells, additional embodiments include those further comprising oxidizing or reducing the solution.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Lockheed Martin Energy, LLCInventors: Evan R. King, Kean Duffey, Adam Morris-Cohen, John Goeltz, Steven Y. Reece
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Patent number: 11929529Abstract: The fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, a first injection device associated with a supply of a fuel to the fuel cell, and a second injection device provided on an upstream side of the first injection device in a fuel flow passage from a fuel storage unit to the first injection device. The first and second injection devices switch a flow passage extending downstream from the fuel flow passage, between a first flow passage via the first injection device and second flow passage via the second injection device. The second injection device operates at a lower frequency than the first injection device during an operation of the fuel system.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Susumu Maeshima, Akinobu Moriyama, Tatsuya Yaguchi, Masashi Sato, Tadaki Mano, Hiroyuki Wada
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Patent number: 11929530Abstract: An energy system with hydration of magnesium hydride, including: a magnesium hydride storage tank, a Covapor unit, a storage battery, a hydrogen buffer and temperature regulation tank, a meter, a molecular sieve filter, a hydrogen fuel cell, an exhaust gas purifier, a water tank, and an air purifier. A water outlet of the hydrogen fuel cell is connected to a water inlet of the magnesium hydride storage tank. A hydrogen outlet of the magnesium hydride storage tank is connected to a hydrogen inlet of the hydrogen fuel cell. A thermal conductive medium outlet of the magnesium hydride storage tank is connected to a jacket of the molecular sieve filter and the Covapor unit, respectively, and a jacket outlet of the molecular sieve filter and an outlet of the Covapor unit are respectively connected to a thermal conductive medium inlet of the magnesium hydride storage tank.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Shanghai Covapor Energy Technology Co., LtdInventor: Peng Jia
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Patent number: 11929531Abstract: A substrate for a composite membrane includes a microporous polyolefin membrane for carrying a hydrophilic resin compound within the pores of the microporous membrane wherein: the average pore diameter is 1 nm to 50 nm; the porosity is 50% to 78%; the membrane thickness is 1 ?m to 12 ?m; and, when a mixed solution of ethanol and water (volume ratio 1/2) is dripped onto a surface of the microporous polyolefin membrane which has not undergone hydrophilization treatment, the contact angle ?1 between the droplet and the surface is 0 to 90 degrees 1 second after the dripping, and the contact angle ?2 between the droplet and the surface is 0 to 70 degrees 10 minutes after the dripping, and the rate of change of the contact angle ((?1??2)/?1×100) is 10 to 50%.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: TEIJIN LIMITEDInventors: Takeo Yamaguchi, Yuhei Oshiba, Hidenori Ohashi, Jin Tomatsu, Koji Furuya, Takao Ohno, Mami Nanbu
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Patent number: 11929532Abstract: A device and process for using the device are provided for the production of commodity chemicals by biological methods which require the addition of reducing equivalents. The device allows operating conditions to be conveniently altered to achieve maximal electrochemical efficiencies for a given biologically mediated redox reaction, series of reactions, or fermentation process.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BioChemInsights, Inc.Inventors: Travis J. Armiger, William B. Armiger, David R. Dodds
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Patent number: 11929533Abstract: A flow battery having at least one rechargeable cell is disclosed. The at least one rechargeable cell can include an anolyte compartment, a catholyte compartment, and an anion exchange membrane positioned between the anolyte and catholyte compartments. The anion exchange membrane can have a thickness of less than 100 ?m and a steady state diffusivity of less than 0.4 ppm/hr/cm2 with respect to a cation species in an electrolyte of the rechargeable cell. A method of facilitating use of a flow battery including providing the anion exchange membrane is also disclosed. A method of facilitating storage of an electric charge comprising providing the flow battery is also disclosed. A method of producing an anion exchange membrane is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2018Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Evoqua Water Technologies LLCInventors: George Y. Gu, Savvas Hadjikyriacou, Michael J. Shaw, Simon P. Dukes
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Patent number: 11929534Abstract: A method for a redox flow battery may include, interrupting cycling of the redox flow battery, including charging the redox flow battery to a threshold charge condition, draining positive and negative electrolyte from the redox flow battery, circulating a wash solution through the redox flow battery, and returning the positive and negative electrolyte to the redox flow battery, and resuming cycling of the redox flow battery. In this way, contamination of the redox flow battery system can be reduced, thereby prolonging the life and increasing performance of the redox flow battery system.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ESS TECH, INC.Inventors: Yang Song, Craig E. Evans, Brady Thompson
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Patent number: 11929535Abstract: A phase shifter includes a substrate, a signal transmission structure disposed on the substrate, and a phase adjustment structure disposed on the substrate. The phase adjustment structure includes a conductive structure, at least one semiconductor structure disposed between the signal transmission structure and the conductive structure, a first insulating layer disposed between the conductive structure and the at least one semiconductor structure, and at least one first bias voltage line electrically connected to the conductive structure. Orthogonal projections, on the substrate, of the signal transmission structure, the conductive structure and the at least one semiconductor structure overlap with one another. An orthogonal projection, on the substrate, of the first insulating layer is located at least in a region in which the orthogonal projections, on the substrate, of the conductive structure and the at least one semiconductor structure overlap.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: BEIJING BOE SENSOR TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventor: Tienlun Ting
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Patent number: 11929536Abstract: A filter cable, which solves the problem that devices which can better cope with various problems in complex electromagnetic environment and have simple and reasonable structural design are lacking in the related art. The filter cable comprises a core wire; the core wire comprises an insulating substrate and a first conductor layer surrounding the insulating substrate; the first conductor layer has a first etching pattern; the first etching pattern is distributed along the axial direction of the filter cable; and the first etching pattern is used to make the filter cable equivalent to a first filter circuit to realize the filtering function.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Yunan Han
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Patent number: 11929537Abstract: Disclosed is a resonant filter, which includes a housing including an input hole and an output hole, an input resonator including an input resonant body and an input port extending from the input resonant body and out of the housing through the input hole, and an output resonator including an output resonant body and an output port extending from the output resonant body and out of the housing through the output hole. The input resonator and the output resonator are fixed in the housing. The input resonator body and the output resonator body, which are sheets with a metal surface or metal sheets, respectively include a resonant rod with an upright segment, an extension segment extending from the upright segment and one end of which away from the extension segment is connected to the housing, and a first branch extending from the extension segment away from the upright segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: KUNSHAN LUXSHARE RF TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: ShanCe Lyu, Ye Wang, XingHua Sun
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Patent number: 11929538Abstract: A RF dielectric filter comprising a block of dielectric material including top and bottom exterior longitudinal surfaces and side exterior surfaces covered with a layer of conductive material. RF signal input/output pads are located at opposed ends of the block. Each of the RF signal input/output pads comprises a strip of conductive material bridging between the bottom exterior surface and the side exterior surface. A strip or region of dielectric material surrounds all the sides of the elongate strip of conductive material except for one end of the strip of conductive material on the side exterior surface which is in a direct unitary coupling relationship with the remainder of the conductive material on the side exterior surface. In one embodiment, the strip or region of dielectric material is generally U-shaped and can vary in width.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: CTS CorporationInventors: Dong Jing, Gabriel Lopez, Nam Phan
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Patent number: 11929539Abstract: A directional coupler is configured so as to include: a resistive element in which one end thereof is connected to a first terminal and the other end is connected to a second terminal; a first amplifier circuit for outputting either a current directly proportional to a first voltage applied to the one end of the resistive element or a current directly proportional to a second voltage applied to the other end of the resistive element; a second amplifier circuit for outputting a first current which is directly proportional to the voltage difference between the first voltage applied to the one end of the resistive element and the second voltage applied to the other end of the resistive element and whose polarity is different from that of the current outputted from the first amplifier circuit when a signal is flowing from the first terminal to the second terminal, and for outputting a second current which is directly proportional to the voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage and whoseType: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takanobu Fujiwara, Tatsuya Hagiwara, Masaomi Tsuru
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Patent number: 11929540Abstract: An electromagnetic coupler including: a substrate; and a first conductor mounted to the substrate for receiving a first electromagnetic signal, the first conductor having a first multiple arcuate edge; a second conductor mounted to the substrate, the second conductor being spaced apart from the first conductor and having a second multiple arcuate edge that is opposed to the first edge for generating in the second conductor a second electromagnetic signal that is derived from the first electromagnetic signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: BAE Systems Australia LimitedInventor: Michel A Ross
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Patent number: 11929541Abstract: An antenna includes an optically transparent substrate layer having a first surface and an opposing second surface; a radiating element having a first mesh structure and disposed on the first surface of the substrate layer; a ground plane having a second mesh structure formed on the second surface of the substrate layer; at least two feed lines configured to connect the radiating element to an external circuit; and at least two stubs connected to the radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: u-blox AGInventors: Thomas Kaufmann, Seyedali Malakooti, Christophe Fumeaux
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Patent number: 11929542Abstract: System in package (SiP) modules are compact packages that include components such as processors, memory, sensors, and passive components on a single substrate. One low cost and compact way to integrate an antenna into a SiP module is to suspend an antenna in molding compound so that the antenna is embedded in the real estate of the molding compound layer. To embed the antenna, the molding compound is first deposited. A cavity can be cut in the molding compound to hold the antenna. The cavity can be filled with conductive material to form the antenna. Further molding compound can be deposited to cover the antenna and enclose the antenna in the molding compound layer. Ground structures can also be suspended in the molding compound. Such an embedded antenna can be particularly useful for radio applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Analog Devices International Unlimited CompanyInventor: Romulo Maggay
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Patent number: 11929543Abstract: This disclosure discloses high-bandwidth antenna in package (AiP) apparatuses. In an example, an AiP apparatus comprises: a first radiator; a second radiator; a first substrate; a second substrate; a first metal piece; and a first feeding path, wherein the first radiator and the first feeding path are disposed on the first substrate, wherein the second radiator is disposed on the second substrate, wherein the first feeding path is configured to feed the first radiator, and wherein the second radiator and the first radiator are connected using the first metal piece disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Haiwei Zhang, Haotao Hu, Yaojiang Zhang
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Patent number: 11929544Abstract: A wireless communication device is provided for transmitting and receiving a high-frequency signal having a first frequency for communication is disclosed. The device includes a loop pattern having a first electrode and a second electrode as both ends, an antenna pattern, a third electrode capacitively coupled to the first electrode, and a fourth electrode capacitively coupled to the second electrode. The device includes an RFIC having a capacitive impedance at a second frequency higher than the first frequency, and a first current path and a second current path connected in parallel with each other between the third electrode and the fourth electrode. The RFIC is included in the first current path and the second current path has an inductive impedance at a second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Noboru Kato, Yoshihiro Aoyama, Mikiko Saito
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Patent number: 11929545Abstract: Access points can be mounted in a variety of locations or orientations and can support multiple communications protocols. In some embodiments, an access point includes a main housing and a front housing. The main and front housing are connected by a hinge. A Wi-Fi antenna is included in the front housing in some embodiments. The access point is configured for use in either an open or closed position. When mounted in a vertical position, the front housing can be lowered into a horizontal position, which facilitates a preferred orientation of an antenna with respect to the ground. A first set of cooling fins serves to maintain components of the access point offset from a wall to which the access point is mounted. This facilitates airflow. Additional fins act as a spacer between the main housing and the front housing when the access point is used in a closed position. This facilitates air flow around both sides of the main housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.Inventors: Joshua Rosenthal, John James Musante
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Patent number: 11929546Abstract: An electronic device comprising an array antenna according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a display visible through a part of the first plate; a first printed circuit board comprising a first surface facing the side member, a second surface facing away from the first surface, a first edge adjacent close to the first plate, and a second edge closer to the second plate than the first edge, the first printed circuit board comprising one or more conductive plates on the first surface; a second printed circuit board extending from the first edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surface, the second printed circuit board comprising one or more first conductive patterns; a third printed circuit board extending from the second edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surfacType: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jaehyung Kim, Jinkyu Bang, Jaebong Chun
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Patent number: 11929547Abstract: A mobile device includes a system circuit board, a metal frame, one or more other antenna elements, a display device, a first feeding element, and an RF (Radio Frequency) module. The system circuit board includes a system ground plane. The metal frame at least includes a first portion and a second portion. The metal frame at least has a first cut point positioned between the first portion and the second portion. The metal frame further has a second cut point for separating the other antenna elements from the first portion. The first cut point is arranged to be close to a middle region of the display device. The first feeding element is directly or indirectly electrically connected to the first portion. A first antenna structure is formed by the first feeding element and the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Li-Yuan Fang, Shen-Fu Tzeng, Yi-Hsiang Kung
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Patent number: 11929548Abstract: Eyewear with a slot ring antenna generating E-fields that are orthogonal to each other at a frequency. The slot ring antenna has a first portion including an inner ring and an outer ring configured to generate a first E-field in a first direction, and a second portion having a respective inner ring and the outer right configured to generate a second E-field in a second direction that is orthogonal to the first E-field. The outer ring encompasses the respective inner rings, where a first slot is defined between the respective inner ring and the outer ring. A second slot is encompassed by the respective inner ring, and it may be a cutout. The slot ring antenna encompasses eyewear optical assemblies. In one example, the slot antenna first portion encompasses a first optical assembly, and the second portion encompasses the second optical assembly. The outer ring may comprise of a common ground plane, which ground plane may extend proximate a bridge of the eyewear.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Snap Inc.Inventors: Mathias Hintermann, Ugur Olgun, Patrick Timothy McSweeney Simons
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Patent number: 11929549Abstract: Provided is a deployable reflector that includes a reflector, a tensioning frame with a deploying ring including upper booms and lower booms, sections composed of lower rods and upper rods and including pantograph levers, stanchions mounted between the upper booms and the lower booms, scissors-like levers located at an intersection of the pantograph levers, first sleeves put on the pantograph levers, second sleeves disposed on the lower rods and the upper rods, cylindrical joints disposed on the second sleeves, an expansion ring for connecting the upper rods and the lower rods, a reflector fixing mesh having triangular cells composed of elastic rods, an upper concave mesh and a lower convex mesh fastened with peripheral units and composed of triangular shape cells, where the reflector is attached to the upper concave mesh directly or is fastened to the upper concave mesh with a spatial shape gasket.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PIPL LIMITEDInventors: Maxym Polyakov, Elguja Medzmariashvili
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Patent number: 11929550Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) connector includes an insulating portion configured in a cylindrical shape; an outer conducting portion configured in a cylindrical shape and disposed to surround an outer circumferential surface of the insulating portion; and an inner conducting portion disposed inside the insulating portion in a hollow shape and having both ends protruding from the insulating portion, the insulating portion electrically separating the outer conducting portion from the inner conducting portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yiwei Ma, Rongbiao Su, Yuanwei Wang
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Patent number: 11929551Abstract: A method of manufacturing chip antenna and a structure of the chip antenna. The method includes the following steps: preparing a substrate, drilling a plurality of rows of external through holes and internal through holes arranged longitudinally, forming fishing grooves at the predetermined distance between every two of the internal through holes arranged longitudinally, electroplating a metal material on the external through holes and the internal through holes, to form a conductive layer. Afterward, a circuit layer is formed on the conductive layer by exposure, development, and etching techniques. An ink is printed on the substrate after the circuit layer finished, and the ink cover parts of the circuit layer and parts of the substrate exposed, to form a solder mask and a recognition pattern layer. Finally, a longitudinal cutting line and a horizontal cutting line are cut on the substrate, and to form a chip antenna.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: POWER WAVE ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yun-Chan Tsai, Shi-Hong Yang
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Patent number: 11929552Abstract: An antenna structure configured for simultaneous communication over multiple channels or with multiple locations. In certain examples the antenna system includes an antenna, such as a horn antenna, a lens, or a horn-lens combination, for example, and a focal plane array located near the focal point of the antenna. The focal plane array can be made up of a plurality of sub-wavelength elements, and is configured to simultaneously excite and/or receive a plurality of beams, each having an independent pointing angle to communicate with multiple fixed or non-fixed communication terminals in different locations.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2017Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ASTRONICS AEROSAT CORPORATIONInventors: Frank J. Blanda, Eric W. Kratzenberg, Benjamin Geist McMahon
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Patent number: 11929553Abstract: Disclosed herein are reconfigurable antennas based on moiré patterns with new actuation mechanisms to reduce their energy expenditure.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: American University of BeirutInventors: Elie Shammas, Joseph Costantine, Joe Taoum
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Patent number: 11929554Abstract: An In-Building Communications system is disclosed which permits communication in tunnels, underground parking garages, tall buildings such as skyscrapers, buildings having thick walls of concrete or metal, and/or any building which has communication dead zones due to electromagnetic shielding. The invention includes a portable bi-directional amplifier (BDA) system, an outdoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable, an indoor antenna system attached to the building or independently mountable inside the building, and a standardized, In-Building Communications (IBC) interface box affixed preferably to the exterior of the building. The interface box communicates with antenna systems attached to the building.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Karl F. Scheucher
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Patent number: 11929555Abstract: An antenna device is formed by arranging a plurality of radiation elements each radiating a circularly polarized wave in a matrix of three rows and ten columns. The plurality of radiation elements include radiation elements of four types having a positional relationship rotationally symmetric with each other. The plurality of radiation elements are included in a first element group in which radiation elements are arranged in a matrix of three rows and three columns in one end portion side and a second element group in which radiation elements are arranged in a matrix of three rows and three columns in the other end portion side. A first center element disposed at a center of the first element group is an element of a type obtained by rotating a second center element disposed at a center of the second element group by 180 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshiki Yamada, Kengo Onaka
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Patent number: 11929556Abstract: An apparatus includes multiple patch antenna elements configured to transmit multiple electromagnetic beams in multiple beam directions. The apparatus also includes multiple inputs each configured to receive one of multiple input signals, where each input signal is associated with one of the electromagnetic beams. The apparatus further includes multiple phase-tapered splitters each configured to receive one of the input signals, divide the received input signal into a set of sub-signals, and provide a phase taper that adjusts phases of at least some of the sub-signals in the set of sub-signals. Different phase tapers are associated with different ones of the beam directions. In addition, the apparatus includes multiple 90° hybrid transformers each configured to receive sub-signals associated with different ones of the input signals, isolate the received sub-signals from each other, and provide the isolated sub-signals to one of the patch antenna elements.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Andrew D. Gamalski, Andrew K. Brown
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Patent number: 11929557Abstract: An antenna module radiates radio waves upon receiving a radio-frequency signal output from an RFIC. The antenna module includes flat radiating elements that radiate radio waves in a first polarization direction, feed conductors that each supply a radio-frequency signal from the RFIC to an associated one of the radiating elements, and a ground electrode disposed opposite the radiating elements. As viewed from the RFIC, frequency characteristics of an impedance of the radiating element are different from frequency characteristics of an impedance of the radiating element. Under a condition a frequency band in which a return loss is less than or equal to a predetermined value is defined as an operable band width in each of the radiating elements, the operable band width of the radiating element partially overlaps the operable band width of the radiating element.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisei Takayama, Hirotsugu Mori
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Patent number: 11929558Abstract: A millimeter wave antenna apparatus for an electronic device includes a rear housing and at least one antenna assembly, the at least one antenna assembly includes a millimeter wave module spaced apart from the rear housing, and being configured to transceive millimeter wave signal; a beam of the millimeter wave signal pointing towards the outside of the rear housing; a dielectric layer arranged in a target area of the rear housing, the target area at least comprising an area where the millimeter wave module is projected onto the rear housing, the dielectric layer and a part of the rear housing in the target area together forming a radiation layer with gradient distribution of dielectric constant, and the radiation layer being configured to change a beam radiation direction of the millimeter wave signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Yuhu Jia
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Patent number: 11929559Abstract: A system includes one or more antennas; and a processor to control a directionality of the antennas in communication with a predetermined target using 5G protocols.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Inventor: Bao Tran
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Patent number: 11929560Abstract: A dual-band antenna device allowed to perform communication at a first frequency in a predetermined frequency band and at a second frequency in a frequency band higher than the predetermined frequency band includes: a ground conductor; a folded antenna conductor including a first linear part and a second linear part that are caused to face each other at a distance by folding; an LC resonant circuit that is included in the folded antenna conductor, that lets the first frequency pass, and that lets the second frequency attenuate; and a feeding point between the ground conductor and the folded antenna conductor. A narrow gap part is provided between the first linear part and the second linear part of the folded antenna conductor, the narrow gap part measuring a distance shorter than a distance measured in a different portion between the first linear part and the second linear part.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryo Komura
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Patent number: 11929561Abstract: An antenna module includes a first antenna radiator including a feeding terminal, a second antenna radiator, a first ground radiator, a second ground radiator and a capacitive element. The second antenna radiator is disposed on one side of the first antenna radiator, and a first gap is formed between a main portion of the second antenna radiator and the first antenna radiator. The first ground radiator is disposed on another side of the first antenna radiator, and a second gap is formed between the first antenna radiator and the first antenna radiator. The second ground radiator is disposed between the second antenna radiator and the first ground radiator, and a third gap is formed between the second ground radiator and a first branch of the second antenna radiator. The capacitive element is disposed on the third gap and connects the second antenna radiator and the second ground radiator.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATIONInventors: I-Shu Lee, Chih-Hung Cho, Hau Yuen Tan, Chien-Yi Wu, Po-Sheng Chen, Chao-Hsu Wu, Yi Chen, Hung-Ming Yu, Chih-Chien Hsieh