Patents Issued in August 20, 2024
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Patent number: 12068506Abstract: A flexible battery may include: an electrode assembly having one or more unit cells each of the unit cells including a pair of electrode plates having different polarities, a separator interposed between the respective electrode plates and electrode tabs that protrude from the respective electrode plates; a pair of electrode leads connected to electrode tabs; and a strengthening tab fixed on any one electrode lead connection tab among the electrode tabs.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: LIBEST INC., KHVATEC CO., LTD.Inventors: Joo Seong Kim, Jin Hong Ha, Kwang Seok Kim, Gil Ju Lee, Keum Bong Han, Jae Sung Choi, Joon Sik Chung, Hyuk Sang Jo
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Terminal component and secondary battery and assembled battery each including the terminal component
Patent number: 12068507Abstract: This disclosure provides a terminal component that can reduce thermal deterioration due to beam irradiation to a metal joining portion. A terminal component disclosed herein includes a first member formed of a metal and a plate-like second member formed of a metal, and a metal joining portion joined by metal joining is formed in a boundary surface where the first member and the second member are stacked. On a surface of the second member in an opposite side to the boundary surface, a raised portion raised from the surface is formed in a peripheral portion close to the metal joining portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Takahiro Sakurai, Kosuke Suzuki, Kota Ohata -
Patent number: 12068508Abstract: A battery is provided comprising an anode cap on a first side, and a cathode can on the opposing second side. The anode cap and cathode can be configured together to provide a cylindrical shaped round shaped battery with a peripheral side wall. The battery is modified to have one or more sharp protrusions extending from the peripheral side wall to increase the width and or height of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: ESKP3 PTY LTDInventor: Elizabeth Abigael Kijashka
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Patent number: 12068509Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell or solid oxide electrolyzer includes a plurality of fuel cell layers stacked along a stacking axis. Each fuel cell layer including a stacked arrangement of elements including a cathode, an anode, an electrolyte located between the anode and the cathode, a support layer positioned at the anode opposite the electrolyte, and a separator plate located at the support layer opposite the anode. The separator plate is configured to contact the cathode of an adjacent fuel cell layer of the plurality of fuel cell layers. The separator plate defines a plurality of anode flow channels configured to deliver a fuel therethrough and a plurality of cathode flow channels configured to deliver an air flow therethrough. The separator plate is formed from a bulk metallic glass material.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Tianli Zhu, Paul Sheedy, John A. Sharon
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Patent number: 12068510Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes stacked cells, each including a sheet-shaped power generation portion, two separators, a gas passage defining plate that includes a gas passage portion through which reactant gas flows, and a frame member that includes a supply port and a discharge port. The gas passage portion includes opposing portions extended in a flow direction of the reactant gas and arranged in parallel in an orthogonal direction. A main passage is defined between each opposing portion and the power generation portion. The gas passage portion includes a first passage portion adjacent to the supply port in the flow direction and a second passage portion adjacent to the first passage portion in the orthogonal direction. The main passages of the second passage portion each have a larger cross-sectional flow area than the main passages of the first passage portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA SHATAI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yoshinori Shinozaki, Satoshi Futami
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Patent number: 12068511Abstract: A solid oxide cell device is provided which uses hydrocarbon fuel gas and oxygen to remove carbon dioxide from a gas stream, converting it to syngas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen), preferably without any input of external energy beyond that derived from the input gases. Existing processes can then be used to convert the syngas to stable liquid or solid organic chemicals, so that all the input carbon is fixed. Partial oxidation of hydrocarbon fuel gas in a solid oxide fuel cell produces syngas and electricity, and the electricity powers a solid oxide electrolyser which reacts carbon dioxide with further hydrocarbon fuel gas to produce more syngas. The fuel cell and electrolyser together can achieve self-sustaining carbon dioxide utilization.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: OMNAGEN LIMITEDInventor: Kenneth Omersa
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Patent number: 12068512Abstract: The present invention relates to a direct alcohol fuel cell comprising a housing containing a proton exchange membrane (PEM) separating an anode section from a cathode section, which anode section and which cathode section are contained in the housing, the cathode section comprising a cathode collection element having one or more ventilation holes, which cathode collection element is electrically connected to a cathode catalyst, which cathode catalyst is in diffusive communication with a gaseous oxidant, and the anode section comprising an anode collection element electrically connected to an anode catalyst, the DAFC comprising an oleophobic filter covering the ventilation hole(s). The oleophobic filter may be held in place using any appropriate means as desired. The fuel cell is suited for a microelectronic device.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Widex A/SInventors: Torsten Lund-Olesen, Boris Valnert, Kasper Vestentoft, Oskar Tynelius, Jacob Lindner Bonde, Jan Harry Hales, Leif Hoejslet Christensen
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Patent number: 12068513Abstract: The disclosed technology generally relates to energy storage devices, and more particularly to redox batteries. In one aspect, a redox battery comprises a first half cell and a second half cell. The first half cell comprises a positive electrolyte reservoir comprising a first electrolyte contacting a positive electrode and has dissolved therein a first redox couple configured to undergo a first redox half reaction. The second half cell comprises a negative electrolyte reservoir comprising a second electrolyte contacting a negative electrode and has dissolved therein a second redox couple configured to undergo a second redox half reaction. The redox battery additionally comprises an ion exchange membrane separating the positive electrolyte reservoir and the negative electrolyte reservoir. The first half cell, the second half cell and the ion exchange membrane define a redox battery cell that is sealed in a casing.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Standard Energy Inc.Inventors: Dongyoung Lee, Bugi Kim, Dongheun Kim, Sanghyun Park, Kangyeong Choe
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Patent number: 12068514Abstract: A cell including: a body having a first end portion and a second end portion; a first electrode layer electrically connected to the body; a solid electrolyte layer located on the first electrode layer; and a second electrode layer located on the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the body includes a flared gas-flow passage passing through the body from the first end portion to second end portion; and diameters of opposing end portions of the flared gas-flow passage are greater than a diameter of the flared gas-flow passage at a central portion between the opposing end portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: KYOCERA CorporationInventor: Masashi Kawakami
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Patent number: 12068515Abstract: The present invention relates to a cavity filter and a connecting structure included therein.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: KMW INC.Inventors: Nam Shin Park, Joung Hoe Kim, Sung Ho Jang
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Patent number: 12068516Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) transmission line is described. The RF transmission line includes a first ground line, a second ground line, and a signal line disposed on a substrate and forming a coplanar waveguide. A plasma limiter feature is integrated into an internal surface of one or more of the first ground line, the second ground line, and the signal line. The plasma limiter decreases a gap distance between the signal line and the associated ground line. The gap distance is selected, together with a gas pressure, to control a voltage at which the gas within the gap breaks down, targeted at a breakdown power of 1 W across a wide bandwidth. The plasma limiter thus limits a power transmitted by way of the RF transmission line for protecting a sensitive integrated circuit.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.Inventors: Zachary Haralson, Jonathan A. Lovseth, Michael C. Meholensky
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Patent number: 12068517Abstract: Waveguide filters comprising ridges disposed within a waveguide cavity for selecting electromagnetic signals within a frequency passband. An apparatus includes a waveguide filter comprising a waveguide cavity and a plurality of ridges disposed within the waveguide cavity. The apparatus is such that each of the plurality of ridges comprises a first side and a second side, and wherein the first side and the second side are disposed at a non-orthogonal angle relative to one other. The apparatus is optimized for fabrication using metal additive manufacturing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Optisys, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
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Patent number: 12068518Abstract: Waveguide filters comprising ridges disposed within a waveguide cavity for selecting electromagnetic signals within a frequency passband. An apparatus includes a waveguide filter comprising a waveguide cavity and a plurality of ridges disposed within the waveguide cavity. The apparatus is such that each of the plurality of ridges comprises a first side and a second side, and wherein the first side and the second side are disposed at a non-orthogonal angle relative to one other. The apparatus is optimized for fabrication using metal additive manufacturing techniques.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Optisys, Inc.Inventors: Michael Hollenbeck, Robert Smith
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Gyromagnetic nonlinear transmission line for radio frequency signal generation and pulse compression
Patent number: 12068519Abstract: Disclosed are non-linear transmission lines using ferromagnetic materials to generate ferromagnetic resonance oscillations. In one aspect, a non-linear transmission line apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer conductor having a first side and a second internally facing side, and an inner conductor positioned internal to the non-linear transmission line apparatus. The apparatus further includes a ferromagnetic material surrounding the inner conductor, wherein the ferromagnetic material comprises nanoparticles of an ?-polymorph of iron oxide expressed as ?-Fe2O3. The apparatus also includes a first dielectric material positioned between the outer conductor and the inner conductor, the dielectric material in contact with both the ferromagnetic material and with the second internally facing side of the outer conductor, wherein the outer conductor, the inner conductor, the dielectric material and the ferromagnetic material form the nonlinear transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Joseph Devin Schneider, Alexander Adrian Baker, Jinkyu Han, Lars F. Voss -
Patent number: 12068520Abstract: A coaxial microstrip line conversion circuit includes a housing part including a protrusion protruding into the interior, a microstrip line substrate, a coaxial line including central and ground conductor parts, and a solder layer. The microstrip line substrate includes a microstrip line, a dielectric body having a recess cut into a lower surface, and a ground conductive part bent along the cut surface. The microstrip line substrate is mounted to a bottom surface of the housing part so that the recess and the protrusion fit together. A vertical distance between a lowest position of the ground conductor part facing the central conductor part and a ground surface of the ground conductive part adjacent to the cut surface is less than a vertical distance between the lowest position and a ground surface of the ground conductive part adjacent to a region of the dielectric body where the recess is not provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventor: Yasuaki Asahi
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Patent number: 12068521Abstract: A directional coupler includes a main line, a secondary line, and a variable terminator. The variable terminator includes a variable inductor. The variable inductor includes a plurality of inductors coupled in series with each other between an end portion of the secondary line and the ground and switches configured to bypass at least one inductor of the plurality of inductors.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenta Seki, Ryangsu Kim, Katsuya Shimizu
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Patent number: 12068522Abstract: An antenna alignment device may include multiple GNSS antennas, locations and or relative orientations of which may be detected using magnetometers. The GNSS antennas may be mounted on moveable arms (e.g., at far ends of the moveable arms). Multiple magnetometers may be provided at the base of each of the moveable arms. The magnetometers may detect positions of embedded metallic objects at the bases of the corresponding moveable arms thereby determining a position of the moveable arms and the GNSS antennas mounted thereon. A processor may use the detected positions of the GNSS antennas for calculating, among other things, the azimuth of an external antenna to which the antenna alignment device is attached.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.Inventor: Raleigh Benton Stelle, IV
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Patent number: 12068523Abstract: A satellite antenna positioner having a satellite tracking function according to the present invention relates to a satellite antenna positioner which has a satellite tracking function, supports an antenna, and is configured to direct the antenna on the basis of a satellite reception signal, the satellite antenna positioner comprising: a first motor for generating a driving force for adjusting an elevation angle of the antenna; a second motor for generating a driving force for adjusting an azimuth angle of the antenna; and a control module for controlling the first motor and the second motor on the basis of the sensitivity of the satellite reception signal, wherein the control module calculates an average value of satellite reception signals received in the process of driving at least one of the first motor and the second motor during a preset time, and controls at least one of the first motor and the second motor on the basis of the average value of the satellite reception signals.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: GTL Co., Ltd.Inventors: Geon Ho Hwang, Jin Kyu Kang, Jung Kyu Kim
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Patent number: 12068524Abstract: A vehicle pane has a first substrate and at least one first electrically conducting layer, wherein an antenna structure is formed in the electrically conducting layer, wherein the antenna structure provides a Vivaldi-antenna-like structure, wherein the antenna structure has two substantially identical antenna elements, wherein the two antenna elements are arranged at an angle relative to one another, wherein the angle is greater than 0° and less than 180° such that the antenna elements appear substantially as mirror images at the angle bisector.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Adrien Guth, Guillaume Francois, Guillaume Petitdidier, Varun Ramesh Kumar
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Patent number: 12068525Abstract: Disclosed herein are antenna boards, integrated circuit (IC) packages, antenna modules, and communication devices. For example, in some embodiments, an antenna module may include: an IC package having a die and a package substrate, and the package substrate has a recess therein; and an antenna patch, coupled to the package substrate, such that the antenna patch is over or at least partially in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Sidharth Dalmia, Trang Thai
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Patent number: 12068526Abstract: An antenna device includes a plurality of first antennas for communication in a first frequency band, a first ground plane configured to provide a ground voltage to the first antennas, a plurality of second antennas for communication in a second frequency band, and a second ground plane configured to provide a ground voltage to the second antennas, and the first ground plane and the second ground plane are electrically isolated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP KOREA CO., LTD.Inventor: Chang Hyun Lee
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Patent number: 12068527Abstract: An antenna structure with wide radiation bandwidth in a reduced physical space includes a housing, a first feed portion, and a second feed portion. The housing includes a metallic side frame, a metallic middle frame, and a metallic back board. The metallic side frame defines first and second gaps, and the metallic back board defines a slot. The slot, the first gap, and the second gap divide the metallic side frame to give a first radiation portion. The first and second feed portions are both electrically connected to the first radiation portion. When the first feed portion supplies a current, the current flows through the first radiation portion, toward the second gap to excite a first working mode. When the second feed portion supplies a current, the current flows through the first radiation portion, toward the first gap to excite a second working mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho, Te-Chang Lin
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Patent number: 12068528Abstract: A physically configurable communication device includes a conductive chassis. The physically configurable communication device includes a first device portion including one or more electrically driven antennas at least partially formed in the conductive chassis of the physically configurable communication device and an electrical feed in the first device portion connected to the one or more electrically driven antennas. The electrical feed is configured to supply a communication signal to the one or more electrically driven antennas. A second device portion is movably attached to the first device portion. The second device portion includes one or more capacitively coupled antennas at least partially formed in the conductive chassis of the physically configurable communication device, wherein each of the electrically driven antennas in the first device portion capacitively drives at least a corresponding one of the capacitively coupled antennas in the second device portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Marc Harper, Chulmin Han
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Patent number: 12068529Abstract: An electronic device includes a metal frame, a middle frame, and at least one antenna feed module. The metal frame includes an upper metal frame, a first side metal frame, a bottom metal frame, and a second side metal frame sequentially connected. The middle frame, spaced apart from the first side metal frame and the second side metal frame, forms a slit, the at least one antenna feed module is received in the slit.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: FIH CO., LTD.Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho, Yen-Hui Lin, Wei-Cheng Su
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Patent number: 12068530Abstract: The present disclosure provides a metal structure, or antenna radiator, for an accessory that is configured to function as both an antenna and an input control. The device may be a wearable device with a first surface shaped to be in contact with the human body and a second surface shaped to be exposed when the device is being worn. The antenna radiator may be located internally within the housing of the device and coupled to a printed circuit board (“PCB”). The PCB may be located between the antenna radiator and the surface of the housing such that the PCB may shield the antenna radiator from antenna loss due to the human body. An electric field may extend between the PCB and the antenna radiator. The fringe electric field may improve cross-head and cross-body connectivity between the accessory and another device.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Nan Xu, Vijay Asrani, Jiang Zhu
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Patent number: 12068531Abstract: A wearable electronic device includes a front with a lens connected thereto, and includes a first metal portion. A first leg is connected to one end of the front through a first hinge, and includes a second metal portion. A second leg is connected to the other end of the front through a second hinge. A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a ground portion electrically connected to the first metal portion and/or the second metal portion. An antenna structure includes a radiating element and a feeder electrically connected to the radiating element. The antenna structure is electrically connected to the ground portion. A first switch circuit is configured to electrically connect or disconnect the first metal portion and the second metal portion and is also configured to change an impedance for connecting the first metal portion and the second metal portion. A controller controls the first switch circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Nakchung Choi, Chankyu An, Gyusub Kim, Jaebong Chun, Jaewon Choe
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Patent number: 12068532Abstract: An antenna device that is attached to a vehicle, the antenna device including: a resin base; a metal base arranged on the resin base; a metal plate located above the resin base and attached to the metal base so as to be superimposed on a portion of the metal base; a substrate arranged on the metal base; an antenna connected to the substrate; and a plurality of fasteners which fix the metal base and the substrate, wherein one of the plurality of fasteners is positioned at a top-view superimposed area of the metal base and the metal plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Takashi Kaneko
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Patent number: 12068533Abstract: Techniques for implementing and/or operating a radio frequency system, which includes a logic board that outputs an analog electrical signal indicative of data to be wirelessly transmitted from the radio frequency system and a remote head. The remote head includes an antenna that generates an electromagnetic wave to facilitate wirelessly transmitting the data, an antenna integrated circuit implemented using a first semiconductor manufacturing technique, in which the antenna integrated circuit amplifies the analog electrical signal to generate a first amplified analog electrical signal, and a remote front-end integrated circuit coupled between the antenna integrated circuit and the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Berke Cetinoneri, Samia El Amrani, Qishan Yu
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Patent number: 12068534Abstract: An antenna unit includes: a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate which are stacked. The second substrate has a first slotted area. A liquid crystal layer is arranged in a cavity formed by the first substrate, the first slotted area of the second substrate, and the third substrate. The first substrate includes: a first base substrate, a ground layer on one side of the first base substrate close to the second substrate, and a feed structure layer on one side of the first base substrate away from the second substrate. Orthogonal projections of the ground layer and the feed structure layer on second substrate overlap with an orthogonal projection of first slotted area on the second substrate. The third substrate includes: a third base substrate, and a radiation structure layer on one side of the third base substrate close to the second substrate.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yali Wang, Feng Qu
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Patent number: 12068535Abstract: An antenna module is provided with a plurality of antenna structures and a shielding structure arranged on a plate body, and the shielding structure is located between two adjacent antenna structures, where the shielding structure includes a concave portion formed on the plate body and a dielectric material formed between the concave portion and the antenna structure to generate different impedance characteristics, thereby improving the antenna isolation.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Shao-Tzu Tang, Chih-Hsien Chiu, Wen-Jung Tsai, Ko-Wei Chang, Chia-Chu Lai
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Patent number: 12068536Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna unit and a terminal device. The antenna unit includes the first antenna module and the second antenna module, the first antenna module includes the first radiator and the feed connected to the first radiator, and the second antenna module includes the second radiator connected to the first radiator. The first radiator includes the at least one first contact, and the second radiator includes the at least one second contact. When the angle between the first radiator and the second radiator is less than or equal to the first angle, the second radiator is electrically connected to the first radiator in the target manner. The target manner is that N first contacts of the at least one first contact are correspondingly in contact with N second contacts of the at least one second contact, where N is a positive integer.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.Inventor: Welcal Zhu
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Patent number: 12068537Abstract: An antenna 10 comprises a single wire wound in a helix 12 comprising a plurality of turns 1, 2, 3, n, n+1, . . . p around a main axis 11 with immediately adjacent turns having an inter-turn spacing between them. The helix has a back end 14 and a front end 16 and the main axis defines a main beam direction. A transverse crosssectional area of the helix monotonously decreases from the back end 14 to the front end 16. The inter-turn spacing S1 . . . Sn . . . monotonously decreases from the backend 14 to the front end 16. A feed-point 13 is provided at the back end 14.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: POYNTING ANTENNAS (PTY) LIMITEDInventors: Andries Petrus Cronje Fourie, Derek Colin Nitch
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Patent number: 12068538Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first antenna element connected to a first port, and a second antenna element connected to a second port. The antenna structure is operable to simultaneously transceive: a first signal via electric or magnetic current flow through the first antenna element in a symmetrically excited mode in which current flows symmetrically through the first antenna element and/or an asymmetrically excited mode in which current flows asymmetrically through the first antenna element, the first antenna element resonates at a first resonant frequency; and a second signal via electric or magnetic current flow through the second antenna element in a symmetrically excited mode in which current flows symmetrically through the second antenna element and/or an asymmetrically excited mode in which current flows asymmetrically through the second antenna element, the second antenna element resonates at a second resonant frequency.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hanyang Wang, Dawei Zhou, Yuanpeng Li, Le Chang, Hai Zhou
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Patent number: 12068539Abstract: A multi-core connector used for 5G communication repeater, in which as a 5-core connector, with respect to prior art, an overall diameter is reduced from 32-35 mm to about 24.10 mm; the maximum external diameter is reduced from about 39.73 mm to about 27.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Anoison Electronics LLCInventors: Weiquan Zhou, Xiaobing Yang
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Patent number: 12068540Abstract: A reconfigurable, dual-band, MIMO antenna apparatus, a planar MIMO antenna system utilizing the antenna apparatus, and a method of transmitting and receiving a signal by the antenna apparatus are provided. The apparatus includes a dielectric planar substrate, a first element, a second element, two varactor diodes per element, and a microstrip feed-line. The first element and the second element each have slotted concentric annular rings. The second element is separated on the dielectric planar substrate from the first element, but is coplanar on the dielectric planar substrate with the first element. The two varactor diodes are placed in series with biasing circuitry, the biasing circuitry including RF chokes and current-limiting resistors. The microstrip feed-line feeds both antenna elements. The dual-band antenna elements can each be independently and concurrently tunable to two signal frequencies bands.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventor: Rifaqat Hussain
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Patent number: 12068541Abstract: An antenna device includes a dielectric substrate and a plurality of radiating elements that each have a flat profile. A groove, continuous or segmented, is formed in the dielectric substrate to surround the radiating element in plan view. Another groove, continuous or segmented, is formed around another radiating element. The radiating element and the another radiating element are adjacent to one another.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Yusuke Okajima
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Patent number: 12068542Abstract: Bidirectional circularly polarized antenna element and bidirectional circularly polarized array antenna are provided, and comprising a dielectric substrate, a feeder, a radiation patch, a first plane, a second plane, a first coupling assembly and a second coupling assembly which are embedded in the surface of the dielectric substrate. The first plane and the second plane of the antenna element are kept at different heights, and compared with the solution that two planes at the same height can only generate linear polarization radiation in the prior art, the circular polarization radiation can be generated, which solves the problem of linear polarization mismatch. Furthermore, two coupling assemblies are introduced into two sides of the radiation patch to enable the coupling effect with the radiation patch, such that the frequency bandwidth of the circularly polarized antenna can be greatly improved without increasing the size of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Anhui UniversityInventors: Zhixiang Huang, Chao Wang, Minquan Li, Guanghui Xu, Guoda Xie, Xingang Ren, Xianliang Wu
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Patent number: 12068543Abstract: An antenna device includes a plurality of dipole antennas and a port. Each of the dipole antennas is connected to the port. The plurality of dipole antennas is arranged around the port. Each of the plurality of dipole antennas includes two ends. The ends of the dipole antennas are arranged in a plurality of pairs. Each pair includes one end of one of the dipole antennas and one end of another one of the dipole antennas. The two ends in each pair are arranged in proximity to each other. One or more switches are configured to switch between (1) an omnidirectional state, in which the ends of the dipole antennas are not connected to each other; and (2) a directional state, in which the two ends in each of one or more of the pairs are connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Michael Kadichevitz, Doron Ezri, Avi Weitzman, Xiao Zhou, Yi Chen, Xin Luo, Yuping Shu
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Patent number: 12068544Abstract: A sensor configured to determine a condition of an electrical device may include an antenna, a receiver and a controller designed to implement a method. The method of determining a condition of an electrical device may include selecting a plurality of singular dimensional components of a multi-dimensional signal of a radio frequency (RF) emission from an electrical device, extracting singular dimensional components individually or as a combination, inputting each individual extracted singular dimensional component or the combination of the components into a neural network (NN), and analyzing, with NN, outputs from the inputted singular dimensional component (s). Singular-spectrum analysis (SSA) and/or wavelet transform may be used to select components.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: NOKOMIS, INC.Inventors: Karen Heike Spieler Canne, Jennting Timothy Hsu, Vladimir Makarenko
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Patent number: 12068545Abstract: An antenna structure includes a first signal source, a second signal source, a first radiator, a second radiator, a third radiator, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The first signal source is used to generate a first wireless signal, and the second signal source is used to generate a second wireless signal. The first radiator is coupled to the first signal source to receive the first wireless signal, and the second radiator is coupled to the second signal source to receive the second wireless signal. The first circuit has a first end coupled to the third radiator and a second end coupled to the first radiator or the first signal source. The second circuit has a first end coupled to the third radiator and a second end coupled to the second radiator or the second signal source.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2023Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: HTC CorporationInventors: Cheng-Hung Lin, Szu-Po Wang, Chia-Te Chien, Chun-Chieh Wang, Kang-Ling Li, Chun-Hsien Lee, Yu-Chieh Chiu
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Patent number: 12068546Abstract: An antenna device includes first and second coils. A portion of the first coil overlaps a coil opening of the second coil, and a portion of the second coil overlaps a coil opening of the first coil. The first coil includes a first coil conductor on a first surface of a base material and a first coil conductor on a second surface. The first coil includes a single-layer portion in which the first coil conductor is only on the first surface of the base material, and the second coil conductor intersects the first coil conductor at a portion facing the single-layer portion on the second surface of the base material.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Tsuyoshi Mukai, Hiromitsu Ito
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Patent number: 12068547Abstract: A segmented patch antenna is described. The segmented patch antenna comprises two rectangular parasitic elements. Each parasitic element comprises an integrated diode. The segmented patch antenna further comprises a main rectangular patch segment. The main rectangular patch segment comprises 3 slots, 2 slits and 3 diodes, respectively. The segmented patch antenna is suitable for use in multiple frequencies between 4.1 GHz and 5.7 GHz inclusive and configurable to operate in 12 independent modes.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2024Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Sagiru Mukhtar Gaya, Hussein Attia, Oludayo Sokunbi, Abubakar Hamza
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Patent number: 12068548Abstract: An antenna includes a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer in a height direction; a third insulating layer disposed between the first and second insulating layers, a feed via including a first portion passing through the first insulating layer, a second portion passing through the second insulating layer, and a third portion passing through the third insulating layer and connected to the first and second portions; and an antenna patch disposed on the first insulating layer and fed from the feed via, wherein a permittivity of the third insulating layer is lower than permittivities of the first and second insulating layers, and in a direction perpendicular to the height direction, a width of the third portion is wider than a width of the first portion and/or a width of the second portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chin Mo Kim, Juhyoung Park, Hyunjun Choi, Jae Yeong Kim, Sungyong An
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Patent number: 12068549Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing, an antenna structure, a first conductive material, and a second conductive material. The housing may be configured to provide a front surface and a rear surface of the electronic device. The antenna structure includes a printed circuit board positioned in the housing. The printed circuit board includes a first surface configured to face the front surface or the rear surface and a second surface configured to face a direction opposite to the first surface. The printed circuit board includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a dielectric. The first conductive layer includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element which are configured so as not to overlap each other when viewed from above the first surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyunjeong Lee, Himchan Yun, Bomyoung Kim, Sewoong Kim, Soonho Hwang, Jin Kim, Jongoh Lim
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Patent number: 12068550Abstract: A dielectric resonator antenna includes a first dielectric material block, a second dielectric material block stacked in a first direction on the first dielectric material block, a bonding layer disposed between the first dielectric material block and the second dielectric material block, and combined to the first dielectric material block and the second dielectric material block, a feeder disposed on the first dielectric material block, a feed pattern disposed between the first dielectric material block and the second dielectric material block and connected to the feeder, and an antenna patch disposed between the first dielectric material block and the second dielectric material block and spaced from the feed pattern.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Woncheol Lee, Wongi Kim, Jeongki Ryoo, Hyungjin Lee, Daeki Lim, Juhyoung Park, Sungyong An
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Patent number: 12068551Abstract: A metal structure is supported by a concrete foundation with a ground ring nearby. A telecommunication module configured to operate with a 5G wireless standard is mounted on top of the metal structure and separated from the metal structure by an insulating barrier. The ground ring has at least three monopole grounding wires. A grounding cable connects the telecommunication module to the ground ring. A base transfer station cabinet is offsite from the metal structure and includes a plurality of cabinet ground conductor wires connecting to the ground ring. A hybrid cable, comprising a supply cable and a return cable, connects the base transfer station cabinet to the telecommunication module. Any stray current from the telecommunication module is directed away from the metal structure by the insulating barrier, and the stray current is directed to the ground ring through the grounding cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2024Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Matergenics, Inc.Inventors: Mehrooz Zamanzadeh, Anil Kumar Chikkam, Aaron Ulmer, Michael Carone
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Patent number: 12068552Abstract: A circuit board including a through-hole into which a press-fit terminal portion is inserted in a depth direction; an inner wall land provided on an inner wall of the through-hole; and a plurality of inner layer lands which are provided in an inner layer of the circuit board, are planes substantially parallel to a mounting surface of the circuit board, and are in contact with the inner wall land. The inner wall land has a first region that is in contact with the press-fit terminal portion and a second region that is not in contact with the press-fit terminal portion. Among the plurality of inner layer lands, a first inner layer land, which is an inner layer land disposed on an identical surface with the first region of the inner wall land, is wider than a second inner layer land which is an inner layer land disposed on an identical surface with the second region of the inner wall land.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.Inventors: Shinya Kawakita, Shiro Yamashita, Toshikazu Shigyo
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Patent number: 12068553Abstract: A flat-conductor connection element for an electrically conductive structure applied to a pane, includes at least one conductor, containing a flat conductor, having a first connection region at a first end and a second connection region at a second end, the first connection region having a connection surface for electrically connecting to the electrically conductive structure and having a contact surface opposite the connection surface for contact with a soldering tool; an encapsulation layer made of an electrically insulating material, which encapsulation layer surrounds the conductor at least in a conductor portion containing the first connection region, the encapsulation layer having a through-hole, through which the connection surface and the contact surface of the first connection region are accessible, the first connection region of the conductor being within the through-hole in a view perpendicularly through the plane of the encapsulation layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: François Hermange, Bernhard Reul
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Patent number: 12068554Abstract: A dual-path signal interconnect is provided. The interconnect can include a first signal trace, first and second solder pads positioned above and connected to the first signal trace, and a third solder pad. The second solder pad separates from the first solder pad. The third solder pad separates from the second solder pad and is connected to a second signal trace. The first and second solder pads are to allow a pin of a connector to be soldered to the first and second solder pads, such that, when the pin of the external connector is soldered, high-speed electrical signals from the first signal trace are routed to the connector. The second and third solder pads are to allow a conductor to be soldered to the second and third solder pads, such that, when the conductor is soldered, the high-speed electrical signals are routed to the second signal trace.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Paul Danna, Vincent W. Michna, Chi Kim Sides
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Patent number: 12068555Abstract: A cable connector and a connector assembly including the cable connector are provided. The cable connector includes a plastic main body, a contact body and a cable. A cavity is formed in the plastic main body. The contact body is fixed on the plastic main body and extends into the cavity. The cable is fixed on the plastic main body. One end of the cable is inserted into the plastic main body and is electrically connected to the contact body in the cavity, and an electrically connected portion is exposed in the cavity. The electrically connected portion between the cable and the contact body is exposed in the cavity, so that a clearance is formed at the welding spots between the cable and the contact body and is not injection-moulded by the internal mould, which reduces the attenuation of the cable and greatly improves the signal integrity of the product.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: August 20, 2024Assignee: Amphenol AssembleTech(Xiamen) Co., LtdInventors: Wenchu Yang, Hui Tang, Yinghao Ke, Zhenxing Liu, Hang Li, Haitao Xiong