With Vehicle Patents (Class 343/711)
  • Patent number: 11862850
    Abstract: A wireless communication device includes an antenna, a communication module and a shield case. The antenna is disposed on an antenna board. The communication module is connected to the antenna and executes a wireless communication. The shield case stores the communication module inside the shield case. The antenna board is disposed to be in thermal contact with the shield case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Yamashita, Shiro Koide
  • Patent number: 11853410
    Abstract: A control device and control method prevent an unnecessary authentication process from being executed. The control device includes a control section configured to perform an authentication process of authenticating another device by using information obtained through communication with the other device. In the case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, the control section performs control in such a manner that the authentication process is not performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Yosuke Ohashi, Masateru Furuta, Yuki Kono, Shigenori Nitta
  • Patent number: 11784402
    Abstract: An antenna includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element, and a first coupler. The first antenna element includes a first radiation conductor and a first feeder line and resonates in a first frequency band. The second antenna element includes a second radiation conductor and a second feeder line and resonates in a second frequency band. The second feeder line is coupled to the first feeder line such that a first component, which is one of a capacitance component and an inductance component, is dominant. The first coupler couples the first and second feeder lines such that a second component different from the first component is dominant. The first and second radiation conductors are arranged at an interval of ½ or less of a resonance wavelength in a first direction. The first and second radiation conductors are arranged to be shifted in a second direction intersecting the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiromichi Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 11764535
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power distribution member includes preparing a solid wire with a circular cross-sectional shape, pressing to a portion of the solid wire in a pressing direction orthogonal to the solid wire to cause plastic deformation, thereby forming a pair of small curvature surfaces on an outer circumference of the solid wire on both sides in the pressing direction, the small curvature surfaces having a smaller curvature than an outer circumferential surface of the solid wire before the pressing and facing the pressing direction, preparing a terminal metal piece including a pair of facing walls facing each other and a coupling wall coupling between ends of the pair of facing walls, inserting the solid wire after the pressing between the pair of facing walls of the terminal metal piece in such a manner that one of the pair of small curvature surfaces faces one of the pair of facing walls and the other of the pair of small curvature surfaces faces the other of the pair of facing walls, and, afte
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventor: Noriyuki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11758410
    Abstract: A wireless communication system for a ground based vehicle, such as a train, is disclosed. In an embodiment, the system includes a router connected to a plurality of antennas. The router is configured to transmit and receive a wireless data communication to and from a stationary communication server outside the ground based vehicle through at least one base station of an exterior mobile network via the plurality of antennas. The plurality of antennas are directional antennas arranged on planes of the vehicle functioning as ground planes, isolating planes, or absorbing planes. Each plane extends in a height direction or a length direction of the ground based vehicle. At least one antenna's beam covers a laterally directed sector to a first side of the vehicle, and at least one antenna's beam covers a laterally directed sector to a second side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: ICOMERA AB
    Inventors: Mats Karlsson, Rikard Reinhagen
  • Patent number: 11697167
    Abstract: A device for inductively soldering at least one ferromagnetic contact element to at least one conductor structure on a nonmetallic plate, includes a system for fastening a plate during the soldering operation, at least one soldering tool having at least one induction loop or induction coil suitable for emitting a magnetic field, a system for mutually positioning the soldering tool and the contact element such that the switched-on magnetic field of the soldering tool reliably heats the ferromagnetic contact element and thus the solder joint, a generator that is suitable for generating an alternating voltage with a frequency of up to 1500 kHz and that can be connected to the induction loop or induction coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Bernhard Reul, Cynthia Halm
  • Patent number: 11670842
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a spoiler mounted on or near a rear of a vehicle and an antenna apparatus provided inside the spoiler. The spoiler may include a spoiler body configured to include a seating portion on which the antenna apparatus is seated, and a cover configured to cover the seating portion. The antenna apparatus may include a casing, a cable electrically connected to an electric apparatus in the vehicle, a pole type antenna provided outside the casing, and an antenna assembly electrically connected to the cable and the pole type antenna and including at least one semiconductor element and a plurality of patch antennas mounted on a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, ACE ANTENNA CORP.
    Inventors: Jungnam Bae, Byoung Hyun Lee, Jihoon Sung, Sangpil Kang, Seyoung Park
  • Patent number: 11664576
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a vehicle antenna glazing antenna element. According to the present invention, the antenna element is placed on an outwardly oriented face of the glazing and the antenna is working at a frequency comprised between 750 MHZ and 28 GHZ. The antenna 5 element is connected to a co-axial cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AGC GLASS EUROPE
    Inventor: Shimo Kenichiro
  • Patent number: 11648889
    Abstract: A vehicle decorative part includes a decorative main body and a heater. The decorative main body is configured to be attached to a vehicle at a front side in a transmission direction of millimeter waves from a millimeter wave radar and has a millimeter wave transparency. The heater has a heating element that emits heat when energized. At least a part of the heating element is located in an irradiation region of the millimeter waves in the heater. As a millimeter wave attenuation reducing configuration that reduces attenuation of the millimeter waves passing through the heater, the heating element is incorporated in the heater in a condition where an area proportion of an area of a section of the heating element that occupies the irradiation region to an area of the irradiation region is set such that an attenuation amount of the millimeter waves is less than or equal to a permissible value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Okumura, Hideto Maeda
  • Patent number: 11588230
    Abstract: The techniques of this disclosure relate to a system for transmitting radio frequency signals. The system includes a controller in communication with a first device fixed within a first housing attached to an exterior of a vehicle. The system also includes a second device fixed within a second housing attached to the exterior of the vehicle. The controller determines whether the first housing and the second housing are in a first position or in a second position. When the first housing and the second housing are in the first position, the controller transmits first radio frequency signals via the first device and via the second device. When the first housing and the second housing are in the second position, the controller transmits second radio frequency signals via the first device and via the second device. The system improves an antenna coverage area of the first device and second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Christopher David Ruppel, Grzegorz Wyszynski
  • Patent number: 11522282
    Abstract: A multi-antenna ground plane structure in a vehicle includes a first ground plane to be electrically connected to a fascia chassis. The fascia chassis is a portion of the vehicle covered by a fascia. A first side of the first ground plane seats two or more antennas. The multi-antenna ground plane structure also includes one or more additional ground planes affixed to a second side, opposite the first side, of the first ground plane. One of the one or more additional ground planes is attached to one or more antennas such that the one or more antennas is oriented opposite an orientation of the two or more antennas seated on the first ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Hyok Jae Song, Hanseung Lee, Nahel Eshaq, Gregg R. Kittinger
  • Patent number: 11502386
    Abstract: An antenna device for a vehicle includes a base plate, an expansion element formed by a first expansion element part and a second expansion element part mated with the first expansion element part, and an actuating element cooperating with the base plate and the expansion element. Each of the first expansion element part and the second expansion element part has a flat area, a side arm protruding at an angle from the flat area, and a laterally open breakthrough in the flat area. The laterally open breakthrough of each of the first expansion element part and the second expansion element part when mated forms a single passage opening for the actuating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH
    Inventor: Rainer Schiemann
  • Patent number: 11476564
    Abstract: A system may be provided that may include an end of vehicle device, and an antenna coupled to an exterior of the end of vehicle device. The antenna may be configured to communicate signals to or from the end of vehicle device, and may include a conductive member configured to communicate the signals to or from the end of vehicle device, and a flexible support member disposed within the conductive member and configured to receive, absorb, and displace force from the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Hoffman, Padam Swar, Tim Gibson
  • Patent number: 11377071
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for locking and/or unlocking a vehicle based on a location of a mobile device associated with the vehicle. In one embodiment a processor in a vehicle analyzes a position of a mobile device relative to the vehicle and allows the vehicle to be unlocked when the mobile device is determined to be approaching the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Gogoro Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward Wall, Ming-Hsiang Lai, Chun-Sheng Hsu, Ching Chen, Jia-Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 11322981
    Abstract: Electrochromic windows powered by wireless power transmission are described, particularly, the combination of low-defectivity, highly-reliable solid state electrochromic windows with wireless power transmission. Wireless power transmission networks which incorporate electrochromic windows are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: View, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert T. Rozbicki
  • Patent number: 11241998
    Abstract: A lighting assembly includes a circuit board substrate having first and second conductive traces, a light emitting electrical device, and a pair of electrical terminals interconnected to the light emitting electrical device by the first and second conductive traces. The pair of electrical terminals are configured to mechanically secure the lighting assembly to a pair of corresponding electrical terminals mounted on a panel. The pair of electrical terminals are further configured to electrically connect the light emitting electrical device to third and fourth conductive circuit traces disposed on a surface of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventors: M. Jarod Scherer, William Falk, Tyler Folger
  • Patent number: 11233309
    Abstract: An antenna assembly for use particularly where relatively rapid deployment and/or disassembly of the same is required thereby making the same available to be used at a location quickly. The assembly includes a hub to which are movably mounted a bracket for attachment of an antenna, which may comprise a plurality of parts, and support legs which are movable between in use and storage positions. First and second adjustments for the azimuth and elevation of the antenna are provided for use when the antenna, bracket and support legs are in the in-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Global Invacom Ltd.
    Inventors: Hamid Moheb, Kyle Williamson, John Baier, Jeffrey Werth
  • Patent number: 11223129
    Abstract: A connector for at least two antennas, comprising a base layer, first and second electrical conductors secured on the base layer, wherein the first electrical conductor is suitable for signals in a first frequency band F1 and the second electrical conductor is suitable for signals in a second frequency band F2, wherein F2 is higher than F1; and first and second electrical conductors comprise first and second input portions, first and second output portions and first and second linear portions extending between first and second input portions and first and second output portions respectively, wherein first and second linear portions extend substantially parallel with each other and wherein an average width of the first linear portion is less than an average width of the second linear portion. A glazing comprising the conductor and an antenna system comprising the conductor are also claimed. Connector provides superior performance in double band operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Detlef Baranski
  • Patent number: 11084534
    Abstract: A vehicle body front structure, including a front bumper face positioned in front of a front bumper beam, and an ornamental front panel located above the front bumper face; wherein the front panel includes at least a substantially vertically extending vertical surface and an inclined surface continuous with the vertical surface, and the inclined surface is provided with a transmitting member configured to transmit radio wave or light, a radar device or an image capturing device being positioned behind the transmitting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Tanabe, Takafumi Miki
  • Patent number: 11063361
    Abstract: An antenna coil that adjusts the inductance while suppressing variations in output strength is provided. The antenna coil includes a bar-shaped core made of a magnetic material, a bobbin that holds the core, and wire wound around the bobbin. The wire includes a first coil section arranged at a position corresponding to a first end of the core, a second coil section arranged at a position corresponding to a second end portion of the core, and a third coil section positioned between the first coil section and the second coil section and that is movable in an extending direction of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Suzuki, Shunsuke Kasai
  • Patent number: 10840597
    Abstract: A broadband microstrip antenna formed on a printed circuit board has a first planar side comprising a plurality of electrically conductive planar v-shaped antenna segments, each v-shaped antenna segment comprising an open end formed by non-parallel sides and a closed end formed by an intersection of the non-parallel sides. The open end of each v-shaped antenna segment is electrically connected to one or more adjacent v-shaped antenna segments forming a series of electrically connected v-shaped antenna segments. The closed end of a centered v-shaped antenna segment provides a feed point for the one or more adjacent v-shaped antenna segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Hall Labs LLC
    Inventors: David R. Hall, Mark Hall, Craig Boswell, William H. Gillman
  • Patent number: 10826164
    Abstract: An antenna system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes an antenna and a self-leveling antenna mount configured to mount the antenna to the UAV. The antenna is configured to receive commands for the UAV via a network and to transmit data from the UAV via the network. The antenna has a transmit-receive pattern with a peak strength in a first direction aligned with an axis of the antenna. The transmit-receive pattern falls off in directions away from the axis of the antenna. The self-leveling antenna mount is configured to adjust an orientation of the antenna to maintain substantial alignment between the first direction and a straight downward direction relative to the UAV despite a change in roll, pitch, or bank of the UAV. In some embodiments, the axis of the antenna is a downward vertical axis of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Haywood S. Peitzer, Carl Lindsey Martin, II, Scott Prather
  • Patent number: 10727573
    Abstract: Various embodiments are described that relate to an antenna. In one embodiment, the antenna can be a low profile, multi-band (e.g., dual band), emulated GPS constellation antenna. In one embodiment, the antenna can form a cube with two open sides and four circuit board sides. The four circuit boards can include a first hardware portion that allows functioning in a higher frequency band and a second hardware portion that allows functioning in a lower frequency band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: The Government of the United States, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventor: Emanuel Merulla
  • Patent number: 10710534
    Abstract: The invention relates to a radar bracket mechanism arranged to accommodate a radar device behind a bumper skin of a vehicle. The radar bracket mechanism comprises a bracket arranged to accommodate the radar device, which bracket is flexibly mounted behind the bumper skin to allow the bumper skin to flex from a first position to a second position towards a body of the vehicle upon the bumper skin being subjected to a force exerting on an exterior of the bumper skin, and to allow the bumper skin to flex back to the first position when the exterior of the bumper skin no longer is being subjected to said force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
    Inventors: Kristoffer Lund, Jan Johansson, Fredrik Roxvall
  • Patent number: 10681611
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a first access point name according to a first service set identifier associated with a first wireless message transmitted according to a first wireless protocol from a first device, where the first access point name is included in a set of access point names of a cellular communication system, and transmitting a second wireless message according to a second wireless protocol to a communication node of a guided wave communication system, where the guided wave communication system is communicatively coupled to the cellular communication system, where the second wireless message is associated with the first wireless message and includes the first access point name, and where the cellular communication system determines a first routing of first communications associated with the first device according to first access point name. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Thusitha Jayawardena, Christopher Van Wart, Donald Levy, Cristina Serban, David Gross, Deon Ogle, Shawn Hiemstra, Jayaraman Ramachandran
  • Patent number: 10665929
    Abstract: A reflector deployment and pointing mechanism, for deploying and pointing a reflector of an antenna movably mounted on a structure, has a first actuator mounted on the structure, a second actuator mounted on the first actuator, and a third actuator mounted on the second actuator and connected to the reflector. The first or second actuator is the deployment actuator, and, respectively, the second or first, and the third actuators are the pointing actuators and have their axis of rotation generally intersecting a feed oriented point of a signal reflecting surface of the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MACDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yves Gaudette, Serge Samson, Luis Martins-Camelo, Jasmin McFadden
  • Patent number: 10665944
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a core, a bobbin member having a partition, and a coil provided around the bobbin member. The coil is configured with a tight winding portion and a loose winding portion. The tight winding portion is provided between one bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is provided between the other bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is configured with a first winding layer and a second winding layer. A wire winding direction of the first winding layer is opposite to a wire winding direction of the second winding layer so that the wire of the first winding layer and the wire of the second winding layer cross and overlap to each other along part of the bobbin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Tanaka, Shuichi Kikuchi, Takanobu Rokuka
  • Patent number: 10644387
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna element and a radio wave characteristic switching controller. The antenna element is fitted on a vehicle. The antenna element transmits and receives a radio wave. The radio wave characteristic switching controller changes, in case of an interruption of communication via the antenna element, a characteristic of the radio wave to be transmitted and received by the antenna element, until restoration of communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SUBARU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahito Shiina, Shunsuke Tezuka
  • Patent number: 10601123
    Abstract: A vehicular antenna device capable of preventing reception trouble in a radio, a TV receiver, or the like due to noise by suppressing electromagnetic noise radiated from an electronic device or the like is provided. A vehicular antenna device is equipped with an antenna base 2 which is fixed to a vehicle body via an attaching member, an antenna case which covers the antenna base, and an antenna element 5 and a camera module 10 as an electronic device which are disposed in an internal space surrounded by the antenna base 2 and the antenna case. A camera module case 40 surrounds a circuit board 50 of the camera module 10 and thereby shields it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Mizuno, Masayuki Goto, Yusuke Yokota
  • Patent number: 10559876
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an antenna apparatus, which has an antenna cover and a base, the antenna cover being fixed onto the base to form a sealed waterproof space, wherein a first antenna assembly is disposed in the sealed waterproof space, the first antenna assembly comprising: an antenna element support; an antenna element fixedly wound around the antenna element support, the antenna element being composed of a spiral-like winding and an inductance coil; and an amplifier substrate fixed onto the base and connected to the antenna element. The antenna apparatus is applicable to frequency bands such as AM/FM, DAB/DMB, and TV, and has advantages of having a small size, low costs, high space utilization, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Hirschmann Car Communication GMBH
    Inventors: Jian Huang, Xu Zhang, Le Chen, Yunguang Xun, Liantao Jiang
  • Patent number: 10522905
    Abstract: An antenna for low frequency communication within a vehicle environment, low frequency communication system and uses of the antenna. The antenna comprises a flexible or semi-flexible magnetic core of at least 500 mm, and the magnetic core incorporates a dual coil configuration that provides a first coil configuration for transmission capabilities and a second coil configuration for reception capabilities, and further including means for switching between both of said coil configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Ariza Baquero, Claudio Canete Cabeza, Francisco Ezequiel Navarro Perez, Antonio Rojas Cuevas
  • Patent number: 10418694
    Abstract: An antenna system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes an antenna having a transmit-receive radiation pattern with a peak strength in a first direction of the antenna, a first strength reducing to a first predetermined strength below the peak strength at a first angle away from the first direction, a second strength reducing to a second predetermined strength lower than the first predetermined strength at a second angle greater than the first angle away from the first direction, and a third strength reducing to a third predetermined strength lower than the second predetermined strength at angles greater than the second angle away from the from the first direction. The antenna system further includes a self-leveling antenna mount to maintain the first direction in substantial alignment with a straight downward direction relative to the UAV despite a change in roll, pitch, or bank of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Haywood S. Peitzer, Carl Lindsey Martin, II, Scott Prather
  • Patent number: 10401474
    Abstract: A sensor array includes a housing with a circumferential housing wall, which defines a housing opening, with a sensor circuit board with a high-frequency sensor. The sensor circuit board in the housing is arranged such that the high-frequency sensor is directed towards the housing opening. A one-piece closing cap closes the housing. The one-piece closing cap has a circumferential cap wall and a high-frequency lens. The high-frequency lens closes the circumferential cap wall on the front side and is directed towards the housing opening. A distance between the high-frequency lens and the high-frequency sensor and thus a focal length is predefined by a lateral length of the cap wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Baumer Electric AG
    Inventors: Mathias Schwendimann, Valentin Kunz
  • Patent number: 10373731
    Abstract: A system such as a vehicle system may include a window. The window may have glass layers and an interposed polymer layer. Signal paths that contact the polymer layer may be formed within the window. The signal paths may be electrical signal paths formed from wires or patterned conductive traces. The conductive traces may be portions of an infrared-light-blocking layer formed from a conductive film or may be patterned from other conductive thin-film layers. The signal paths may include optical waveguides formed from optical fibers embedded in the polymer or transparent thin-film layers on the glass layers or other substrates. Openings may be formed in the glass layers to allow signal paths to pass to an electrical component. The electrical component may also be wirelessly coupled to the signal paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones, Gary L. Burkholder, Derek C. Scott, David G. Havskjold, Glen A. Rhodes, Forrest C. Wang, Ryan J. Garrone
  • Patent number: 10320053
    Abstract: A thin, flexible antenna that has particular application to be mounted to a dielectric structure on a vehicle, such as vehicle glass, where the antenna has a wideband antenna geometry for various communications applications, and where the conductive portion of the antenna can employ transparent conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Hyok Jae Song, Timothy J. Talty, James H. Schaffner, Keerti S. Kona, Amit M. Patel, Duane S. Carper, Eray Yasan
  • Patent number: 10312577
    Abstract: An antenna attachment structure attaches a plurality of antennas to a dump truck including a chassis and a dump body rotatably provided on the chassis, the dump body covering the chassis across an entire length and entire width thereof in a plan view. The antenna attachment structure includes: an antenna attachment portion to which the plurality of antennas are attached and rotatably attached to each of lateral surfaces of the dump body; and a parallel link mechanism including the antenna attachment portion and a rotation center of the dump body and configured to keep a constant posture of the antenna attachment portion when the dump body is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Komatsu Ltd.
    Inventors: Daichi Yui, Shunsuke Mori
  • Patent number: 10297912
    Abstract: A composite sheet metal component for an automobile comprises an inner metal sheet, an outer metal sheet and an intermediate polymer sheet arranged between the inner and the outer metal sheet. The intermediate polymer sheet comprises a semiconductor device and the outer metal sheet comprises at least one functional area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GmbH, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Vladimir Supik, Carsten Hoefer, Volker Prescher, Michael Schreiber, George Bedenian, Stefan Lessmann, Judith Hirsch, Manfredo Agresti, Pawel Kwasniak
  • Patent number: 10263362
    Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, a method of environmentally sealing an electrical joint formed between an electrical connection element and an electrical conductor disposed on a transparent pane is described. The method includes adhering a mechanically protective enclosure to the transparent pane to define an internal volume therebetween and filling at least a portion of the internal volume with a sealing material that inhibits ingress of liquid into the volume and provides a fluidic environmental barrier about the electrical joint. The electrical joint is disposed within the internal volume and spaced from the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas R&D, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Imeson, William C. Schuch
  • Patent number: 10256890
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for adaptive management of antennas in a communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., a network of moving things, which may be a vehicle network, a network of or including autonomous vehicles, etc.).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: VENIAM, INC.
    Inventors: Filipe Manuel Almeida Neves, Francisco José Antunes Marques Esteves
  • Patent number: 10203452
    Abstract: A transmission circuit includes an array of subarrays of emitters with quasi-periodic spacing. A first subarray of emitters emits a source signal, and a second subarray of emitters emits the source signal. The first and second subarrays are separated by a subarray spacing that quasi-periodic, wherein the spacing between different subarrays is different. The quasi-periodic subarray spacing is to cause constructive interference of a main lobe of the emissions from the subarrays, and to cause non-constructive interference of sidelobes of the emissions. The spacing between emitters in the subarrays can vary from one subarray to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jie Sun, Haisheng Rong, Jonathan K. Doylend
  • Patent number: 10186774
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a core, a bobbin member having a partition, and a coil provided around the bobbin member. The coil is configured with a tight winding portion and a loose winding portion. The tight winding portion is provided between one bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is provided between the other bobbin side and the partition. The loose winding portion is configured with a first winding layer and a second winding layer. A wire winding direction of the first winding layer is opposite to a wire winding direction of the second winding layer so that the wire of the first winding layer and the wire of the second winding layer cross and overlap to each other along part of the bobbin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: SUMIDA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kei Tanaka, Shuichi Kikuchi, Takanobu Rokuka
  • Patent number: 10171133
    Abstract: A transponder arrangement includes a substrate, an RF transponder, and first, second, and third antenna elements. The substrate has a first surface and an opposing second surface. The RF transponder is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and has a first connection pad and a second connection pad. The first antenna element is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and is connected to the first connection pad. The second antenna element is disposed on the first surface of the substrate and is connected to the second connection pad. The third antenna element is disposed on the second surface of the substrate and is inductively coupled to the first and second antenna elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Automated Assembly Corporation
    Inventor: Kimmo Kyllonen
  • Patent number: 9966659
    Abstract: A one-piece antenna module, has at least one outside receiving and/or transmitting antenna element under an outer cover. The one-piece antenna module has an antenna box, which has no or few inside internal antennas and which surrounds the electronic circuits that interact with the antenna elements. The outer cover is detachably fastened to the antenna box and can be attached so as to protrude from an opening in the vehicle roof. The antenna box is closed on all sides and can be attached below the vehicle roof by a metal top side. The metal closed top side has feed-throughs for the outside antenna elements. The outside antenna elements in the outer cover are electrically coupled to the circuits inside the antenna box closed on all sides by the feed-throughs. Thus, a compact installation part is obtained, which provides complete shielding between an antenna part and a transceiver part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: Continental Automotive GmbH, Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Gerald Schillmeier, Frank Mierke, Gerhard Vogt
  • Patent number: 9954284
    Abstract: A dielectric artificial impedance surface antenna (DAISA) including a first dielectric with a thickness, the first dielectric thickness varying to provide a modulated impedance to a signal traversing the first dielectric, the first dielectric having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, and a transparent conductive material coating the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Carson R. White, Daniel J. Gregoire
  • Patent number: 9899730
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle broadband antenna that is an antenna for LTE & V2X installed in the vicinity of a crash pad of a vehicle. The crash pad broadband antenna is installed in the vicinity of a vehicle crash pad and includes a main PCB, an LTE low-band antenna pattern formed on the main PCB to transmit and receive an LTE low-band signal, a first sub-PCB having LTE high-band antenna patterns configured to transmit and receive an LTE high-band signal, the first sub-PCB being vertically coupled to the main PCB, and a first terminal connected to an external communication module for transmitting and receiving the signals to/from the LTE low-band antenna pattern and the LTE high-band antenna patterns. It is possible to overcome existing spatial limitations by applying the broadband antenna to the vehicle, and to significantly reduce the time required to manufacture and develop an existing mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: INFAC ELECS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hoon Yang, Sung Min Cho, Sang A Ju, Byeong Chan Yu, Sang Hoon Lim, Jin Kyu Hwang
  • Patent number: 9843089
    Abstract: A portable antenna for wireless communication, the portable antenna comprising: an electromagnetically reflective material; a first mechanical structure supporting preferred shape of the electromagnetically reflective material when in deployed position; a second mechanical structure attached to at least one point on the preferred shape and adjustable to hold a mobile wireless communication device at a preferred position relative to the preferred shape, is claimed. Additionally disclosed is a system comprising the portable antenna wherein the second mechanical structure is adapted to hold a feed instead of a mobile device and a cover for a mobile wireless communication device, comprising a signal coupling mechanism, and a signal routing means, and wherein the a signal routing means is coupled to the feed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: BLUFLUX RF TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Russell Wilmhoff, Gary Andrew Rayner, Aaron Rogers Finch, Andrew David Rowser
  • Patent number: 9834155
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are vehicle emblems, automobiles with vehicle emblems, and methods of manufacturing vehicle emblems. A vehicle emblem for an automobile includes a bezel for mounting the emblem to the automobile's vehicle structure, such as the front grille, engine hood, or outer fascia panel. A rigid backing is seated within and attached to the bezel. The rigid backing includes one or more depressions and/or one or more ribs. A cover sheet lays against and is attached to the front-surface of the backing. The cover sheet includes a transparent layer or film with a multi-color print. The cover sheet includes one or more depressions and/or one or more ribs that are formed in the transparent layer. Each of the cover sheet's depressions is seated inside one of the rigid backing's depressions, while each of the rigid backing's ribs is seated inside one of the cover sheet's ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Kitty L. Gong
  • Patent number: 9751497
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes: a first communicator that has a communication range outside a vehicle and communicates with a portable communication terminal by a predetermined first wireless communication system; a second communicator that has a communication range in a vehicle compartment of the vehicle and communicates with the portable communication terminal by a second wireless communication system; a first authenticator that receives identification information from the portable communication terminal; a second authenticator that receives identification information from the portable communication terminal; a determinator that determines that the portable communication terminal exists within a predetermined range outside the vehicle, and determines that the portable communication terminal exists in the vehicle compartment of the vehicle; and a controller that permits or causes an electronic control device controlling an action of the vehicle to perform a predetermined action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichiro Sanji, Tatuya Katoh, Noritaka Hirao, Suguru Matsushita, Koji Nakao
  • Patent number: 9728025
    Abstract: A communication system includes: a vehicle-mounted communication device and a portable device. The communication device includes: a vehicle transmission unit which transmits a plurality of first signals to the portable device, and a vehicle reception unit which receives a second signal transmitted from the portable device. The portable device includes: a portable device reception unit which receives the first signals, a portable device controller which detects signal intensities of the received first signals, and which compares the signal intensities of the first signals, and a portable device transmission unit which transmits the second signal according to control of the portable device controller. The portable device controller sets an output value of the second signal to a predetermined value when a difference between the compared signal intensities of the first signals is equal to or less than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuya Hamada, Takahiro Inaguma, Yosuke Tomita
  • Patent number: 9673534
    Abstract: An electrically conductive coating of an automotive heatable windshield having a frequency selective surface area that facilitates the transmission of radio frequency signals. The FSS area may be a high-pass filter such that RF signals at any polarization can pass through the glazing over a wide frequency band. The FSS area is defined by a pattern in the conductive coating such that, when the conductive coating is used to heat the windshield, electrical current flows through the FSS area to mitigate hot and cold spots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
    Inventors: David Dai, Peter T. Dishart, Kaushal Mehta