Light Patents (Class 343/721)
  • Patent number: 11923910
    Abstract: A CMOS integrated circuit comprising digital-to-analogue converters (DACs), analogue-to-digital converters (ADCs), a digital signal processor (DSP), on-chip switching, an on-chip processor; and logic enabling to receive data from data sources in a 5G network, combine the data from the data sources into a single data stream, encode the single data stream using the DSP, and cause the encoded single data stream to be transmitted to another device in the 5G network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Acacia Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian Rasmussen, Ian Dedic, Benny Mikkelsen
  • Patent number: 11588229
    Abstract: A straddle type vehicle comprises a front antenna configured to be capable of transmitting/receiving a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency band and arranged closer to a front side than a seating portion on which a rider can sit, and a rear antenna configured to be capable of transmitting/receiving a wireless signal of a predetermined frequency band and arranged closer to a rear side than the seating portion, the front antenna has directivity in the front side of the straddle type vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kuroba, Kazuyuki Maruyama, Hiroshi Maeda, Futoshi Koga
  • Patent number: 11493150
    Abstract: An isolator for mounting cable hangers, comprising: a platform having a hole; two extenders extending away from the bottom surface of the platform; and two locking clips, wherein each locking clip extends from an extender in a direction that is away from the bottom surface of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Christopher Stockman
  • Patent number: 11493194
    Abstract: An objective of the present application is to provide an improved lighting device comprising a module for enabling wireless connectivity. The invention provides a lighting device comprising a light source, a housing and a module for enabling wireless connectivity of the lighting device, wherein the module comprises: an enclosure having a first main wall opposite to a second main wall; an antenna for wireless communication, wherein the antenna is contained within the enclosure, wherein the antenna is adjacent to the first main wall; a controller in connection with said antenna for enabling the wireless connectivity of the lighting device; mounting means arranged for mounting the module to the housing in a first position wherein the first main wall abuts the housing, or in a second position wherein the second main wall abuts the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Lambertus Adrianus Marinus De Jong, Jan De Graaf, Franciscus Jacobus Vossen
  • Patent number: 11215351
    Abstract: A lamp post comprising a support pole; a light module supported by the support pole, said light module comprising a light source; an antenna module supported by the support pole; said antenna module comprising an antenna configured for receiving and emitting cellular data; and a base station module; wherein the base station module comprises a housing and base station circuitry mounted in said housing; wherein the base station circuitry is coupled to the antenna; wherein the base station module is attached to an external surface of the support pole and carried by the support pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Schreder S.A.
    Inventors: Stéphane Girouard, Guy Pluimers, Hervé Damoiseau
  • Patent number: 11201382
    Abstract: An antenna housing is provided that is configured to be mounted to a pole. The antenna housing has spaced upper and lower ends. A sidewall extends between and around the spaced ends to define an interior of the housing. This interior may house and/or partially conceal one or more antennas. Inlet and outlet ducting extend through the sidewall of the housing to individually cool each antenna within the interior of the housing. The inlet and outlet duct may connect to a cooling duct that is in fluid communication with a heat rejection surface of the antenna. Accordingly, each antenna may be cooled using ambient air and the heated air may be exhausted outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Comptek Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Michael Hoganson
  • Patent number: 11145958
    Abstract: A mobile device at least includes a first circuit board, a metal frame, an electronic component, a second circuit board, and an RF (Radio Frequency) module. The first circuit board includes a system ground plane. The metal frame at least includes a first portion. The first portion is electrically coupled to the system ground plane and a feeding point. An antenna structure is formed by the first portion and the feeding point. The second circuit board is electrically coupled to the electronic component. The electronic component and the second circuit board are adjacent to the first portion of the metal frame. The RF module is electrically coupled to the feeding point, so as to excite the antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tiao-Hsing Tsai, Chien-Pin Chiu, Hsiao-Wei Wu, Shen-Fu Tzeng, Yi-Hsiang Kung, Li-Yuan Fang
  • Patent number: 11121561
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to utility poles that house a vertical stack of batteries to store energy. The utility pole in one configuration is a small cell pole. In one arrangement, the small cell pole stores sufficient energy to operate for several day during a power failure. In a further arrangement, a plurality of battery storage poles operate as a source and/or sink for a local electricity grid to balance the operation of the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Comptek Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Michael Hoganson
  • Patent number: 10857932
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lamp for a vehicle, including: at least one light source; an outer lens for covering the at least one light source; a housing coupled to the outer lens to form a space; and an antenna module disposed in the space and comprising at least one horn antenna for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventor: Joongtaek Cha
  • Patent number: 10763575
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to small cell poles that are configured for use in urban environments. In various implementations, the small cell poles have a configuration similar to existing utility poles, which minimizes their aesthetic obtrusiveness. In order to reduce the size of an antenna structure of such a small cell pole, implementations utilizes antennas that are vertically stacked, which permits an antenna structure of a small cell pole to have a reduced width. In various implementations, one or more antennas are vertically stacked within a spatial envelope of a pole. For instance, one or more antennas may be disposed within the interior of a pole such that a resulting cell ole is similar in appearance to a utility pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: COMPTEK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Constance, James D. Lockwood, Matthew Chase, Steve Mustaro, Matthew Fleck
  • Patent number: 10755536
    Abstract: An information handling system operating a light reflective antenna comprising a wireless interface device for transmitting and receiving radio signals, via a light reflecting antenna, enclosed within a chassis of the information handling system, the light reflecting antenna comprising a light-reflecting, electrically conductive antenna element adjacent to a light emitting element of the information handling system and a processor executing code instructions to instruct the light reflecting antenna to operate to transceive wireless signals through a light emitting element located between the light reflecting antenna and an exterior surface of the chassis and substantially parallel to the reconfigurable antenna, wherein the light emitting element emits light such that light reflected by the light reflecting antenna is visible and wireless signals may propagate through the same portion of an exterior surface of the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Dell Products, LP
    Inventors: Thanh T. Tran, Jason T. Minehart, Timothy R. Graham, Robert D. Hrehor
  • Patent number: 10505273
    Abstract: A multi-layer antenna having radiation layer including radiating elements; transmission layer including delay lines for coupling the RF signal to the radiating elements; control layer comprising variable dielectric constant (VDC) plate; RF coupling layer including arrangements for coupling RF signal to each of the delay lines; ground layer functioning as ground for the RF signal. The ground layer may also function as ground for the VDC control signal. The ground plane may comprise a plurality of conductive ground patches, each conductive ground patch separated from a neighboring conductive ground patch by a distance that appears as a break for a square wave signal of up to 400 Hz, but appears as a short for the RF signal. It is beneficial to make the separation not larger than a tenth of the wavelength of the RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: WAFER LLC
    Inventor: Dedi David Haziza
  • Patent number: 10505271
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to small cell poles that are configured for use in urban environments. In various implementations, the small cell poles have a configuration similar to existing utility poles, which minimizes their aesthetic obtrusiveness. In order to reduce the size of an antenna structure of such a small cell pole, implementations utilizes antennas that are vertically stacked, which permits an antenna structure of a small cell pole to have a reduced width. In various implementations, one or more antennas are vertically stacked within a spatial envelope of a pole. For instance, one or more antennas may be disposed within the interior of a pole such that a resulting cell ole is similar in appearance to a utility pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: COMPTEK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Constance, James D. Lockwood, Matthew Chase, Steve Mustaro, Matthew Fleck
  • Patent number: 10431903
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are provided of antennas and antenna systems including the same. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes an upper radiating patch element, a ground plane spaced apart from the upper radiating patch element, and a feed point positioned adjacent the ground plane. A first feeding element electrically couples (e.g., via proximity coupling or direct galvanic coupling) the upper radiating patch element to the feed point. A second feeding element electrically couples (e.g., via proximity coupling or direct galvanic coupling) the upper radiating patch element to the feed point. A shorting element electrically couples (e.g., via proximity coupling or direct galvanic coupling) the upper radiating patch element to the ground plane. In other exemplary embodiments, the antenna systems include one or more ground planes and one or more antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Inventors: Kok Jiunn Ng, Wei Tat Ng, Tze Yuen Ng, Yih Jia Teoh
  • Patent number: 10403131
    Abstract: A method and apparatus may include determining that a triggering has occurred. The triggering corresponds to a triggering of a formation of a multiple-input and multiple-output arrangement. The multiple-input and multiple-output arrangement comprises a grouping of user antennas and an antenna of the apparatus, and the apparatus is located at an existing infrastructure. The method may also include receiving data traffic information. The data traffic information comprises information that indicates an amount of data traffic that is requested by users of the user antennas. The method may also include forming the multiple-input and multiple-output arrangement based on the received data traffic information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
    Inventors: Athul Prasad, Mikko Uusitalo, Zexian Li, Rauno Ruismaki
  • Patent number: 10403959
    Abstract: An antenna assembly includes a radio frequency (RF) connector connected to a first end of a coaxial cable and a wire antenna attached to a second end of the coaxial cable. The wire antenna may be made of a shape memory alloy, such as nitinol. Examples of RF connectors include U.FL, IPEX, IPAX, IPX, AMC, MHF and UMCC connectors that allow the wire antenna to be removably attached to a printed circuit board (PCB) of a lighting control device and to avoid hardwiring the antenna to the PCB. The device that includes the antenna assembly may be incorporated into a luminaire for wireless control of the luminaire. The lighting control device may be installed within the luminaire, such that the wire antenna is positioned between a light source and a diffuser. A number of such luminaries may be combined to provide an intelligent lighting system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John Johnson, John Peter Roquemore, III, Matthew Clement, Jose Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 10199712
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are means and methods by which unrelated or outside entities may add value to strategic partnerships with mobile network service providers—beyond providing preexisting elevating structures. In the state of the art, mobile network service providers must rely upon multiple technicians using multiple tools to pinpoint where a tower or pole exists, and must perform precise horizontal and vertical aiming of each mobile network device when elevated and mounted at a particular position on said tower or pole. Said means and methods are directed to reducing the time and cost associated with this onsite commissioning of mobile network devices by factory wiring and factory aiming at least some of these devices in a commensurate fashion to factory wiring and factory aiming of disparate devices such as lighting fixtures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. Boyle, Kurt C. Herr, Jr., Gregory N. Kubbe, Andrew D. Mullen, Nathanael J. Van Ee
  • Patent number: 10164328
    Abstract: A method and fluid antenna apparatus are disclosed that incorporate optical agitation of electrolytes. The fluid antenna comprises a substantially enclosed container having a transparent window, an electrolytic fluid disposed within the substantially enclosed container, a light source, the light source producing an optical beam, wherein the light source is configured to direct the optical beam into the container; wherein the transparent window is configured to receive the optical beam from the light source; and wherein the beam has sufficient intensity to enable movement of charged particles in the electrolytic fluid in the container via radiation pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ryan P. Lu, Vincent V. Dinh, Bienvenido Melvin L. Pascoguin, Ayax D. Ramirez
  • Patent number: 9538623
    Abstract: Provided is a lighting device. The lighting device includes a light emitting diode (LED) printed circuit board (PCB) on which LED devices for emitting light are disposed, the LED PCB controlling an operation of each of the LED devices, a converter PCB for supplying power into the LED PCB, a housing having a space in which the LED PCB is accommodated, the housing having a heat dissipation structure, a communication module disposed under the LED PCB, the communication module allowing the lighting device to communicate with an external device, and a signal receiving unit connected to the communication module, the signal receiving unit being disposed on the LED PCB. The LED PCB may have a through hole through which an upper end of the communication module passes, and the signal receiving unit is coupled to the upper end of the communication module passing through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaemyoung Lee, Heegu Park, Inhwan Ra, Sunghoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9293947
    Abstract: The present invention provides a lighting device having uninterruptible illumination and external power supply function, in which the lighting device is combined with an energy storing/discharging device thereby providing an uninterruptible illumination function and supplying uninterruptable AC or DC power to the exterior during power blackout, a controller assembly is integrated with an operation device, an external power supply interface device, an electric-driven lighting device, a public power and/or solar power and/or wind power generation source, and an energy storing/discharging device, thereby capable of providing the uninterruptible illumination function and supplying uninterruptable AC or DC power to the exterior during power blackout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Inventor: Tai-Her Yang
  • Patent number: 8988297
    Abstract: Provided is a circuit for an electronic device having a non-planar transparent resonator. The transparent resonator is mounted on said circuit so as to at least partially occupy a footprint of another component of the circuit. The transparent resonator forms part of a light pathway on said circuit for transmitting light to or from said another component. Also provided is a transparent dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) for optical applications. Since the DRA is transparent, it can let light pass through itself and, thus, the light can be utilized by an optical part of a system or device. The transparent DRA can be placed on top of a solar cell. Since the DRA does not block the light, the light can reach the solar cell panel and power can be generated for the system or device. The system or device so obtained is very compact because no extra footprint is needed within the system or device for the DRA. It finds application in compact wireless applications that need a self-sustaining power device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: City University of Hong Kong
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Eng Hock Lim
  • Patent number: 8970438
    Abstract: A method of providing an antenna mast for a wireless communication system is presented. The method comprises selecting a lower module and an upper module from a set of modules. This set of modules comprises at least two different lower modules, at least two different upper modules, or at least two different lower modules and at least two different upper modules. The method further comprises assembling the selected lower module and the selected upper module into a mast body of the antenna mast. This mast body forms a supporting structure for an antenna arrangement of the wireless communication system. In assembling the mast body, the method includes the antenna arrangement in the selected upper module and includes in at least one of the selected lower module and the selected upper module a device configured to perform a function other than supporting the antenna arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Peter Häger, Anders Röhl
  • Patent number: 8941546
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a rooftop-mounted off-air television antenna system, device and method including an integrated signal meter. The antenna portion of the device is mounted to the roof of a vehicle. An antenna adjustment mechanism is located inside of the vehicle cabin. The adjustment mechanism enables the user to adjust a position of the antenna on the roof, such as by rotating a dial that is coupled to the antenna. A signal meter is disposed in the adjustment mechanism and electrically connected to the antenna. A display of the signal meter readout is disposed in the adjustment mechanism in a location that can be easily viewed by a user during an aiming operation. The display allows the user to determine when the antenna has been positioned in order to obtain the approximate maximum signal strength possible given the vehicle's current location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Electronic Controlled Sytems, Inc.
    Inventor: Lael King
  • Publication number: 20140292588
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel which displays an image, a driving circuit substrate disposed on a rear surface of the display panel and controlling the display panel to display the image, and a chip antenna connected to an end portion of the driving circuit substrate in a longitudinal direction of the driving circuit substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangrock YOON, Sunghwan Kim, Onsik Choi, Ung Choi
  • Publication number: 20140168020
    Abstract: A lighting device including at least one light source, a housing located adjacent to the at least one light source, the housing defining a longitudinal axis and being intersected by a lateral axis and an antenna at least partially enclosed by the housing and located proximal to the at least one light source, the antenna being operative to radiate energy, more than half of the energy being radiated in a direction within a hemisphere symmetric about the longitudinal axis and having an equatorial plane in which the lateral axis extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: GALTRONICS CORPORATION LTD.
    Inventors: Marin Stoytchev, Cliff Connors, Gary Wannagot, Samuel Zaila, Ricky Chair, Randell Cozzolino
  • Publication number: 20140125533
    Abstract: A display panel comprises a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged opposite to each other, and an antenna pattern is formed on the inside or the outside of the first substrate and includes a feed point and a ground point; the feed point is connected with a transceiver in a display device; and the ground point is connected with a ground wire of the transceiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: SHIMING SHI, TAO SUN
  • Patent number: 8660620
    Abstract: An antenna built in a mobile phone that includes a front case having, on its surface, an operation portion and a rear case arranged on the rear of the front case is provided. The antenna includes a bar-shaped support member that is made of a synthetic resin and is located in the rear case along an upper side of the inside surface thereof, an antenna element integrally formed with the support member, and a concave portion provided in the support member to avoid interfering with a strap retaining portion that projects into the rear case at the center of the upper side of the rear case. The antenna element is formed in such a manner that the antenna element straddles a gap between edge portions of both side walls of the concave portion to avoid interfering with the strap retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Tsukasa Gouro, Kazunori Katou
  • Patent number: 8536588
    Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing the same, the display includes: an electrode plate operable to have a radio-frequency wave to pass therethrough; a light-emitting portion disposed in a direction of one surface of the electrode plate, the light-emitting portion including the electrode plate serving as a back electrode; and an antenna disposed in a direction of another surface of the electrode plate, the antenna having a stripline structure or a microstrip line structure and using a potential of the electrode plate as a reference potential.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Yuji Takahashi, Toru Ozaki, Masanobu Hatanaka, Hirohisa Naito, Takahiro Kii, Kazumi Kubota, Akira Miyazaki, Takefumi Horie, Kiyohiko Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20130207855
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a substrate, a ground element, and a radiation branch. The ground element includes a ground branch, wherein an edge of the ground element has a notch extending into an interior of the ground element so as to form a slot region, and the ground branch partially surrounds the slot region. The radiation branch is substantially inside the slot region, and is coupled to the ground branch of the ground element. The ground branch and the radiation branch form an antenna structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: HTC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chih-Ling CHIEN, Chien-Hsin HUANG, Hsiao-Wei WU, Wen-Hsiung Shih
  • Patent number: 8405562
    Abstract: An antenna system including at least one fiber antenna element having a semiconductor core and an outer cladding layer, where the core has a higher index of refraction than the cladding layer. A pump source provides pump light to the cladding layer in a manner that allows the pump light to propagate down the cladding layer to be absorbed by the core to generate photo-carriers in the core. An antenna circuit is electrically coupled to the core and provides one or both of an RF signal to the core for transmission purposes or receiving an RF signal from the core for reception purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Rex Rice
  • Publication number: 20130063317
    Abstract: An antenna is integrated with an optical element, such as a lens, a collimator, a diffuser, a reflector, or some other part that allows at least some light to pass through or reflects light. In some embodiments, the antenna is molded into the optical element. In other embodiments, the antenna is printed on, or attached to, the surface of the optical element. The antenna may be formed from a transparent or a non-transparent conductor, depending on the embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GREENWAVE REALITY, PTE LTD.
    Inventors: Karl Jonsson, Martin Manniche
  • Patent number: 8310404
    Abstract: A lamp apparatus 1 includes an optical unit 2 and a patch antenna 4. The optical unit 2 includes an LED 7 and a substrate 8 having the LED 7 mounted at the front face, and a cover member 9 having visible-light transmittance, spread over the LED 7 at the front. In this optical unit 2 are stored the patch antenna 4 including a patch element 11 and a ground element 12 located at the rear of the patch element 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kengo Kishimoto, Suguru Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 8258458
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave receiving antenna includes a spiral element configured to selectively attenuate electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength, selected wavelengths, or range of wavelengths, and to concentrate electromagnetic waves having a predetermined wavelength, selected wavelengths, or range of wavelengths other than the attenuated wavelengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Alexandre M. Bratkovski, R. Stanley Williams, Shih-Yuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20120212381
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna that performs wireless communication with an electronic key. A substrate is connected to the antenna. A housing includes the antenna and the substrate. A cover is coupled to the housing to cover the substrate, which is exposed from the housing. The cover includes a part formed from a transparent material and facing at least part of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Makoto YAGYU, Masahiro EGASHIRA
  • Publication number: 20120206306
    Abstract: A method of providing an antenna mast for a wireless communication system is presented. The method comprises selecting a lower module and an upper module from a set of modules. This set of modules comprises at least two different lower modules, at least two different upper modules, or at least two different lower modules and at least two different upper modules. The method further comprises assembling the selected lower module and the selected upper module into a mast body of the antenna mast. This mast body forms a supporting structure for an antenna arrangement of the wireless communication system. In assembling the mast body, the method includes the antenna arrangement in the selected upper module and includes in at least one of the selected lower module and the selected upper module a device configured to perform a function other than supporting the antenna arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Häger, Anders Röhl
  • Publication number: 20120208521
    Abstract: An antenna mast for a wireless communication system is provided. The antenna mast comprises a mast body that is configured to form a supporting structure for an antenna arrangement of the wireless communication system at an elevated position on the antenna mast. The mast body is also configured to house therein a transceiver arrangement and a processor adapted to perform random user-related communication operations in a cell of the wireless communication system, the cell comprising the antenna arrangement, the transceiver arrangement, and the processor. The mast body is further configured to house at least part of a device to be utilized for a function other than supporting the antenna arrangement. The device comprises a communication interface for establishing a connection with the wireless communication system. A method of providing a further function in an antenna mast for a wireless communication system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Peter Häger, Anders Röhl
  • Publication number: 20120162034
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for attaching an access point to a streetlight fixture is disclosed. A base unit of an access point is integrated to an inside face of a streetlight fixture connected to a top of a pole. An antenna of the access point is attached to an external portion of the streetlight fixture. The base unit and the antenna are connected with a wired connection so that information is transmitted and received at the base unit via the antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen Gray
  • Patent number: 8130156
    Abstract: A center high mount stop lamp (CHMSL) assembly for a vehicle includes an integrated radio frequency (RF) antenna. The CHMSL assembly has an outer lens element, a lamp assembly configured to emit light through the outer lens element, and a housing for the outer lens element and the lamp assembly. The housing is adapted for attachment to an upper rear portion of the vehicle, and the housing has an interior region defined therein. The CHMSL assembly also has an RF antenna element located within the interior region. The RF antenna element is configured and positioned such that it does not obstruct a light path from the lamp assembly to the outer lens element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, LLC
    Inventors: Gregg R. Kittinger, Donald B. Hibbard, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20120044113
    Abstract: An antenna unit includes a substrate (120), an antenna (110) located on one major surface of the substrate (120), a dielectric plate (130) opposed to the major surface of the substrate (120), and a dielectric layer (190) interposed between the substrate (120) and the dielectric plate (130). The dielectric plate (130) has a dielectric constant of not more than the dielectric constant of the substrate (120). The dielectric layer (190) has a dielectric constant smaller than the dielectric constant of the dielectric plate (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Keisuke Satoh, Hiroki Tanaka, Eiji Suematsu
  • Patent number: 8053720
    Abstract: Provided are a multi-frequency millimeter-wave very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) receiving system and a method of designing a quasi optical circuit for the multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receiving system. The multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receiving system includes a plurality of low pass filters, offset ellipsoidal mirrors, and flat mirrors for dividing a cosmic radio wave signal incident through the troposphere. A beam propagated from a celestial point is introduced into a receiver room via a 45-degree flat mirror and is divided into a plurality of beams by using a plurality of low pass filters having different bandwidths and mirrors, and the divided beams are transmitted to corresponding quasi-optical receivers having different bandwidths via a plurality of mirrors. Therefore, radio astronomic observations can be simultaneously performed in 22 GHz, 43 GHz, 86 GHz, and 129 GHz bands, and phase variations of electromagnetic waves in the bands can be compensated for.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
    Inventors: Seog Tae Han, Jung Won Lee, Do Heung Je, Moon Hee Chung
  • Publication number: 20110237309
    Abstract: An antenna element including a feeding part and a mesh part including at least a part of an area formed in a mesh state. The feeding part and an area of the antenna element in close proximity to the mesh part are formed of a finer mesh than the mesh part or formed of a solid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: SONY ERICSSON MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS JAPAN, INC.
    Inventors: Hideaki SHOJI, Yoshiki Kanayama
  • Publication number: 20110221641
    Abstract: An antenna system including at least one fiber antenna element having a semiconductor core and an outer cladding layer, where the core has a higher index of refraction than the cladding layer. A pump source provides pump light to the cladding layer in a manner that allows the pump light to propagate down the cladding layer to be absorbed by the core to generate photo-carriers in the core. An antenna circuit is electrically coupled to the core and provides one or both of an RF signal to the core for transmission purposes or receiving an RF signal from the core for reception purposes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Rex Rice
  • Publication number: 20110199589
    Abstract: An antenna device for connection to a calculation device, having a projection device for generating a virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: Sven Zuehlsdorff
  • Patent number: 7982685
    Abstract: A GPS reception arrangement includes a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between the upper body portion and the lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, and a GPS antenna positioned inside the radome body. A plurality of light sources on the peripheral body portion of the radome body project light in a manner to identify the GPS radome, and distinguish it from other radomes. Retroreflective material is positioned around the radome body on the peripheral body portion, adjacent the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Caterpillar Trimble Control Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Edward Wolf, Chris Richardson
  • Publication number: 20110148721
    Abstract: A column-antenna for electronic surveillance systems for consumer goods, to be arranged adjacent near the entrance and/or exit of the sales store under control, where said column-antenna presents a frame within which at least a retention guide is accommodated that harbors at least a translucent panel, and said panel includes an exterior surface displaying advertising images, illuminated by at least a light source located in the internal edges of said frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventor: Fernando Javier Mengoni
  • Publication number: 20100328172
    Abstract: A GPS reception arrangement includes a GPS radome body having an upper body portion, a lower body portion and a peripheral body portion between the upper body portion and the lower body portion and extending circumferentially there around, and a GPS antenna positioned inside the radome body. A plurality of light sources on the peripheral body portion of the radome body project light in a manner to identify the GPS radome, and distinguish it from other radomes. Retroreflective material is positioned around the radome body on the peripheral body portion, adjacent the plurality of light sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventors: Edward Wolf, Chris Richardson
  • Publication number: 20100231469
    Abstract: An antenna device for a mobile communication system is provided, in which a post has a selected external appearance. An antenna end is formed at an upper portion of the post for installing antenna parts, and a support end is formed at a lower portion of the post for fixing the antenna device to the ground. At least part of an external body of the antenna end is formed of a material that transmits transmission and received radio signals and a ground support member is formed under the support end to make an external body of the support end stand erect on the ground. The external appearance of the antenna device may take the form of a conventional utility, lamp, or sign post or pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: KMW INC.
    Inventor: Duk-Yong KIM
  • Publication number: 20100225549
    Abstract: A center high mount stop lamp (CHMSL) assembly for a vehicle includes an integrated radio frequency (RF) antenna. The CHMSL assembly has an outer lens element, a lamp assembly configured to emit light through the outer lens element, and a housing for the outer lens element and the lamp assembly. The housing is adapted for attachment to an upper rear portion of the vehicle, and the housing has an interior region defined therein. The CHMSL assembly also has an RF antenna element located within the interior region. The RF antenna element is configured and positioned such that it does not obstruct a light path from the lamp assembly to the outer lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: GREGG R. KITTINGER, DONALD B. HIBBARD, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100188301
    Abstract: A lamp apparatus 1 includes an optical unit 2 and a patch antenna 4. The optical unit 2 includes an LED 7 and a substrate 8 having the LED 7 mounted at the front face, and a cover member 9 having visible-light transmittance, spread over the LED 7 at the front. In this optical unit 2 are stored the patch antenna 4 including a patch element 11 and a ground element 12 located at the rear of the patch element 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Kengo Kishimoto, Suguru Yamagishi
  • Publication number: 20100116883
    Abstract: A multi media payment device includes a banknote acceptor and a RF card reader, and also may include a magnetic card reader. A bezel assembly for connection to the bill acceptor preferably includes a reader unit to read magnetic swipe cards and contactless chip cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Evan J. Cost, Peter Bullard, Robert Martin