With Housing Or Protective Covering Patents (Class 343/872)
  • Patent number: 12249759
    Abstract: Disclosed is a radome 1 for vehicle-mounted radar devices including a base body 2 having an electromagnetic wave permeable substrate 3 and a heater wire 41 laminated on an inner surface side of the substrate 3 and wired in a surface direction of the substrate 3, in which linear portions 411 of the heater wire 41 are arranged side by side at intervals in the surface direction of the substrate 3 in an electromagnetic wave irradiation region R of the substrate 3, and a surface occupancy ratio of the linear portions 411 of the heater wire 41 in the electromagnetic wave irradiation region R of the substrate 3 is set to 1% or more and 24% or less. It is possible to exhibit a practical snow-melting function as a radome for vehicle-mounted radar devices while suppressing attenuation of electromagnetic waves irradiated by a vehicle-mounted radar device within an allowable range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SANKEI GIKEN KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takamasa Enomoto, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ryuho Ikemasu, Shinpei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12237574
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an assembly. In some embodiments the assembly comprises at least one antenna and a thermal insulation component. In some embodiments, the at least one antenna is configured to transmit a field of radiofrequency (RF) communication at an operating frequency ranging from 6 GHz to 100 GHz. In some embodiments, the thermal insulation component is disposed within the field of RF communication. In some embodiments, the thermal insulation component has a thermal conductivity ranging from 0.0025 W/m·K to 0.025 W/m·K at 25° C. and 1 atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Jacob B. Hersh, John C. Allen, Mitchell H. Warren, Lindsey C. Keen
  • Patent number: 12218417
    Abstract: To improve quality of a radome using a cyanate ester resin for a skin layer. A radome is formed of a multilayer structure in which a plurality of skin layers are layered on a surface of a core member. The plurality of skin layers include a first fiber reinforced plastic layer containing the cyanate ester resin and a fiber material and a second fiber reinforced plastic layer containing an epoxy resin and a fiber material. The second fiber reinforced plastic layer is disposed at a position in contact with the surface of the core member. A proportion of a thickness of the second fiber reinforced plastic layer to a thickness of all of the skin layers is preferably 50% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Teruki Miyazaki, Yukihiro Kamimura, Tomohiro Ito
  • Patent number: 12176602
    Abstract: An electronic device. An antenna module of this electronic device includes a plurality of antenna branches; a common feed structure is disposed between the plurality of antenna branches; the plurality of antenna branches are divided into a first group of antenna branches and a second group of antenna branches; the first group of antenna branches and the second group of antenna branches respectively correspond to different communication bands; and the common feed structure and the first group of antenna branches are disposed on an inner surface of a housing of the electronic device, and the second group of antenna branches are disposed on an outer surface of the housing of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xing Fu
  • Patent number: 12142826
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna apparatus includes a housing assembly including a radome portion and a lower enclosure portion, wherein the radome portion and lower enclosure portion are couplable to form an inner compartment for housing antenna components of the antenna assembly, an antenna stack assembly disposed within the inner compartment, wherein the antenna stack assembly generates heat when in operation, and a heat transfer system within the inner compartment configured to facilitate the flow of heat toward the radome portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: David Milroy, Duncan E. Adams, Andrea Papi, Scott Kaufman, Ersin Yetisir, Anthony Sims
  • Patent number: 12139578
    Abstract: There is provided a cover for a millimeter-wave radar, the cover being provided on an antenna that transmits and/or receives a millimeter wave of 75 to 81 GHz, the cover containing a thermoplastic resin composition that contains an aromatic polycarbonate resin having a structural unit (A) represented by formula (1) below, the cover having a relative dielectric constant ?r of 3.0 or less, a dielectric loss tangent tan ? of 8.0×10?3 or less, and a loss factor ?r·tan ? of 17.0×10?3 or less: where in formula (1), R1 and R2 are each a hydrogen atom or a methyl group, and W1 is at least one selected from a single bond, an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, and a divalent organic group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiki Monden, Morio Tsunoda, Hiroyuki Tajima, Tatsuya Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 12136765
    Abstract: An antenna includes an antenna body and a housing case. The antenna body configured to enter a first mode exhibiting an artificial magnetic conductor character with respect to an electromagnetic wave in a first frequency band and configured to enter in a second mode (TM mode) serving as a resonator for the electromagnetic wave in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band. The housing case includes a bottom plate on which the antenna body is installed and a side wall provided standing from the bottom plate and spaced with a distance from a periphery of the antenna body. The housing case is a case made of metal including an opening in a face through which the electromagnetic wave enters and exits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nobuki Hiramatsu, Hikaru Nekozuka, Gen Matsui, Kenji Tachibatake
  • Patent number: 12132252
    Abstract: The invention relates to an antenna system for an outer wall of a vehicle, comprising an antenna assembly having a housing, a base body made of an electrically insulating material, and a support plate, wherein electronic components for a plurality of antenna modules are arranged on the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Lars Reichardt, Amir Cenanovic
  • Patent number: 12130662
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are single surface top covers for portable information handling systems, and that employ a substrate of thermoplastic fiberglass composite which is impregnated with polycarbonate material. The thermoplastic fiberglass composite material may be recyclable, and the thermoplastic fiberglass composite material may be impregnated with recycled polycarbonate material. A selective UV molding process may be employed to create multiple different finishes on the same upper surface of a single surface top cover by applying a nano coat of a textured UV light curable resin on at least a portion of the upper surface of a single surface top cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Brian J. Yates, Nicholas D. Abbatiello, Priyank J. Gajiwala
  • Patent number: 12088020
    Abstract: An antenna structure is applicable in an electronic device having a metal frame. At least one slot is defined in the metal frame. The antenna structure includes a first radiating portion, a second radiating portion, and an antenna module. The first radiating portion and the second radiating portion are portions of the metal frame. The second radiating portion is separated from the first radiating portion with the at least one slot. The antenna module is spaced from an inner side of the metal frame. A projection of the antenna module is partially overlapping a projection of the first radiating portion or a projection of the second radiating portion in a predetermined direction, the antenna structure excites a plurality of radiation modes. The application also provides an electronic device with the antenna structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho
  • Patent number: 12074366
    Abstract: The radome (1) for vehicles comprises a decoration layer (17), a transparent front layer (19), and a heater (15) that heats the transparent front layer (19), wherein the radome (1) also comprises a thermal control (11) and a switch (13), so that the switch (13) switches on or switches off the heater (15) according to the temperature detected by the thermal control (11). It permits to provide a radome for vehicles that offers a degree of autonomy in the management of the heating without the need of external actions, optimizing the process of removing the ice or snow while maintaining the integrity of the radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zanini Auto Grup, S.A.
    Inventors: Augusto Mayer Pujadas, Beatriz Bravo García, Vicenç Olivella Blanco
  • Patent number: 12068532
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Takashi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12046807
    Abstract: In an antenna device for vehicle including a plurality of antennas, it is to be not increased the dimension of a portion disposed above a flat region of a roof is eliminated. An antenna device for vehicle 1 includes: a first antenna element 31 and a second antenna element 32. At least an upper portion of the first antenna element 31 is covered with a protruding region 71 of a resin roof. The second antenna element 32 is disposed below a flat region 72. The antenna device for vehicle 1 further includes a ground plate 22. The ground plate 22 is larger than the second antenna element 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomio Ambe, Ryota Tamai, Takeshi Hirosawa
  • Patent number: 12046815
    Abstract: An FSS unit element includes: multiple conductors extending outward from the central portion of the FSS unit element; and at least one circuit element connected to the multiple conductors at the central portion of the FSS unit element, and disposed with fewer than the number of the multiple conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Furuya, Tsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12021316
    Abstract: An antenna unit and a terminal device are provided. The antenna unit includes a target metal groove, M feed portions arranged at the bottom of the target metal groove, M coupling bodies and a first insulator which are arranged in the target metal groove, and at least two radiating bodies borne by the first insulator, wherein the M feed portions are insulated from the target metal groove, the M coupling bodies are located between the bottom of the target metal groove and the first insulator, each of the M feed portions is electrically connected to one coupling body respectively, each of the M coupling bodies is coupled with the at least two radiating bodies and the target metal groove, different radiating bodies have different resonance frequencies, and M is a positive integer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Vivo Mobile Communication Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianjing Jian, Huan-Chu Huang, Yijin Wang
  • Patent number: 12009590
    Abstract: The antenna (3) cover (1) for a vehicle is designed to cover at least one antenna (3) mounted on the vehicle, the cover (1) being made of composite material with a ceramic matrix reinforced by oxide fibers. The antenna cover (1) is resistant to high temperatures while not posing any sealing problem and remaining transparent to the frequencies used for the antennas (3) of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MBDA FRANCE
    Inventors: Edouard Flavin, Guillaume Fontenas, Antoine Rosso
  • Patent number: 12009568
    Abstract: A thermal protection system includes: an outer skin; a thermally insulating material under the outer skin; and a high temperature radio frequency (RF) aperture. The RF aperture includes a plurality of waveguides separated from each other and extending through the outer skin and the thermally insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: HRL LABORATORIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Quarfoth, Walter Wall, Shanying Cui, Christopher Roper, Jonathan Lynch
  • Patent number: 11984655
    Abstract: A radome structure may include an inner tuning layer component and a laminate component overlying the inner tuning layer component. The inner tuning layer component may include a thermoset foam or a thermoplastic foam. The laminate component may include a first fiber reinforced dielectric layer, a second fiber reinforced dielectric layer overlying the first fiber reinforced dielectric layer, and a third fiber reinforced dielectric layer overlying the second fiber reinforced dielectric layer. The first fiber reinforced dielectric layer may include a first low dielectric constant material. The second fiber reinforced dielectric layer may include a first high dielectric constant material. The third fiber reinforced dielectric layer may include a second low dielectric constant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Levi Moore, Eric R. Oswald, David Winfield Stresing, Steven Kleine, Alexander Kieckhafer, Megan Utter, Sarah E. Taggart
  • Patent number: 11978953
    Abstract: The present disclosure in at least one embodiment provides a wireless communication device, comprising a radome comprising a first locking unit and a sealing protrusion formed along at least one side end, a lower case formed along at least one side end and including a sealing protrusion groove which is configured to receive at least part of the sealing protrusion and a second locking unit, and a fastener which is fastened to the first locking unit and the second locking unit to fix the lower case and the radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Yoon Yong Kim, Inho Kim, Seong-man Kang, Jin Soo Yeo, Dae-Myung Park
  • Patent number: 11962080
    Abstract: A radome and a method for manufacturing same. A radome apparatus has a radome body having an aperture, a film covering the aperture, and a support installed into the aperture. The film and the support have a low loss at a desired operating frequency. The support provides backing, support, and rigidity for the film so that distortion of the film by weather conditions, such as wind, is reduced. Thus, the integrity of the RF transmission characteristics of the radome are preserved. The aperture, film, and support are in the boresight of an antenna and are large enough to accommodate a desired beam steering range. The radome body may be manufactured with the aperture and the film included therein by using an in-mold labeling process. The support may be installed in the aperture by a subsequent molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: Tom Reidy, Haijian Ni, Ian Jeffery Timmins, Babak Zarrin Rafie
  • Patent number: 11909091
    Abstract: Expansion compensation structures for an antenna are disclosed. In one embodiment, the antenna comprises: an array of antenna elements; and a structure coupled to the array of antenna elements, the structure having a plurality of components comprising materials having different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTEs), wherein first and second components of the plurality of components are pin bonded with one or more pins, and one or more components of the plurality of components other than the first and second components are between the first and second components and have one or more slots through which the one or more pins traverse and have CTEs different than CTEs of the first and second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Howard Linn, Mehdi Afkhami Reihani, Stephen Olfert, Chris Eylander, Felix Chen, Corey Pfeiff, Jonathan Byron
  • Patent number: 11901623
    Abstract: An antenna system includes an antenna waveguide having a waveguide surface. A set of printed electronics includes conductors deposited onto the waveguide surface of the antenna waveguide. The system further includes at least one transceiver integrated circuit (IC), the transceiver integrated circuit having a surface assembly, wherein the surface assembly is adhesively coupled to the antenna waveguide and directly connected to the waveguide surface of the antenna waveguide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Xuanke He, Emmanouil Tentzeris, Ryan Alexander Bahr, Yunnan Fang
  • Patent number: 11901645
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media herein dynamically adjust the number of elements active within a neighboring base station in order to reduce the back lobe overlap and thus reduce the interference caused by such an overlap. User devices assigned to communicate with an antenna array are monitored to determine if they are experiencing a decreased level of performance which may be caused by an overlapping back lobe from a neighboring cell site. If the user device's performance falls below a threshold value, the gain associated with the neighboring cell site is dynamically reduced in order to reduce the back lobe overlap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11894606
    Abstract: A radome structure for a multilayered broadband radome structure is described. The radome structure may include a central core layer comprising a first dielectric constant, an interior intermediate core layer adjacent to an interior side of the central core layer, comprising a second dielectric constant less than the first dielectric constant, an exterior intermediate core layer adjacent to an exterior side of the central core layer, comprising a third dielectric constant less than the first dielectric constant, and an interior outside core layer adjacent to an interior side of the interior intermediate core layer, comprising a fourth dielectric constant less than the second dielectric constant. In some examples of the radome structure described above may further include an exterior outside core layer adjacent to an exterior side of the exterior intermediate core layer, comprising a low dielectric constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew W. Pieratt
  • Patent number: 11888205
    Abstract: An electromagnetic device includes: a substrate having an elongated aperture having an overall length, L, and an overall width, W, as observed in a plan view of the device, where L>W; a dielectric medium having a dielectric material other than air disposed on the substrate substantially covering the aperture, the dielectric medium having a cross sectional boundary as viewed in the plan view of the device, the cross sectional boundary having at least one recessed portion that recesses inward toward the aperture from a tangent line that partially bounds the cross sectional boundary; wherein the length L is not perpendicular to the tangent line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: ROGERS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shailesh Pandey, Kristi Pance, Roshin Rose George, Gianni Taraschi
  • Patent number: 11862849
    Abstract: A radome and a method for manufacturing same. A radome apparatus has a radome body having an aperture, a film covering the aperture, and a support installed into the aperture. The film and the support have a low loss at a desired operating frequency. The support provides backing, support, and rigidity for the film so that distortion of the film by weather conditions, such as wind, is reduced. Thus, the integrity of the RF transmission characteristics of the radome are preserved. The aperture, film, and support are in the boresight of an antenna and are large enough to accommodate a desired beam steering range. The radome body may be manufactured with the aperture and the film included therein by using an in-mold labeling process. The support may be installed in the aperture by a subsequent molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: Tom Reidy, Haijian Ni, Ian Jeffery Timmins, Babak Zarrin Rafie
  • Patent number: 11848490
    Abstract: Various devices are efficiently mounted on a pole while reducing the probability of spoiling the view around the pole. A cover assembly 100 includes a plurality of covers 1 and 2, the outer shapes of the covers being respectively shapes obtained by dividing a hollow elongated body at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction, each of the covers having an internal housing space portion; and mounting mechanisms 5 to 8 for mounting the covers on a pole 9 located to be surrounded by the inner peripheral face of each of the covers in a state in which the covers are arranged to form a hollow elongated body as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Higeyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11848491
    Abstract: A low dielectric, low loss radome comprising microspheres integrated into a matrix. The microspheres reduce overall dielectric constant, whereby the radome has a dielectric constant less than 2.5 through a thickness of the radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hoang Dinh Do, Richard N. Johnson, Douglas S. McBain
  • Patent number: 11831078
    Abstract: An active array antenna module includes a cover plate, a metal frame, an antenna main board, a back frame, and a plurality of first fixing structures. The first fixing structures fix the back frame, the metal frame, and the cover plate, so that the antenna main board is fixed between the metal frame and the back frame, so that each of a plurality of antenna units of the antenna main board corresponds to each of a plurality of openings defined by the metal frame and each of a plurality of metal patterns of the cover plate to form a cavity antenna unit, and the active array antenna module includes a plurality of the cavity antenna units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: WANSHIH ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 11824250
    Abstract: What is proposed is an antenna housing comprising at least one profile element fastened on an area of the antenna housing at a distance from said housing and shaped so that it channels an airstream striking the antenna housing so that a part of the airflow is channelled between the profile element and the antenna housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Stefan Weber, Eckart Stuible, Stefan Eschrig
  • Patent number: 11811136
    Abstract: Metamaterials are provided that may include a first substrate including a high temperature dielectric material, and a first array of conductive resonators arranged on the first substrate. The conductive resonators may include a noble metal, a noble metal alloy, a high temperature ceramic semiconductor, or a combination thereof. Radomes including metamaterials also are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Chengying Xu, Jonathan MacDonald
  • Patent number: 11797928
    Abstract: Consistent with disclosed embodiments, systems, methods, and computer readable media pertaining to a battery-less identification tag for embedding into products may be provided. Embodiments may include a flexible substrate; a first differential antenna on the flexible substrate, the first differential antenna including a first meandering arm and a second meandering arm, and the first differential antenna being of a first size; a second differential antenna on the flexible substrate, the second differential antenna including a third meandering arm and fourth meandering arm, and the second differential antenna being of a second size smaller than the first size; and at least one communications chip connected to the first differential antenna and the second differential antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: NEXITE LTD.
    Inventors: Raviv Cohen, Igor Golubov, Eran Rosenberg, Eli Schwartz, Itzik Ben Bassat, Lior Shakedd
  • Patent number: 11799256
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection device (1) including a connector (2) having a hollow connecting cavity (21), each of two opposite sides of the connecting cavity is connected to a conductive plug (22) electrically coupled with the connecting cavity (21). The connecting cavity (21) is form by a plurality of flexible conductive materials. When in use, the grid-like connecting cavity (21) made of the flexible conductive materials can be elongated, compressed, or radially twisted, and is adaptive to changes in relative displacement at various angles at various angles in the axial direction or radial direction between different electrical connecting bases, thereby preventing degradation of performance of electrical connection due to the changes in relative displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI DIANBA NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Chunhua Huang
  • Patent number: 11791548
    Abstract: A radome and a method for manufacturing same. A radome apparatus (10) has a radome body (12) having an aperture (14), a film (16) covering the aperture, and a support (18) installed into the aperture. The film and the support have a low loss at a desired operating frequency. The support provides backing, support, and rigidity for the film so that distortion of the film by weather conditions, such as wind, is reduced. Thus, the integrity of the RF transmission characteristics of the radome are preserved. The aperture, film, and support are in the boresight of an antenna (20, 28) and are large enough to accommodate a desired beam steering range. The radome body may be manufactured with the aperture and the film included therein by using an in-mold labeling process. The support may be installed in the aperture by a subsequent molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: JABIL INC.
    Inventors: Tom Reidy, Haijian Ni, Ian Jeffery Timmins, Babak Zarrin Rafie
  • Patent number: 11777224
    Abstract: The reflect array system includes a resonant structure formed of an array of resonant cells and for passive reflection of incident signals. The resonant structure generates a radio frequency (“RF”) signal that is shaped and steered by the reflect array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Metawave Corporation
    Inventors: Maha Achour, Yan Wang, Chiara Pelletti, Bernard Casse
  • Patent number: 11748765
    Abstract: A mobile computerized apparatus configured to provide membership status in a roadside assistance program after occurrence of a roadside event is disclosed. The apparatus executes instructions that cause/allow the apparatus to receive input related to an electronic membership card, retrieve from a data store membership information associated with the vehicle, and dynamically update the electronic membership card for display on the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company
    Inventors: Tara Cavallaro Kozlowski, Ryan M. Briggs, Imran Iqbal
  • Patent number: 11697488
    Abstract: An aircraft with an aircraft structure that comprises a radome cover opening kinematic and a radome cover shell that is adapted to enclose equipment in a nose region of the aircraft in a closed position. The radome cover opening kinematic may enable movements of the radome cover shell between the closed position and an opened position and vice versa. The radome cover opening kinematic may include a guiding rail that is attached to the radome cover shell, and at least three rollers that are attached to the aircraft structure, wherein a first and a second roller are arranged on opposing sides of the guiding rail, and wherein the second and a third roller are arranged on the same side of the guiding rail. The radome shell opening kinematic further comprises a radome cover shell rotation stopper that can stop movement of the radome cover shell at the completely opened position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Boehme, Yann Le Cadet, Martin Lazak
  • Patent number: 11658372
    Abstract: A transmission line having, for example, a first frequency-selecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keishi Kosaka
  • Patent number: 11652286
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna assembly includes a plurality of layers defining an antenna assembly including a plurality of PCB layers and a plurality of non-PCB layers, the antenna assembly having a top surface and a bottom surface, and adhesive coupling between the PCB layers and the non-PCB layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technology Corp.
    Inventors: David Milroy, Samuel Belden
  • Patent number: 11624674
    Abstract: Example aspects of a nozzle cap for a fire hydrant and a method of detecting a leak in a fluid system are disclosed. The nozzle cap for a fire hydrant can include an outer housing defining a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a substantially circumferential wall extending from the first end to the second end; an antenna coupled to the substantially circumferential wall of the outer housing; a cap cover coupled to the outer housing at the first end; and an inner housing coupled to the outer housing at the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Mueller International, LLC
    Inventors: Daryl Lee Gibson, William Mark O'Brien, Sebastien Perrier, Paul S. Gifford
  • Patent number: 11621484
    Abstract: A radome structure for a multilayered broadband radome structure is described. The radome structure may include a central core layer comprising a first dielectric constant, an interior intermediate core layer adjacent to an interior side of the central core layer, comprising a second dielectric constant less than the first dielectric constant, an exterior intermediate core layer adjacent to an exterior side of the central core layer, comprising a third dielectric constant less than the first dielectric constant, and an interior outside core layer adjacent to an interior side of the interior intermediate core layer, comprising a fourth dielectric constant less than the second dielectric constant. In some examples of the radome structure described above may further include an exterior outside core layer adjacent to an exterior side of the exterior intermediate core layer, comprising a low dielectric constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew W. Pieratt
  • Patent number: 11603051
    Abstract: A garnish includes a heating element, a base member, and a circuit board. The heating element is configured by stacking first and second sheet materials and interposing a heater wire in between. The circuit board includes a power source line and is fixed to a back surface of the base member. The heating element includes a main body portion and an extending portion. The extending portion includes a power source connection portion for connecting the heater wire to the power source line and extends to the back surface of the base member. The main body portion of the heating element is fixed to a laying surface of the base member by fixing the second sheet material to the base member. The heater wire is exposed in the power source connection portion without stacking the second sheet material on the first sheet material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Hirotani, Hiroyuki Yamada, Tohoru Matsunami, Hiroaki Ando, Kimihiro Iimura, Hideto Maeda, Tetsuo Yasuda, Akihiro Misawa, Chiharu Totani
  • Patent number: 11600915
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an antenna apparatus includes a housing assembly including a radome portion and a lower enclosure portion, wherein the radome portion and lower enclosure portion are couplable to form an inner compartment for housing antenna components of the antenna assembly, an antenna stack assembly disposed within the inner compartment, wherein the antenna stack assembly generates heat when in operation, and a heat transfer system within the inner compartment configured to facilitate the flow of heat toward the radome portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: David Milroy, Duncan E. Adams, Andrea Papi, Scott Kaufman, Ersin Yetisir, Anthony Sims
  • Patent number: 11594808
    Abstract: Various base station cellular enclosures are detailed herein. An airfoil enclosure housing may be present that defines a cavity for housing a base station cellular antenna. The housing may have a leading edge and a vent that permits air from external the airfoil enclosure housing to enter the cavity of the airfoil enclosure housing. The enclosure may further include a rotatable coupling that attaches the airfoil enclosure housing to a support structure. The rotatable coupling can allow the airfoil enclosure housing to rotate based on wind such that the leading edge faces into the wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: DISH Wireless L.L.C.
    Inventor: Stephen Bye
  • Patent number: 11581653
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curved conformal frequency selective surface (FSS) radome. The radome includes a dielectric radome and a curved conformal FSS array arranged on an outer wall of the dielectric radome, where the dielectric radome includes a dome, a circular truncated cone and a hollow cylinder which are integrally formed from top to bottom, and the curved conformal FSS array is formed by periodically arraying foldable FSS units on an outer surface of the dielectric radome, the foldable FSS unit being of an axially symmetrical and centrally symmetrical gap structure, and having an overall shape consisting of foldable gaps on a left side, an upper side, a right side and a lower side, the four foldable gaps being sequentially connected in a square shape, and remaining parts of the foldable FSS unit except for the four foldable gaps being all metal patches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Qufu Normal University
    Inventors: Juan Xu, Min Zhao, Jianping Zhao, Jinzhao Guo, Siyu Wu, Yan Zhang, Tingting Shang
  • Patent number: 11581630
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes strand mounts for small cell radios. A strand mount may include a top plate, a bottom plate, and opposing side plates that form a housing having an interior cavity dimensioned to fit around one or more small cell radios, a plurality of mounting members, each mounting member coupled to the top and bottom plates within the interior cavity and configured such that a small cell radio can be mounted thereto, and one or more mounting brackets. The strand mount has the dual-capability of being mounted either horizontally on a cable strand or vertically on a pole. Alternative strand mounts and strand mount assemblies are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Severin, Robert Campbell
  • Patent number: 11575213
    Abstract: A radome-reflector assembly includes a generally domed reflector having a peripheral rim and a radome assembly. The radome assembly includes: an annular ring having a front wall and a side wall: a disk that fits within the ring: and an RF-compliant absorber, wherein the rim of the reflector fits within the side wall. The radome assembly further comprises a clip that engages the rim and the ring to secure the reflector to the radome assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alastair Wright, Lawrence Bissett, John Curran, Shuwei Russell
  • Patent number: 11539121
    Abstract: An antenna adapter which can be mounted to the roof of a vehicle equipped with an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) roof-mounted “shark fin” antenna comprises a spacer having a generally oblong body that is at least as large as the footprint of the OEM antenna with a mounting surface that extends beyond the footprint of the OEM antenna. The mounting surface is adapted to receive an antenna base while the underside of the adapter includes an oblong recess for routing an antenna cable from the antenna base to the interior of the vehicle. The adapter is mounted to the vehicle roof using a threaded fastener that is longer than the OEM fastener. The adapter is sandwiched between the OEM antenna and the vehicle roof to provide a leakproof seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Neal Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: James B. Cunningham
  • Patent number: 11499861
    Abstract: A radar module for level and/or limit level monitoring in plant automation, comprising a radar signal source that generates and transmit a radar signal, the radar signal source having a surface facing a filling material, a radar signal conductor that receives, conducts and emits the radar signal, the radar signal conductor being mounted on the surface of the radar signal source, and a potting compound that at least partially covers the surface of the radar signal source and at least partially covers the radar signal conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KG
    Inventors: Christoph Mueller, Steffen Waelde
  • Patent number: 11495880
    Abstract: Two-piece and three-piece radomes and their methods of manufacture involve independently optimizing a thickness profile of each piece to achieve desired radar performance metrics such that an air gap can exist or can be intentionally included between the various pieces without negatively affecting the radar performance of the radomes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: SRG GLOBAL, LLC
    Inventors: James M Shurish, Nicholas Bruyneel