With Housing Or Protective Covering Patents (Class 343/872)
  • 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: 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: 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: 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
  • Patent number: 11476567
    Abstract: To provide a decorative member that has a small transmission loss of a millimeter wave and excellent metallic luster. The decorative member includes a base material made of a synthetic resin and a film body that made of an agglomeration of inorganic fine particles having at least a metal surface. An attenuation rate when a millimeter wave having a frequency of 18 to 300 GHz transmits is 0.001 to 2 dB, and an L* value (brightness) is 45 to 95.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: IKUYO CO., LTD., O-WELL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiko Yamanaka, Atsushi Nakamura, Tomohiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 11431089
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an antenna housing, comprising: a front housing having a front housing edge; and a back housing having a back housing edge, the front housing edge and the back housing edge engaging each other to assemble the front housing and the back housing together to form the antenna housing. The front housing edge and the back housing edge cooperate with each other to form a sealing interface, including: a first sealing member provided with a first sealing portion; and a second sealing member provided with a second sealing portion, the first sealing portion abutting against the second sealing portion when the front housing and the back housing are assembled so that a clearance fit is formed between the front housing edge and the back housing edge, wherein the second sealing member is further provided with a channel positioned inside the second sealing portion and extending parallel to the second sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ruixin Su, Puliang Tang, Meihua Yin
  • Patent number: 11418250
    Abstract: There is provided a passive module for a holding structure. The holding structure is adjacent or part of a movable wing. The passive module comprises a support structure. The passive module comprises a radio transmission regulating structure. The radio transmission regulating structure is supported by the support structure. The radio transmission regulating structure has a radio transmission regulating characteristics. There is also provided a holding structure. The holding structure exhibits a slot for receiving such a passive module. There is further provided a kit of parts comprising at least one such passive module and such a holding structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventor: Peter Ökvist
  • Patent number: 11402466
    Abstract: A motor vehicle having at least one radar sensor, which is mounted behind a radome, formed by a component of the motor vehicle to be radiated through, and/or having a radome, wherein the motor vehicle further includes a reference structure having at least one radar-detectable marker, which can be controlled by an adjusting apparatus and moved into a measuring position in the detection area of a radar sensor outside the radome, and a control apparatus configured to control the adjusting apparatus, based on a trigger signal, for moving the reference structure into the measuring position and to evaluate radar data recorded by the radar sensor describing the reference structure in the measuring setting through a comparison with a comparison data set stored in the control apparatus and recorded without deposition on the radome for detection of the potential deposition. The trigger signal indicates a potential deposition, which restricts the performance of the radar sensor, on the radome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventor: Alin Jianu
  • Patent number: 11387562
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave transceiving apparatus is disclosed, including a detection and control unit, an electromagnetic exciter, a dielectric adjustment unit, and a positioning unit. When the electromagnetic wave transceiving apparatus is coupled to a surface of an external dielectric body, the electromagnetic exciter, the dielectric adjustment unit, and the coupled external dielectric body constitute a resonator with a specific electromagnetic wave spectrum. Considering the influence of the external dielectric body to which the electromagnetic wave transceiving apparatus is coupled, when the electromagnetic wave transceiving apparatus is coupled to the surface of the external dielectric body, the electromagnetic exciter, the dielectric adjustment unit, and the coupled external dielectric body may adjust the electromagnetic exciter and the dielectric adjustment unit to form a resonator with the required frequency through the detection and control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: EIKO TECHNO CORP
    Inventors: Yasukawa Masaaki, Lu Ming, Ng Yat Tung
  • Patent number: 11372079
    Abstract: A radar system deploys a MIMO antenna assembly containing arrays of antenna elements. The MIMO antenna assembly may be rotated by a rotational assembly. Control circuitry may be used to form one or more beams. Receiver antennae may receive reflected signals transmitted by transmitter antennae. The received signals may be processed to generate a radar image. This radar system may be used in a marine vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: NAVICO HOLDING AS
    Inventors: Andrew Corbett, Alberto Baroncelli
  • Patent number: 11370366
    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: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    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: 11355836
    Abstract: There is provided a combined antenna and radome arrangement. The combined antenna and radome arrangement comprises an advanced antenna system (AAS). The AAS comprises antenna elements and is configured for communication in a frequency range of 2.5 GHz to 10 GHz. The combined antenna and radome arrangement further comprises a radome. The radome has a first layer sandwiched between two second layers. The two second layers are of a second dielectric material. The first layer is of a first dielectric material and has a thickness t1, where t1??min/3, wherein ?min is the wavelength of the highest frequency in the frequency range of the AAS. The radome is placed in front of the AAS such that the radome forms a cover for the AAS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
    Inventors: Stefan Johansson, Livia Cerullo, Lars Persson, Mikael Pohlman, Torbjörn Westin
  • Patent number: 11349203
    Abstract: RADAR or other sensor assemblies/modules, particularly those for vehicles, along with related manufacturing/assembly methods. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise a housing and a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board may comprise a first side and a second side opposite the first side and may further comprise one or more integrated circuits positioned on the first side of the printed circuit board. One or more antennas may be operably coupled with the integrated circuit. A flexible radome, such as a thermoplastic wrapper, may enclose the assembly and may provide the means for binding the printed circuit board to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Veoneer US, Inc.
    Inventors: Majid Ahmadloo, Robert J. Sletten
  • Patent number: 11322833
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a housing assembly for an antenna apparatus includes a radome portion, a lower enclosure portion, and a fastener system configured for coupling the radome portion and the lower enclosure portion couplable to form an inner compartment for antenna components of an antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Space Exploration Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: David Milroy, Victor Q. Dang, Michael J. Conte
  • Patent number: 11316338
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for supplying energy to at least one intrinsically safe load in a potentially explosive area, the device including: a housing with an electrical input and with at least one electrical output, the housing is encapsulated in a pressure-proof manner, the electrical input encapsulated in a pressure-proof manner, and the at least one electrical output being intrinsically safe; an ignition protection module arranged in the housing and electrically connected to the electrical input and to the at least one electrical output, wherein the ignition protection module converts an electrical voltage present at the electrical input into an intrinsically safe electrical voltage and provides it at least one electrical output there, wherein the ignition protection module converts an electrical current present at the electrical input into an intrinsically safe electrical current and provides it at the at least one electrical output there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Endress+Hauser Conducta GmbH+Co. KG
    Inventor: Christian Felcmann
  • Patent number: 11283164
    Abstract: Invention relates to a radome casing and method for its manufacturing. The radome casing comprises walls (6, 11) of composite material which includes reinforcement fibers (8) and matrix resin (19) binding the fibers together. The walls include a radiation transmission window (11) through which the radiation of a radome antenna passes when the radome antenna (2) is mounted inside the radome casing (1). The amount of fibers in the radiation transmission window (11) is reduced to be less than 40-5% of the amount of fibers elsewhere in the casing walls (6). The reduction of reinforcement fibers in the radiation transmission window (11) reduces attenuation of the high frequency radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: EXEL COMPOSITES OYJ
    Inventors: Kim Sjödahl, Mikko Lassila
  • Patent number: 11271324
    Abstract: A passive radio repeater is built into a cover for a pit, in order to relay radio signals between a base station and a wireless communications device such as a water meter at the bottom of the pit. Within the external surface of the lid are provided upper and lower patch antennas. The lower antenna has a radiation pattern that extends downwards at right-angles to the plane of the lid, so that it communicates with the device at the bottom of the pit. The top antenna has a directional beam pattern in the elevation plane, achieved by exciting the top antenna in a mode that is higher than fundamental. The two antennas are coupled by a stripline printed circuit board provided with feeds to generate the required beam patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: British Telecommunications Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Michael Fitch, Paul Putland
  • Patent number: 11262134
    Abstract: A window assembly heat transfer system is disclosed in which a window member has a selected transparency to monitored or sensed light wavelengths. One or more passages are provided in the window member for flowing a single-phase or two-phase heat transfer fluid, the passages being optically non-transparent to the monitored or sensed light wavelengths. A mechanism allows either evaporation or condensation of the fluid and/or balancing of a flow of the fluid within the passages. In one embodiment, the window assembly can be made by producing passages in a top surface of a first single plate, optionally producing passages in a bottom surface of a second single plate and bonding the top surface of the first plate to a bottom surface of a second single plate to form the window member with the passage or passages. In another embodiment, the window assembly can be made by providing a core around which the window member material is grown and thereafter removing the core to produce the passage or passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Mainstream Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Tucker, Joshua D. Sole, Justin J. Hill, Robert P. Scaringe
  • Patent number: 11251529
    Abstract: An antenna module is described where uniform radiation pattern coverage is provided in the plane of a low profile antenna radiating element. A polarization that is orthogonal to the plane of the low profile antenna radiating element can be achieved for the radiated field. A ground plate aperture is implemented into the antenna ground plate to minimize frequency shift as the antenna is installed on metallic (conductive) and non-metallic (non-conductive) ground planes of varying sizes. This antenna system technique is applicable for use in communication systems such as a local Area network (LAN), cellular communication network, and Machine to Machine (M2M).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: AVX Antenna, Inc.
    Inventor: Laurent Desclos
  • Patent number: 11228105
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate facing the first plate and spaced from the first plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first plate and the second plate, wherein the second plate includes a nonconductive material, at least one antenna element positioned within the space and positioned on a substrate parallel to the second plate, wherein the at least one antenna element is spaced from the second plate by a gap h, and a wireless communication circuit electrically connected to the antenna element and configured to transmit and/or receive a signal with a frequency between 20 GHz and 100 GHz and a wavelength corresponding to the frequency, wherein the gap h corresponds to n ? ? 2 , wherein n is an integer and ? is the wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Inventors: Su Min Yun, Myung Hun Jeong, Je Hun Jong, Jae Hoon Jo, Se Hyun Park, Jae Bong Chun
  • Patent number: 11226397
    Abstract: Example embodiments relate to slanted radomes for protecting radar units. An example radar system may include a radar unit that includes at least one antenna having a radiation pattern. The radar unit is configured to transmit a radar signal based on the radiation pattern and receive radar signals. In addition, the radar system further includes a radome located in a direction of transmission of the radiation pattern. Particularly, the radome is aligned at an angle relative to a plane of the at least one antenna such that reflections of the transmitted radar signal caused by the radome are directed towards at least one of a null of the radiation pattern and an absorption component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Waymo LLC
    Inventors: Benjamin Chen, Adam Brown, Philip Ma, Matthew Markel
  • Patent number: 11223174
    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: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI DIANBA NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Chunhua Huang
  • Patent number: 11219419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a gantry of a CT scanning device comprising: a first housing having a first bore; a second housing having a second bore, disposed opposite to the first housing, wherein there is a gap between the first bore and the second bore, as a ray scanning bore; a scan window assembly comprising an annular window body having an inner surface and an outer surface, the scan window assembly being engaging-locked with the first housing and the second housing and sealing and covering the ray scanning bore. In this way, the engaging-lock can restrict deformation of the annular window body when an external force is applied on the scan window assembly, and the sealing can prevent liquid in the first and second housing from leaking out and prevent liquid inside the scan window assembly from leaking into the first and second housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Xiaoyan Zhang, Chad A Smith, Yan Guo Yang, Kiyomi Abeshima
  • Patent number: 11217872
    Abstract: A radio-frequency (RF) heat shield for electronics includes a first and second outer skin formed of an insulating material, an insulating core layer arranged between the first and second outer skin, wherein the insulating core layer has a lower dielectric constant as compared with a higher dielectric constant of the first and second outer skin, and a frequency selective surface (FSS) layer including a reflective metallization pattern that is RF transparent and formed on an exterior surface of each of the first and second outer skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Robert T. Manley, Waid A. Paine