Communications: radio wave antennas inventions 03/07

20070069957 - Dual-resonant antenna: A wide-band antenna comprises a series-resonant antenna and a resonant circuit. The antenna has a radiative element and a feed pin. The resonant circuit comprises an inductive element connected to the feed pin and a capacitor connected in parallel to the inductive element, which has a center tap for adjusting... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070069960 - Flat-plate mimo array antenna with isolation element: A flat-plate MIMO array antenna includes a substrate, a plurality of antenna elements disposed on the substrate, and at least one isolation element interposed between a plurality of antenna elements on the substrate and connected to a ground. Mutual interference between the antenna elements is prevented by the isolation element... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070069955 - Frequency-notching antenna: An antenna (100) is provided. The antenna includes: a first ground element (105); a first driven element (110) formed from a planar piece of conductive material, the first driven element being configured to transmit and receive wireless signals, the first driven element including a physical slot (130); a conductive line... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070069954 - Multi-band antenna: A multi band antenna system (100) and a wireless communication device are disclosed. The multi band antenna system provides coverage over multiple frequency bands. The multi band antenna system comprises a ground surface, a first conductor (102), a second conductor (104), a common feed conductor (106) coupled to the first... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070069958 - Multi-band bent monopole antenna: The method and apparatus described herein improves the bandwidth of a selected frequency band of a multi-band antenna. In particular, a selection circuit selectively applies capacitive coupling to the multi-band antenna to improve the bandwidth of a first frequency band without adversely affecting the bandwidth of a second frequency band.... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070069956 - Multi-band pifa: The method and apparatus described herein improves the impedance matching of a multi-band antenna. In particular, the multi-band antenna comprises a radiating element vertically displaced from an antenna ground plane by feed and ground elements, and a parasitic element interposed between the feed and ground elements. When the multi-band antenna... Agent: Coats & Bennett/sony Ericsson

20070069959 - Small size ultra-wideband antenna: A small size ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna comprises a radiation element, a dielectric substrate, and a dielectric element. The radiation element includes a radiation conductor, a matching element, and an antenna feeding element. A signal feeding element and a conductor plane are formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070069962 - Antenna system for a radiocommunication station, and radiocommunication station having such antenna system: The antenna system for a radiocommunication station has a plurality of antenna elements having different polarizations and arranged for coupling with RF electric field components oriented along three mutually perpendicular directions.... Agent: Trop Pruner & Hu, PC

20070069961 - Magnetic core member for antenna module, antenna module and portable information terminal equipped with antenna module: There are provided a magnetic core member for an antenna module capable of improving a communication distance without thickening the module, an antenna module, and a portable information terminal equipped with the antenna module. A magnetic core member 18 for an antenna module 10 of the present invention has a... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20070069963 - Motorized, retractable antenna system for recreational and similar vehicles: A motorized, retractable antenna system for a recreational or similar vehicle. The antenna system includes an antenna head pivotally mounted to a support arrangement for rotation about a substantially horizontal axis between retracted and raised position. The support arrangement and attached antenna head in turn are then mounted to a... Agent: Dorr, Carson & Birney, P.C. One Cherry Center

20070069964 - Antenna device, electronic apparatus and vehicle using the same antenna device: An antenna device includes a grounding subject, a feeder insulated from the grounding subject, a first conductor shaping like substantially a looped triangle and coupled to the feeder at a first feeder top, and a second conductor symmetric to the first conductor with respect to a phantom line extending through... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070069965 - High-frequency feed structure antenna apparatus and method of use: An antenna apparatus for the reception of, and or transmission of, electromagnetic energy, the apparatus including a non-radiating dielectric waveguide aperture coupled to at least one dielectric rod antenna, which is electromagnetically coupled to a transmission line element.... Agent: Smith Hopen, Pa

20070069967 - Frequency-dispersive antenna applied in particular to a meteorological radar: The invention relates to a frequency-dispersive antenna. The antenna comprises radiating waveguides on which are formed slots. The antenna comprises at least one feed waveguide linked by coupling slots to the radiating waveguides. The variation of the pointing direction of the beam from the antenna in at least one plane... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Gilman & Berner, LLP

20070069966 - Waveguide slot antenna and arrays formed thereof: A waveguide slot antenna element, waveguide slot antenna arrays comprising a plurality of the waveguide slot antenna elements and a method of operating the waveguide slot antenna arrays are described. The waveguide slot antenna element includes a non-radiating side including a feeding port, a radiating side disposed opposite to the... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070069968 - High frequency omni-directional loop antenna including three or more radiating dipoles: An omni-directional loop antenna for radiating an electromagnetic signal from a signal source includes a differential feed and at least six radiating elements. The differential feed generates a first signal feed and a second signal feed. The radiating elements include at least three evenly-numbered radiating elements and at least three... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070069969 - Antenna system and television receiver: An antenna system including an antenna capable of responding to a horizontally-polarized-wave and a vertically-polarized-wave and receives digital television broadcasting signals. The system further includes: a memory section to store an outdoor reception program and an indoor reception program; an acquisition section to configure in the antenna a horizontally-polarized-wave reception... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070069970 - Low wind load parabolic dish antenna fed by crosspolarized printed dipoles: The present invention provides a parabolic dish reflector antenna for wireless communications that is dually polarized for diversity reception purposes while causing minimal visual disturbance for use with cellular base stations and repeaters. The antenna comprises a reflector of paraboloidal shape along both the longitudinal and latitudinal axes of its... Agent: Angenehm Law Firm, Ltd.

20070069971 - Antenna and method of making the same: An antenna having an antenna element bent in a predetermined shape. The antenna element has a plurality of line conductors that are arranged in parallel and are sandwiched by two insulation films. A method of making an antenna has the steps of: arranging in parallel a plurality of line conductors,... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070069972 - Satellite dish facade with magnet: A facade or cover for a satellite dish has a magnet or magnetic base by which the facade is removably attachable to the parabolic structure of the satellite dish. The magnet or magnetic base is magnetically attracted to the metal composition of the parabolic structure of the satellite dish. The... Agent: Olen L. York, Iii

20070063899 - Embedded planar inverted f antenna (pifa) tuned with variable grounding point: An antenna system is described that includes a radiating element, a feed point configured for electrical connection to the radiating element, and a grounding point configured for electrical connection to the radiating element. At least one of the feed point and the grounding point are configured to accommodate a range... Agent: Robert J. Kapalka Tyco Electronics Corporation

20070063898 - Phased array antenna with subarray lattices forming substantially rectangular aperture: A phased array antenna includes a plurality of subarray lattices connected together in a linear configuration and forming a substantially rectangular aperture. Each subarray lattice is clocked progressively to obtain an aperiodic aperture and reduce grating lobes.... Agent: Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist P.A.

20070063904 - Antenna combining external high-band portion and internal low-band portion: An antenna comprises an external high-band portion and an internal low-band portion. The external high-band portion reduces energy dissipation from nearby components, and the internal low-band portion reduces the phantom head effect. The antenna combines the external high-band portion and the internal low-band portion, utilizing the advantages of the two... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070063903 - Built-in antenna module of wireless communication terminal: The invention relates to a built-in antenna for a wireless communication terminal. The built-in antenna includes at least one first radiator for base station and at least one second radiator for Bluetooth. The built-in antenna also includes a base having the first and second radiators mounted on an outer surface... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070063900 - Display panel with pairs of antennas: A portable computer display panel comprising a first and second pair of antennas disposed within a housing. A display screen is supported by the housing. A latch assembly is disposed between the display screen and an outer edge of the housing. The first pair of antennas is disposed within said... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070063902 - Mobile communication device and an antenna assembly for the device: A mobile communication device has an antenna assembly comprising the combination of an inverted-F antenna and a dielectrically-loaded quadrifilar helical antenna, the latter mounted on the distal end of an elongate radiator element of the inverted-F antenna. The dielectrically-loaded antenna has an integral balun on a ceramic antenna core, the... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20070063901 - Mobile phone antenna: The present invention provides a mobile phone antenna, which comprises an antenna ground plane, a radiating conducting plate, a feeding conducting strip, a shorting conducting strip, and a system ground plane. Using the antenna ground plane as a shielding metal wall, the present invention advantages itself of making the antenna... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070063905 - Device for controlling the specific absorption rate of mass-produced radiant objects: The invention relates to a device for controlling the specific absorption rate of mass-produced radiant objects. The inventive device is characterised in that it comprises: at least one sensor for measuring a power radiated by an object which is located in the zone, and at least one processing unit for... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070063906 - Integrated antenna with coupled ground: An integrated antenna includes a dielectric on which is patterned an antenna element and on which, close to an edge of the dielectric, is also patterned a conductive ground coupling member. The ground coupling member is capable of electricalcoupling with a grounded body surrounding the dielectric to provide a ground... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070063907 - Wireless communication system and method: The wireless communication system comprises a main antenna for radiating electromagnetic waves towards the wireless IC chips; reflecting plates for forming detour paths of electromagnetic waves that are interfered with the managing targets to which the wireless IC chips are attached; and a posture control unit for controlling facing direction... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070063908 - Wireless communication system and method: A wireless communication system includes: a main antenna for radiating an electromagnetic wave to wireless IC chips; a reflecting plate for reflecting the electromagnetic wave from the main antenna to the wireless IC chips; and a control unit which supports the wireless IC chips. The control unit causes a difference... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070063909 - Antenna: A radiator includes two dipole elements as plate-shaped conductors. The radiator further includes two conductive line portions provided on opposite sides of a prescribed axis, sandwiching both of the two dipole elements, each having one end connected to one dipole element and the other end connected to the other dipole... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070063910 - Antenna having wide transmitting angle: An antenna assembly includes two antenna devices disposed one above the other and each having two end portions for signal transmitting purposes. The antenna devices each includes two antenna members attached to the end portions, and the antenna members of the antenna devices are preferably inclined relative to the antenna... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070063911 - Cellular antenna and systems and methods therefor: A cellular communications antenna including sensors for determining position and/or orientation of the antenna. Position information may be obtained using, for example, a GPS receiver or by triangulation. Orientation information may be obtained using, for example, an electronic compass and/or gyroscope and/or an inclinometer. Position and/or orientation information may be... Agent: Eric D. Cohen

20070063912 - Cruciform antenna comprising linear sub-antennas and associated processing: The invention relates to a cross antenna comprising linear sub-antennas and to the associated processing. More specifically, the invention relates to an antenna (1) comprising: first (2) and second (3) linear sub-antennas which are equipped with sensors (21-2M, 31-3N) forming first and second line segments and generating a basic signal... Agent: Todd A Kupstas Wolf Block Schorr & Solis Cohen

20070063913 - Dual-band multi-mode array antenna: A dual-band multi-mode array antenna is provided, including an antenna substrate with antenna units each of which having a feeding via; and a conductive substrate connected to the antenna substrate to form an angle in between. The conductive substrate has a symmetric feeding network disposed on a surface of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070063914 - Waveguide-based wireless distribution system and method of operation: The design and use of a simplified, highly efficient, waveguide-based wireless distribution system are provided. A low-loss waveguide is used to transport wireless signals from a signal source or sources to one or more receiver locations. One or more adjustable signal coupling devices partially insert into the waveguide at predetermined... Agent: HulseyIPIntellectual Property Lawyers, P.C.

20070063915 - Embedded antenna apparatus for utility metering applications: An embedded antenna for facilitating wireless transmission of utility meter data is disclosed, where in one embodiment an RF antenna is a part of the faceplate of the utility meter. In another embodiment the utility meter faceplate is a single-layer or a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) with the RF... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070063916 - Versatile antenna for wireless communications: An antenna assembly (20) includes an antenna (22) supported near one end of an elongated probe (24). The antenna (22) in one example includes a substantially rigid outer shell (40) to allow the antenna to withstand a variety of environmental conditions. The elongated probe facilitates moving the antenna (22) into... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070063917 - Antenna array method and apparatus: A ground plane apparatus (200) has a plurality of substantially planar ground plane surfaces (201) that are connected, arranged, and configured to substantially form a pyramid-shaped object. A plurality of radiating antennas (202) are then provided with at least one such antenna being mounted on each of the plurality of... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20070063918 - Antenna and an antenna feed structure: A dielectrically-loaded helical antenna has a cylindrical ceramic core bearing metallised helical antenna elements which are coupled to a coaxial feeder structure passing axially through the core. Secured to the end face of the core is an impedance matching section in the form of a laminate board. The matching section... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20070063919 - Antenna and an antenna feed structure: A dielectrically-loaded helical antenna has a cylindrical ceramic core bearing metallised helical antenna elements which are coupled to a coaxial feeder structure passing axially through the core. Secured to the end face of the core is an impedance matching section in the form of a laminate board. The matching section... Agent: John Bruckner, P.C.

20070063920 - Semiconductor device: The present invention provides a semiconductor device including an antenna, and at least a first integrated circuit and a second integrated circuit which are connected to the antenna, wherein the first integrated circuit includes a memory circuit which memorizes a first identification code and a first program for controlling an... Agent: Eric Robinson

20070057849 - Antenna for dual band operation: Provided is a dual band antenna including: a ground surface; a feeder feeding a predetermined current; an induction radiator including one end connected to the ground surface and the other end connected to the feeder; and a parasitic radiator including an end connected to the ground surface and the other... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070057847 - Antenna with overlapping first and second radiating elements: An antenna includes a first radiating element, a feeding point, a grounding point, a second radiating element, and first and second conductive elements. The first radiating element has opposite first and second sides. The feeding point is provided on the first radiating element, and is disposed adjacent to the first... Agent: Ladas & Parry

20070057845 - Directional antenna device: A directional antenna device for receiving a radio wave in a microwave band transmitted from a communication unit provided on a movable mobile body, by using an antenna unit having directivity and provided on a fixed body fixed to a predetermined position. The antenna unit includes: a plurality of directional... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070057850 - Directional antenna structure: A directional antenna structure is provided, which includes a patch antenna, a reflection plate, a cable connector, and a frame for the patch antenna, the reflection plate, and the cable connector to be fixed and assembled thereon. Through such a modular design, the antenna structure is manufactured and assembled through... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070057848 - Glass antenna and manufacturing method for the same: Either one or both of the antenna pattern and a ground pattern, which reflects a radiated radio wave radiated from the antenna pattern, are buried inside the glass substrate. As a result, it is possible to provide high-gain, low-loss glass antennas in which glass is used as their substrates.... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070057846 - Symmetric-slot monopole antenna: A symmetric-slot monopole antenna is provided, including a metallic board. Formed on the metallic board are a ground connection part to provide a ground circuit for the monopole antenna and a radiation part formed integrally on the ground connection part to receive and radiate signals transmitted through a signal cable.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070057856 - Built-in antenna module of wireless communication terminal: A built-in antenna module of a wireless communication terminal is provided. In the antenna module, a substrate is disposed inside a terminal body and has a plurality of electronic parts mounted therein. At least one radiator rib is integrally extended from the terminal body along a predetermined pattern in accordance... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070057853 - Electronic appparatus: An electronic apparatus comprising a housing, a metallic antenna and a printed circuit board is provided. The housing comprises a metallic front casing and an insulating rear casing. The metallic front casing has a display panel and a number of buttons. The insulating rear casing is buckled to the metallic... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20070057854 - Mobile transceiver and antenna device: A mobile transceiver that can carry out a wireless communication includes a substrate including a wireless circuit; a built-in antenna disposed on a surface of the substrate; a first conductor disposed on the other surface of the substrate; and a second conductor having a ground side grounded to the first... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070057855 - Portable information apparatus incorporating wireless communication antenna: According to one embodiment, there is provided a portable information apparatus including: a main body; a display unit attached to the main body; a first wireless communication antenna attached to an upper portion of the display unit; and a second wireless communication antenna attached to one of side portions of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20070057852 - Wireless communication device with integrated antenna: A near field communication loop antenna (308) is mechanically coupled to the cover (300) of a cellular telephone. The antenna (308) is coupled on the inside of the cover (300) between a keypad (302) and the cover (300), whereby the antenna (308) surrounds the keys (314) and is sandwiched between... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070057851 - Wireless communication device with integrated battery/antenna system: A loop antenna (100) shares terminals with a thermistor on a battery. The battery (300) has at least two terminals (302 & 304) that connect to a thermistor (514). An electromagnetic wave radiating and receiving element (522) shares the at least two terminals (302 & 304) with the thermistor (514)... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070057857 - Wireless network card with antenna selection option: A wireless network card includes an adaptable antenna connection structure that includes connections for one or more internal antennas and for one or more Radio Frequency (RF) connectors that may be coupled to one or more external antennas. A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and electronic components located thereon form the... Agent: Garlick Harrison & Markison

20070057858 - Multiple-point to multiple-point communication system: Methods and apparatus for a high speed wireless communication system are disclosed. The high speed wireless links are accomplished using relatively narrow beams (<1°). These beams are produced using rotational motion at a base station in the center of a cell. In one embodiment of the invention, a radio and... Agent: Giaccherini

20070057859 - Antenna: An antenna array may be constructed using a plurality of tubes of electrically conducted material in conjunction with an additionally electrically conductive component which covers the front faces of tubes and at least part of the sides. Between the structures, a further electrically conductive material may be placed separated by... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070057860 - Aligned duplex antennae with high isolation: Integrating dual antennae into a single rigid assembly guarantees parallel alignment between the antennae and provides higher isolation with lower insertion loss than duplexing methods can achieve through a single antenna. The resulting higher performance at lower cost can benefit two-way communication systems using time division duplexing, frequency division duplexing,... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070057861 - Wave antenna wireless communication device and method: A wireless communication device coupled to a wave antenna that provides greater increased durability and impedance matching. The wave antenna may be in the form of a polygonal, elliptical curve and/or coil shape. The wireless communication device is coupled to the wave antenna to provide wireless communication. The wireless communication... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20070057862 - Gps radome-mounted antenna assembly: In an antenna communications unit which, when installed on trucks, allows two-way communications between a driver and fleet logistic centers, historically, a global positioning system (GPS) antenna within a radome has been housed in a cavity beneath a transceiver's messaging antenna. A method and device is provided which moves the... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20070057863 - Positioning structure for a dual-use antenna and base: A positioning structure for a dual-use antenna and base includes a base having a narrow long hollow pipe wall and a wing board extended externally from two corresponding sides along the hollow pipe wall, and a hollow flange is disposed on the surface of the hollow pipe wall along the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070057864 - [mono-frequency antenna]: A mono-frequency antenna includes a holder base; a resonator, which includes a metal sleeve mounted in the holder base, a metal barrel axially spaced from the metal sleeve by a gap, and a metal conductor extended from one end of the metal barrel remote from the metal sleeve, the metal... Agent: Antenniques Corp. Ltd.

20070052593 - Antenna arrays and methods of making the same: An omni direction antenna comprising a substrate having a first side and a second side with a first conductor coupled to the first side of the substrate and a second conductor coupled to the second side of the substrate is provided. The first and second conductors comprise wide elements substantially... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20070052589 - Antenna module: An antenna module includes a substrate with at least a first antenna on one side while at least a second antenna on the other side of the substrate so that both sides of the antenna module are able to radiate signals. Therefore, the effective angular coverage of the antenna module... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070052587 - Compact multi-band, multi-port antenna: A multi-band, multi-port antenna includes at least one patch radiating element and at least one ring radiating element, that are operative within different frequency bands, on a common conductive layer.... Agent: The Law Offices Of John C. Scott, Llc C/o Intellevele

20070052588 - Dual-band patch antenna with slot structure: A dual-band patch antenna with a slot structure is disclosed. The dual-band patch antenna comprises a metal-work antenna including a rectangular (patch) radiator on which an L-shaped slot structure is formed; two shorting strips and vertically shorted to a conductive ground plane formed on a base board; and a feeding... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052590 - Miniatured microstrip antenna: This invention is a miniaturized microstrip antenna, which consists of one antenna element and one feeding structure. The antenna element is the first metal pattern printed on the first dielectric layer to radiate or receive electromagnetic wave at a specific frequency band. The feeding structure is used to deliver signals... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property

20070052591 - Monopole antenna: A monopole antenna is disclosed. The monopole antenna comprises a base board, a first substantially L-shaped conductor, a first ground plane, a second substantially L-shaped conductor, a second ground plane and a feeding strip, and the monopole antenna further has a plurality of evenly-distributed through holes penetrating the base board... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070052592 - Phase shifters deposited en masse for an electronically scanned antenna: A system and method for an electronically scanned antenna is provided in which phase shifters are deposited en masse along with other electronically scanned antenna components on a wafer scale substrate using a thin film process. Alternative wafer scale sizes may be utilized to furnish a required antenna aperture area.... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070052594 - Radio-operated communication sender: This document represents and describes an antenna for a wireless communication terminal with at least one essentially planar radiating element, wherein at least one section of the radiating element is folded in a waving to meandering fashion. According to the invention, the folded section of the radiating element is three-dimensionally... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20070052599 - Antenna device and radio communication terminal: A switching unit which switches the sub antenna, which is for performing diversity reception in cooperation with the main antenna for transmission and reception, from functioning as an antenna to functioning as a parasitic element, or from functioning as a parasitic element to functioning as an antenna, is provided; the... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070052595 - Antenna device for portable terminals and radio unit for receiving broadcast waves: Whip antenna 1 is electrically connected to power feeder 3 through contact member 5, and resonates in a UHF band or higher when extended. Coiled antenna 2 is electrically connected to power feeder 3 through frequency filter 4 mounted on device board 10. Frequency filter 4 is set to a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070052600 - Coil antenna structure and portable electronic apparatus: A coil antenna structure includes a first magnetic component extending in the thickness direction of a tabular primary casing. A second magnetic component and a third magnetic component, which are magnetically connected to the first magnetic component, are disposed on the first principal surface side and the second principal surface... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070052598 - Presence detection control knob: Control knob comprising a mobile part (3) capable of being actuated manually and linked with an electromechanical transducer (7). The knob also comprises a metal surface (15) arranged in the vicinity of the mobile part and means to measure the capacitance of the metal surface so that the presence of... Agent: Valeo Climate Control Corp. Intellectual Property Dept.

20070052597 - Telecommunications appliance having a receiving antenna: A telecommunications appliance having at least one display (13) which is arranged in a housing (14), is mounted on a holder and is held such that it can be positioned flexibly, starting from an attachment point, by means of a plastically deformable metallic rod (4), and having a receiving antenna... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.c.

20070052596 - Wireless device with distributed load: A wireless device (100) includes a first circuit board (102), a second circuit board (104), and a distributed load (106) having an inductive coupling (112) and a capacitive coupling (114). The inductive coupling (112) and the capacitive coupling (114) form a parallel resonance at predefined frequencies of interest. The second... Agent: Motorola Inc

20070052601 - Vehicle antenna device having high power feeding reliability: There is provided a vehicle antenna device having a high connection reliability and mounted simply. A vehicle antenna device comprise a film antenna unit 1 in which an emission conductor pattern 3 is formed on a resin film 2 and a power feeding terminal 4 is exposed to a tongue... Agent: Beyer Weaver & Thomas, LLP

20070052602 - Glass antenna: To provide a compact and low-cost glass antenna in which an antenna position can be easily recognized by emitting a light near the antenna position, and thus a passerby or the like can easily grasp the position when he or she holds up a tag. The glass antenna has plate-like... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070052603 - Multiple loop rfid system: An RFID system that provides an RFID tag comprising a plurality of RFID loop antennas operatively connected to an RFID chip.... Agent: James C Weseman Law Offices Of James C Weseman

20070052604 - Antenna positioner system: A three-axis antenna positioner has an X-Y over azimuth configuration, and includes an azimuth drive assembly, an X-axis drive assembly, and a Y-axis drive assembly. Each drive assembly is independently operable. The azimuth drive assembly imparts 540° azimuthal rotational motion to an antenna about an azimuth axis. The X-axis drive... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP Attn: Intellectual Property Deptartment

20070052605 - Antenna positioner system with dual operational mode: A controller is configured to operate an antenna positioner, which positions an antenna to track a moving object during a pass, in dual operational modes. The controller determines a maximum expected elevation angle during the pass. The controller de-activates the azimuth drive assembly and activates the x-axis drive assembly and... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP Attn: Intellectual Property Deptartment

20070052606 - Antenna alignment tool and method: An antenna alignment tool has a housing. A mounting system attaches the housing to the antenna. A compass is attached to the housing. A level may also be attached to the housing.... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling, Llc

20070052607 - Antenna positioner for portable satellite terminal: A motorized antenna positioning mechanism in a portable microwave communication unit for use as a ground station in a satellite communication system. The antenna positioner has compact and low profile azimuth wire drive mechanics, azimuth and polarization angle sensors that are not affected by slippage and backlash, and an elevation... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20070052608 - Digital data receiving apparatus: The invention relates to apparatus for receiving digital data signals which are transmitted via a satellite transmission system over a given frequency range. The apparatus includes a receiving horn with a throat and a waveguide. The diameter of the throat is greater than that which would be conventionally chosen, and... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20070052609 - Dual-band or single-band dipole antenna: A dual-band or single-band dipole antenna comprises a first radiating unit, a second radiating unit, and a coaxial cable. The first radiating unit includes a first hollow cylinder and a first side wall. In this case, the first side wall, which is disposed on one end of the first hollow... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052611 - Dipole antenna: A dipole antenna includes a substrate, a first radiating member and a second radiating member. The substrate has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first radiating member and the second radiating member are symmetrically disposed on the first surface and the second surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052610 - Triangular dipole antenna: A triangle dipole antenna includes a first substrate, a first radiating part, and a second radiating part. The first substrate has a first surface and a second surface, which is opposite to the first surface. In this case, the first surface has a first feeding point and the second surface... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070052612 - Portable high-speed data and broadcast-quality video terminal for terrestrial and satellite communications: A high-performance portable microwave communication unit, consists of a directional antenna, RF transceiver and high-speed data/video processing unit for use in terrestrial point-to-point communications or as a ground station in a satellite communication system. For transportation, the unit is disassembled, folded down and stowed in two airline-checkable hard-shell cases. Each... Agent: Vermette & Co.

20070052613 - Radio frequency identification transponder antenna: A RFID transponder having a microchip or integrated circuit, an impedance-matching structure and a resonant structure mounted on at least one substrate and connected to each other by an electric field.... Agent: Law Offices Of Karl Hormann

20070046547 - Active transmit array with multiple parallel receive/transmit paths per element: An antenna including an array of N-port receive antennas; an array of M-port transmit antennas; and a plurality of cells for coupling the receive antennas to the transmit antennas, each cell having plural amplifiers coupled between the receive antenna and the transmit antenna thereof. The amplifiers may be replaced with... Agent: William J. Benman Benman, Brown & Williams

20070046544 - Composite antenna: A composite antenna includes a first antenna structure and a second antenna structure integrally combined with the first antenna structure to operate under different frequency bands respectively that are used in different radio transmission systems such that the first antenna structure has a first conductive layer to operate under a... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070046541 - Electrical connector with frequency-tuned groundplane: An electrical connector with a frequency-tuned groundplane is disclosed. The connector includes a signal medium to communicate an electrical signal and a frequency-tuned groundplane medium to communicate a reference voltage (i.e., ground). The groundplane medium differentially supplies the reference voltage to the groundplane second end, responsive to the frequency of... Agent: Kyocera Wireless Corp.

20070046546 - Monopole antenna: A monopole antenna comprising an antenna conductor to transmit or receive a radio wave, and an inductor either inserted in the antenna conductor or connected to an end of the antenna conductor. The inductor includes a first conductor electrically connected to the antenna conductor, and a magnetic material adjacent to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070046543 - Pifa, rfid tag using the same and antenna impedance adjusting method thereof: Provided are a Planar Inverted-F Antenna (PIFA), a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag using the PIFA. The present invention miniaturizes the antenna by using a meander line extended from a radiating edge of a radiation antenna and adjusting a resonant frequency of the antenna, and it performs impedance matching by... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070046542 - Planar antenna: The present planar antenna include: a linear antenna element to which electric power is to be supplied and a loop-shaped parasitic antenna element placed in the vicinity of said linear antenna element, which are provided on one side of a dielectric substrate. This simple arrangement makes it possible to provide... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20070046545 - Resonant frequency tunable antenna: In a resonant frequency tunable antenna, a body includes a dielectric substance and a magnetic substance. A first radiator is disposed on a first predetermined area of the body and has a feeding pin connected thereto. A second radiator is disposed on a second predetermined area of the body. Also,... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070046549 - Antenna with integrated parameter storage: In a method and system for identifying an antenna, an antenna identifier is coupled to the antenna. The antenna identifier is a memory device that stores at least one attribute to identify the antenna. The antenna includes an electromagnetic radiation element coupled to a signal port and a coupling device... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070046550 - Mobile communication terminal having electrostatic discharge protection function: Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal having an ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection function that includes a multi-band intenna including: a main signal pattern line that transmits/receives a main frequency band signal and is formed in a meander-line shape; at least one sub signal pattern line that is formed unitarily with... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070046548 - Multi-band monopole antennas for mobile communications devices: Antennas for use in mobile communication devices are disclosed. The antennas disclosed can include a substrate with a base, a top, a front side and a back side; a first conductor can be located on the first side of the antenna substrate; and a second conductor can be located on... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, PC

20070046551 - Automobile antenna: An automobile antenna capable of preserving a good outward appearance of an antenna shape intact while possessing favorable waterproof and dustproof qualities is provided. An antenna mounted on an outside sheet panel of an automobile and comprising a base member that supports electrical parts for reception and transmission, a cover... Agent: Striker Striker & Stenby

20070046552 - Storage cabinet with improved rfid antenna system: A system for reading RFID tags of articles within a cabinet includes a repositionable shelf. The repositionable shelf includes an antenna assembly having three antenna pairs. Each antenna pair has a loop antenna and a figure eight antenna. The antenna pairs are on a PC board. The PC board includes... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20070046553 - Fine tuning mechanism of a satellite antenna: A fine tuning mechanism of the satellite antenna is disclosed herein. This mechanism disposed in the elevation and azimuth fine tuning device includes a plurality of fine tuning elements, which include a plurality of rollers, a bushing and a bearing. By this mechanism, it is easy to tune to the... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070046555 - Slot antenna: A slot antenna including: a dielectric substrate; a conductor pattern formed on a first surface of the dielectric substrate; a ground layer formed on a second surface of the dielectric substrate; a feeding point disposed at substantially a center of one side of the conductor pattern; a microstrip line extending... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070046554 - Wideband antenna: A wideband antenna has: a rectangular conductor sheet; a bow-tie-shaped slit formed in the rectangular conductor sheet, the rectangular conductor sheet having two apex portions defined by the bow-tie-shaped slit, the two apex portions being opposite to each other in the middle of the bow-tie-shaped slit; an auxiliary antenna element... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070046556 - System and apparatus for a wideband omni-directional antenna: Embodiments generally relate to an antenna. The antenna includes at least two slot radiators, where each slot radiator has an input port and a profile that has been defined to optimize the return loss bandwidth of the antenna. The antenna also includes a transmission line and a circuit configured to... Agent: Min, Hsieh & Hack, L.L.P. C/o Portfolioip

20070046557 - Wideband planar dipole antenna: A wideband planar dipole antenna comprises a substrate and two antenna bodies. Metal conductor is printed on the single surface/double surfaces of the substrate to form the antenna bodies. With a dipole antenna architecture, the antenna bodies are manufactured as loop structures similar to concentric circles. The loop structures can... Agent: Sinorica, LLC

20070046558 - Method and system for increasing the isolation characteristic of a crossed dipole pair dual polarized antenna: A method and system for increasing an isolation characteristic of a crossed dipole pair, dual polarized antenna can include a feedback system comprising a feedback element for generating a feedback signal in response to a transmitted RF signal produced by each radiating elements of a crossed dipole pair, dual polarized... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070046559 - Wideband rfid tag with matching circuit for rotating load impedance: An RFID tag includes a matching circuit connected between the antenna and the ASIC. The matching circuit rotates the load impedance of the ASIC to provide optimal impedance matching between the antenna and the ASIC over a wide range of operating frequencies. The matching circuit includes a capacitor, first and... Agent: Blank Rome LLP