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Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens) received Patent No. 121,992 for "An Improvement in Adjustable and Detachable Straps for Garments." He later received two more patents: one for a self-pasting scrapbook and one for a game to help players remember important historical dates.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164539 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering RF energy into RF metal shield secured on circuit board A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159407 | Radome with integrated plasma shutter Radome with an integrated plasma shutter covering an antenna and method for selectively shielding an antenna. The radome includes a honeycomb core formed to contain a plasma-guiding layer, and coverplates arranged to sandwich the honeycomb core. Electrodes are struc... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8098208 | Antenna configuration and use thereof The invention relates to an antenna configuration, comprising at least one electrically insulating carrier substrate and at least one electrically conductive layer applied on at least one side of the carrier substrate, the electrically conductive layer having a firs... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8026861 | Shielding device for vehicular electronic components A shielding device for an electronic component for use in a vehicle. The electronic component is positioned on the vehicle and generates an electromagnetic wave. A conductive panel is positioned between the electronic component and an antenna and substantially cover... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8004473 | Antenna device with an isolating unit An antenna device includes a pair of antennas and an isolating unit. The antennas have the same operating frequency. The isolating unit is disposed between the antennas, and includes an LC circuit that has a resonant frequency, which is the same as the operating fre... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7978145 | Reconfigurable fluidic shutter for selectively shielding an antenna array A reconfigurable fluidic shutter for selectively shielding an antenna array includes a first surface and second surface spaced apart and defining a cavity; and a pump configured to pump liquid that attenuates electromagnetic radiation, such as a liquefied metal or a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7928925 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering RF energy into RF metal shield secured on circuit board A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928923 | Antenna assembly and method for manufacturing the same In an antenna apparatus, at least one choke in the form of a groove is arranged between a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna. The choke functions to suppress the mutual electromagnetic coupling between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna. Th... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928924 | Variable position antenna shield A variable position antenna shield (VPAS) is described that provides a mechanism for attenuating radio interference signals and other electromagnetic waves using a movable shield. The VPAS contains an antenna assembly, an antenna, and a patch variably positioned ext... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7825870 | Mobile wireless communications device with reduced interfering RF energy into RF metal shield secured on circuit board A mobile wireless communications device includes a housing and circuit board carried by the housing and having RF circuitry comprising at least one RF component and plurality of other components mounted on the circuit board. An RF metal shield is secured to the circ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7812779 | RFID transceiver sensitivity focusing system Shielding of a particular material and geometry is interposed between a radio frequency identification (“RFID”) antenna transceiver and a zone to be monitored by the antenna. The shielding has an aperture therein that to some extent defines a degree of focusing ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7782268 | Antenna assembly An antenna assembly for a cellular telecommunications system has an antenna having an array (1) of radiating elements, for example patches, situated in front of a panel (2) having an electrically conductive face. An amplifier (6) for amplifying ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7777687 | Electronic device containing case, electromagnetic shield body, and electronic device containing structure A main object of the present invention is to reliably perform radio communication in an electronic device containing case without spoiling an aesthetic aspect thereof. In order to achieve the object, an electromagnetic shield body is provided on a wall surface of th... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764246 | Wireless device and method for improving antenna characteristic of the wireless device A wireless device includes a housing having a shielding case and a dielectric case. The housing receives a printed circuit board and an antenna element. The printed circuit board has a feeding pad, a first ground pad and a second ground pad. The antenna has a feedin... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7746287 | Antenna apparatus including a shield cover which covers an amplification circuit, the shield cover having an aperture positioned to allow observation of an input unit of the amplification circuit from outside of the shield cover Disclosed is an antenna apparatus that includes: an antenna element including a receiving unit to receive a radio wave; a circuit board on which an amplifier circuit to amplify an input signal sent from the antenna element is formed; an input pin to connect the rece... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7733288 | Passive anti-jamming antenna system and method A tunable passive anti-jamming antenna array system and method for minimizing the effects of electromagnetic interference in radio frequency antenna systems. The system and method utilize an external array of passive open circuited antennas strategically arranged be... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7710345 | Enhanced magnetic field communication system Devices and methods are provided to enhance magnetic field communication. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method for transmitting and receiving signals using an antenna element electrically connected to a driver and an amplifier. According to v... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7701408 | Shielded contactless electronic document A document which includes a cover, one or more internal pages, a radiofrequency microcontroller, an antenna electrically connected to the radiofrequency microcontroller, an electromagnetic shield capable of partially disrupting wireless communication with the radiof... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696944 | Antenna apparatus Disclosed is an antenna apparatus including: an antenna element including a receiving unit to receive an electric wave; a circuit substrate including a circuit surface on which a circuit amplifying an input from the antenna element is formed; a shield cover covering... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7688274 | Integrated filter in antenna-based detector An antenna system includes a dielectric structure formed on a substrate; an antenna, partially within the dielectric structure, and supported by the dielectric structure; a reflective surface formed on the substrate. A shield blocks radiation from a portion of the a... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7623086 | Wireless communication systems and methods and transmitter units for use therein A wireless communication system includes a portable, typically hand-held transmitter which includes RF absorbing material and/or one or more dissipative parasitic antennas for reducing RF fields in close proximity to the operator to such an extent as to substantiall... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7612731 | Methods and apparatus for reducing radio frequency interference for collocated antennas Methods and apparatus for a plate to prevent energy from a first antenna from interfering with a collocated second antenna. In one embodiment, the plate includes first and second conductive layers to shadow the second antenna and thereby block energy from reaching t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7609221 | Antenna assembly and portable terminal having the same An antenna assembly, and a portable terminal having the same. The antenna assembly according to an embodiment comprises: a circuit board having a ground plane at a predetermined region; first and second antenna conductors spaced from each other at one side of the gr... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7589691 | Antenna apparatus having a shielding wall between an input unit and an output unit of a circuit board on which an amplifier circuit is provided Disclosed is an antenna apparatus including an antenna element including a receiving unit to receive an electric wave, a circuit board on which an amplifier circuit to amplify an input signal inputted from the antenna element is formed, and to which an input unit fo... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7561114 | Electromagnetic interference suppressor, antenna device and electronic information transmitting apparatus An electromagnetic interference suppressor of substantially unpressurized sheet form is obtained by applying and drying a magnetic paint, and comprises 30 to 80% by volume of soft magnetic powder and 20 to 70% by volume of a binder. The binder is an elastomer or a r... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7528790 | System and method for preventing copying of electronic component designs Techniques are provided to prevent undesired and/or unauthorized analysis and access to electronic components designs. A shield can be utilized to prevent invasive and/or non-invasive analysis methods such as the use of x-rays to determine the structural configurati... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7498998 | Antenna device A circuit board has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. An electronic component is mounted on the second face. An insulative sheet is disposed between the first face of the circuit board and an antenna and having an electromagnetic shielding p... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7489282 | Method and apparatus for an antenna module An antenna module comprising at least two antennas in substantial close proximity and a shield configured to reduce interference between the antennas and/or to shape the antenna coverage areas is disclosed. A substantially triangular shield with antennas positioned ... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7468708 | Mobile terminal and mobile terminal antenna for reducing electromagnetic waves radiated towards human body A mobile terminal and a mobile terminal antenna reduce the intensity of electromagnetic waves radiated in the direction of a human body. The mobile terminal antenna includes a radiator, which radiates electromagnetic waves; a ground which is connected with the radia... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7443358 | Integrated filter in antenna-based detector An antenna system includes a dielectric structure formed on a substrate; an antenna, partially within the dielectric structure, and supported by the dielectric structure; a reflective surface formed on the substrate. A shield blocks radiation from a portion of the a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436363 | Stacked microstrip patches The present invention is a dual frequency and circularly polarized microstrip antenna with a ground plane, a mid layer above the ground plane with a parasitically driven resonant mid patch (for transmissions at a second frequency), a top layer with a directly driven... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430125 | Data processing terminal, parent board, child board, terminal designing apparatus and method, computer program, and information storage medium A second ground plane (18); has one end opposite to a connector (14), which end is connected to a first ground plane (17) by resistor connection element (41). Accordingly, it is possible to lower Q of resonance of the ground structure by ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427967 | Phased array antenna and inter-element mutual coupling control method A phased array antenna (400) comprises a first array element (402) and second array element (404) and a dielectric separator (408). Each of the first and second array elements (402,404) is a detection element and or an emitter elem... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7421245 | Field-shaping shielding for radio frequency identification (RFID) system A radio frequency identification (RFID) system is described that utilizes a substantially-contiguous conductive shield to shape an electromagnetic field formed by an antenna for communication with RFID tags. The antenna and the conductive shield have substantially p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414584 | Antenna device and shield cover thereof A circuit board has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. An antenna element is mounted on the first face. A shield cover is attached to the second face. The shield cover includes a polygonal base portion, a first wall provided on a first side o... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7403171 | System for isolating an auxiliary antenna from a main antenna mounted in a common antenna assembly A radio frequency antenna structure includes a base station antenna and an auxiliary antenna mounted within a common antenna assembly. The base station antenna is configured to transmit or receive signals in a first frequency range and to develop a main beam that is... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7394429 | Communication device and related antenna module A wireless communication device includes a shell having a first shielding surface for shielding electromagnetic waves, a data processing module, a wireless communication module connected to the data processing module, and an antenna module disposed on the shell and ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7388545 | Shielding device A shielding device for preventing an antenna signal from interference is disclosed. The shielding device includes a grounding component and a shielding plate. The shielding plate is made of a conductive material. The shielding plate has a first portion and a second ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7375635 | Deactivatable RFID labels and tags and methods of making same Disclosed are deactivatable RFID labels and tags in individual and web form, and methods of making same. When it is desired to deactivate the label or tag, the tag or label is subjected to tearing. One arrangement involves providing the label or tag with a tear stri... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372408 | Apparatus and methods for packaging integrated circuit chips with antenna modules providing closed electromagnetic environment for integrated antennas Apparatus and methods are provided for packaging IC chips together with integrated antenna modules designed to provide a closed EM (electromagnetic) environment for antenna radiators, thereby allowing antennas to be designed independent from the packaging technology... | 05/13/2008 |
