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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358927 | Antenna employing a cover An antenna is for a wireless communication device mounted in an opening of a wall. The antenna includes a switch cover plate adapted to cover the opening of the wall. The switch cover plate includes a first or front surface adapted to be disposed away from the openi... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7340286 | Cover structure for a radio device The invention relates to a cover structure for a portable radio device, which structure also serves the forming of an antenna for the radio device. The cover of the radio device comprises a conductive planar component (330) and a dielectric planar component (... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7306163 | Smart card and method for its production A smart card having an extended communication distance includes a card body, at least one chip and at least one antenna attached to the chip, wherein the chip and the antenna are embedded in the card body. The smart card is characterized in that the antenna is provi... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7248210 | Man-portable counter mortar radar system The present invention is a man-portable counter-mortar radar (MCMR) radar system that detects and tracks enemy mortar projectiles in flight and calculates their point of origin (launch point) to enable and direct countermeasures against the mortar and its personnel.... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7164932 | Millimeter band signal transmitting/receiving system having function of transmitting/receiving millimeter band signal and house provided with the same A millimeter band transmitter transmits one or more indirect path signal waves from the main lobe of a transmit antenna, and a direct path signal wave is transmitted in a side lobe of the transmit antenna. A receiver simultaneously receives each of the indirect and ... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7151504 | Multi-layer radome A radome that includes a first plurality of plies arranged to define a window portion and a second plurality of plies arranged to define an attachment portion. A first portion of the first plurality of plies is also included within the second plurality of plies and ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7058359 | LMDS system with equal power to subscriber locations A local multipoint distribution service system having an antenna (1) for transmitting a signal of reused frequency within a specified range from the antenna (1), the antenna (1) having multiple radiating antenna elements, each of the antenna ele... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7042407 | Dual radius twist lock radome and reflector antenna for radome A radome and a reflector antenna configured to mate with the radome. The radome has a central portion and a surrounding outer portion. The central portion having a radius selected to redirect a reflected component of the transmitted RF signal from the radome to the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7023909 | Systems and methods for a wireless modem assembly A RF wireless modem with an integral antenna. The antenna is a compact, horizontally-polarized, balanced, multi-element, directional antenna with integral balun, constructed on one end of a printed wire board (PWB) and radiating preferably away from the modem circui... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6980168 | Ultra-wideband antenna with wave driver and beam shaper An antenna comprises an antenna feed line having first and second conductors. It also comprises an antenna driver section having a pair of opposing cones. Each of the cones has an apex region and the cones are arranged so that the apex regions are spaced apart and a... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6953619 | Conductive thermoplastic compositions and antennas thereof Disclosed are conductive polymeric materials comprising a resin-based structural material loaded with micron conductive fibers and/or micron conductive powders or to provide a conductive thermoplastic composition rather than an insulator. Also disclosed are antennas... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6922174 | Mobile radio antenna for a base station An improved antenna is distinguished by the following features: the electrical connection between the component (319) and the antenna elements (315) is made via an interface (321), such that at least the inner ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6909113 | Three-dimensional photonic band structures in solid materials A method of forming a periodic index of refraction pattern in a superlattice of a solid material to achieve photonic bandgap effects at desired optical wavelengths is disclosed. A plurality of space group symmetries, including a plurality of empty-spaced buried patt... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6864824 | Electromagnetic reflector The present invention provides an electromagnetic reflector comprising a deployable support frame carrying at least one sheet element designed to form a reflective surface when in the deployed state, wherein the support frame comprises a band that is suitable for be... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6800577 | MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC CERAMIC COMPOSITION OF THE FORMULA XMO-YLA2O3-ZTIO2 (M=SR, CA; X:Y:Z=1:2:4, 2:2:5, 1:2:5 OR 1:4:9), METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND DEVICES COMPRISING THE SAME A microwave dielectric ceramic composition comprises a composition of the formula xMO-yLa2O3-zTiO2 wherein M is selected from Sr and Ca and x:y:z=1:2:4, 2:2:5, 1:2:5, 1:4:9. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6686406 | Dielectric ceramic, resin-ceramic composite material, electrical part and antenna, and manufacturing method thereof A dielectric ceramic containing Bi, Zn, and Sr as constituent elements. A resin-ceramic composite material containing a mixture of the dielectric ceramic powder and an organic polymer resin. An antenna and an electrical part using the composite material, ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6642895 | Multifrequency antenna for instrument with small volume The antenna (1) is formed of a first strip element (3) the length (L1) of which is tuned to a high frequency (fh) and at least a second strip (4), following the first (4), of length (L2). The sum of the lengths L1 and L2 results in an antenna w... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6573876 | Printed circuit board antenna A printed circuit board antenna is a diversity polarization antenna for connecting with a printed circuit board. The antenna includes a fixed height connector, a horizontally polarized antenna, and a vertically polarized antenna. The phase center of the v... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6496138 | Electromagnetic wave radar device mounted on a car An electromagnetic wave radar device mounted on a car, which helps improve external appearance of a car without impairing radar function, and is fabricated using a decreased number of parts at a reduced cost. The electromagnetic wave radar device comprise... | 12/17/2002 |
| 5949387 | Frequency selective surface (FSS) filter for an antenna A frequency selective surface filter (20 or 50) particularly useful in connection with a transmit antenna (10) for passing and rejecting signals in multiple frequency bands. According to one embodiment, the frequency selective surface filter (20) has a si... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5148177 | In-furnace level meter and antenna therefore An in-furnace level meter for measuring a slag level, or the like, in a convertor, and an antenna used therefore. An antenna position is controlled so that the distance between the antenna inserted in the convertor and the slag level can be established to... | 09/15/1992 |
| 4980696 | Radome for enclosing a microwave antenna A radome for enclosing a microwave antenna, including a structurally rigid and electrically thin enclosure wall having a foam shell and foam ridges projecting inwardly from the foam shell, so that the foam ridges and the void regions between them form a r... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4789868 | Manufacture of parabolic antennas Plastic-made parabola antennas are improved to get more wave gain in the process of manufacture thereof where a wave reflector material is embedded in other molding materials so as not to cause dislocation thereof during thermoset-molding.... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4725475 | Multi-octave thick dielectric radome wall A multi-octave thick dielectric radome wall which includes a dielectric slab having a pair of surfaces and a plurality of pyramidal-shaped dielectric elements mounted on at least one of the surfaces of the dielectric slab. The dielectric constant of the e... | 02/16/1988 |
