| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 343881000 | Foldable | 10 |
| 20080246688 | COMBINATION OF PORTABLE COMPUTER AND ANTENNA - A combination of a portable computer and an antenna that can be used to receive wireless signals includes a portable computer and an antenna. One side of the casing of the screen of the portable computer is provided with a trough. The antenna has a connecting base that is pivotably connected in the trough and electrically connected with the computer. An elongated piece body extends from one end of the connecting base. The piece body is provided with electronic circuit therein for acting as a signal reception zone. Via the connecting base, the piece body is electrically connected with the portable computer. Both sides of the piece body are provided with an accommodating trough, respectively. A rod-like antenna is pivotably connected into each accommodating trough. By adjusting the angle and the position of the antenna, the portable computer can receive wireless signals. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090009421 | MIMO SELF-EXPANDABLE ANTENNA STRUCTURE - Systems and methodologies are described that provide a low cost, compact and easily manufacturable multiple-input, multiple-output antenna structure suitable for portable radio equipment. Multiple antenna elements are printed on a folded flexible material. The flexible material expands when the antenna structure is deployed for operation and collapses when stowed. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20090085825 | FOLDING FEED MECHANISM AND METHOD FOR A MOBILE SATTELITE SYSTEM - A folding feed for a mobile satellite system having a reflector antenna, a feed, and a feed arm. The feed arm carries the feed at its distal end. A pivot is provided between the distal end and the feed. A feed stop block, connected at the distal end, has first and second surfaces. When the mobile satellite system stows the antenna, the feed pivots to abut the first surface against the feed to hold the feed at a first set angle. When said mobile satellite system deploys the antenna, the feed pivots to abut the second surface against the feed to hold the feed at the second set angle. A spring connected between the feed arm and feed holds the second surface against the feed. The first angle is greater than the second angle to provide a low profile to the stowed antenna. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090195475 | PORTABLE NAVIGATIONAL ANTENNA SYSTEM - A portable navigation apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a multi-antenna assembly configured for including an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The antenna assembly includes a master antenna, and at least two auxiliary antennas. The at least two auxiliary antennas are radially distributed about the master antenna. Furthermore, the master antenna and auxiliary antennas are substantially coplanar when the antenna assembly is in the expanded configuration. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20100013734 | Wireless, computer-peripheral device - A CWUSB, ExpressCard card has a body with an internal slide in the form of a deep rectangular slot. Accommodated in the slot is an aerial unit in two parts pivotally connected together. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100045563 | Deployable panel structure for an array antenna - A deployable panel structure for an array antenna comprising a first and a second set of panels hinged together for deployment between a folded configuration for stowage and an elongate unfolded configuration; wherein the panels of said first set are hinged together about a plurality of spaced-apart axes which are transverse to an elongate axis of the unfolded structure and the panels of said second set are hinged to panels of the first set about lengthwise axes parallel to said elongate axis of the unfolded structure; and wherein the number and arrangement of the panels is such that a width of the unfolded structure, measured transversely of its elongate extent, is less at one or both of its ends than the width of its middle portion | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100231479 | LIGHT WEIGHT STOWABLE PHASED ARRAY LENS ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A light weight stowable antenna lens array assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a stowable lens antenna array including at least one antenna pair including a transmit antenna on a first layered composite, a receive antenna on a second layered composite, a ground plane on a third layered composite, the ground plane being between and spaced apart from the transmit antenna and the receive antenna, and a balanced transmission line coupling the transmit antenna to the receive antenna, and an articulating structure attached to at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite, the articulating structure having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, wherein at least one of the first layered composite, the second layered composite and the third layered composite includes a polymeric film. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20120098731 | QuadLock - Maintenance on a high frequency Amateur Radio cubical quad antenna mounted on a tilt over tower typically requires the use of a ladder of scaffold. While tiltover towers are common, when used with a cubical quad antenna the tilting is limited by size of the cubical quad elements. The user must still utilize a ladder, scaffold or other device to reach all points on the antenna. The QuadLock addresses this issue and allows the tower and antenna to be tilted all the way to ground level for maintenance. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20140232611 | DEPLOYABLE HELICAL ANTENNA FOR NANO-SATELLITES - A helical antenna operable to be stowed on and deployed from a cubesat. The antenna includes two helical elements wound in opposite directions and defining an antenna column, where one of the helical elements is a conductive antenna element. The antenna also includes a plurality of circumferentially disposed vertical stiffeners extending along a length of the column and being coupled to the helical elements at each location where the vertical stiffeners and the helical elements cross. The helical elements and the vertical stiffeners are formed of a flexible material, such as a fiber glass, so that the antenna can be collapsed and stowed into a relatively small space. To position the antenna in the stowed configuration, the vertical stiffeners are folded on each other in a radial direction, and then the folded antenna is rolled in an axial direction from one end of the column to the other end. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140266970 | Automatically Deployable Communications System - An automatically deployable, portable communications system includes an inflatable antenna stored in a case that also houses the antenna support assembly, drive mechanisms, inflation control modules, power supply modules and a control system. The case also includes a switch configured to close a circuit with the power supply module and initiate deployment and operation of the antenna when the case lid is opened. | 09-18-2014 |
