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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2024
Filed:
May. 24, 2023
Vorbeck Materials Corp., Jessup, MD (US);
Jennifer Pinkos, Hanover, MD (US);
Keren Espina, Randallstown, MD (US);
James A. Turney, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Sriram Manivannan, Elkridge, MD (US);
Sandy Spence, Westminster, MD (US);
Dan Scheffer, Frederick, MD (US);
John Lettow, Washington, DC (US);
Vorbeck Materials Corp., Jessup, MD (US);
Abstract
Wearable antenna systems in the form of suspenders are disclosed. Such communications suspenders may employ antenna elements having a reduced visual signature while maintaining the load bearing functionality of traditional suspenders. The antenna system can establish mesh networking communications and communicatively couple to portable radios via a communications device. Some of the antenna elements may be within the communications suspenders. A plurality of straps are pivotably coupled to an intermediate portion at one end and a demountable fastener at the other end that couples to the user's garment item (e.g., trousers, shorts, skirts, and similar articles). The straps may include RF shielding material positioned to reflect RF radiation that emanates from the antenna elements away from the user. The antenna elements may be formed using a conductive composition that includes fully exfoliated graphene sheets present as a percolated network in a polymer matrix.