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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2022
Vorbeck Materials Corp., Jessup, MD (US);
Sriram Manivannan, Baltimore, MD (US);
James Brent, Burlington, VT (US);
Josh Desportes, Jessup, MD (US);
James Turney, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Alison Bakersville, Jessup, MD (US);
Can Gun Yaprak, Halethorpe, MD (US);
Vorbeck Materials Corp., Jessup, MD (US);
Abstract
A modular communications system having dynamically positionable non-metallic antenna elements is disclosed. The system includes an apparel item with a surface and a foam layer positioned therein. Landing pads are each uniquely positioned on the surface. Antenna elements are coupled to the landing pads; include a non-metallic conductive composition and a unique operational frequency. A hub is positioned on the surface and coupled to each landing pad. Communications devices are demountably affixed to the surface; coupled to the hub; and each include a unique operational frequency. The hub couples each communications devices to a unique landing pad. The foam layer is lined with a conductive material that reflects RF radiation that emanates from the plurality of non-metallic antenna elements. The system achieves an omnidirectional RF radiation pattern when utilizing the plurality of antenna elements and an altered RF radiation pattern when utilizing a subset of the plurality of antenna elements.