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Patent No.:

US 12763461 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2022

Antenna assembly and communication system

Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Zulfiqar A. Khan, Cupertino, CA (US);

Gregory M. Haugen, Minneapolis, MN (US);

Jaewon Kim, Woodbury, MN (US);

Christian Weinmann, Alsdorf, DE;

Badri Veeraraghavan, Woodbury, MN (US);

Bernhard Schneider, Herne, DE;

Jeffrey A. Tostenrude, Leander, TX (US);

Charles L. Bruzzone, Woodbury, MN (US);

Lars Schrix, Duisburg, DE;

Jennifer J. Sokol, Mahtomedi, MN (US);

Andreea Sabo, Neuss, DE;

Pontus S.B. Broddner, Sundbyberg, SE;

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:

Gregg H. Rosenblatt

Primary Examiner:

Ladimir Magloire

Assistant Examiner:

Fred H Mull

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/26 (2006.01); H01Q 19/06 (2006.01); H01Q 21/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 3/2658 (2013.01); H01Q 19/06 (2013.01); H01Q 21/06 (2013.01);
Abstract

An antenna assembly includes a phased array antenna having an array of spaced apart antenna elements arranged on a horizontal surface and having an axis of symmetry, and a lens disposed on the phased array antenna. The lens substantially covers the antenna elements. The lens includes a substantially planar bottom surface. The bottom surface and tops of the antenna elements define a gap therebetween. For a second vertical plane orthogonal to the horizontal surface and including the axis of symmetry, the antenna assembly steers a beam in a second vertical plane having a 3 dB beam width Wwhen steered along a first direction making an angle of less than 10 degrees with a normal to the horizontal surface and a 3 dB beam width Wwhen steered along a second direction making an angle of greater than 40 degrees with the normal. Wand Wwithin 35% of each other.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Khan, Zulfiqar. (2026). Antenna assembly and communication system (U.S. Patent No. 12763461). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12763461

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