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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul G Elliot, Vienna, VA (US);
Assignee:
APTI Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343797 ; 343807 ;
Abstract
A folded crossed grid dipole antenna element includes one or more partially or fully conductive areas in the antenna element. The conductive areas are defined by a group of conductors of the antenna element. In a further configuration, upper and lower tiers of a conventional antenna element are essentially switched and a transmission feed line is provided to the upper tier via an opening in the lower tier.