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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:
Sep. 18, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore F Longshore, Cary, NC (US);
Clifford Thomas Jones, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
343837 ; 343872 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for limiting shadowing of RF coverage areas around antennas and closely associated equipment housings is disclosed. The equipment housing and antenna are located in close proximately such that the RF coverage area of the antenna is partially shadowed due to signal blockage by a face of the equipment housing or other structure. The shadowed RF coverage area is eliminated or substantially reduced by placement of a reflector to reflect emitted signals from the antenna into the shadowed RF coverage area.