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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1999
James W. Wilson, Saint George, UT (US);
Alan Van Buren, Cedar City, UT (US);
Wilson Electronics, Inc., Saint George, UT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus is provided for coupling to a hand-held transceiver such as a cellular phone that is being operated in a radio frequency-shielded environment such as in an automobile, to transfer energy between the transceiver and an auxiliary antenna that is not shielded from the surroundings. The apparatus includes a pair of capacitor coupling elements (,) that are positioned adjacent to each of the two radiating elements (,) of the hand-held transceiver, and a coaxial cable (,) that connects the coupling elements to the auxiliary antenna. Each coupling element includes a sheet of electrically conductive material lying adjacent to a corresponding radiating element of the transceiver without surrounding the transceiver. A piece of releasable fastening material such as VELCRO is fixed to the transceiver, and a corresponding releasable fastening piece is fixed to the coupler that includes the coupling elements, to enable the user to quickly mount the coupling to transmit and receive from within a vehicle and to quickly disconnect for use of the transceiver outside the vehicle.