The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Akira Akiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Akira Akiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Koichi Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SonyCorporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 9/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A transmission/reception element includes: a plurality of metal layers each disposed with space from another; and a switch for controlling electrical coupling between the metal layers. The switch includes a contact-point group including a plurality of contact-point pairs each disposed in parallel between each two of the metal layers, and a drive section mechanically driving the contact-point group for state change of each of the contact-point pairs between in-contact and no-contact.