Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Through-hole inverted sheet metal antenna
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Application No.: US16340921Application Date: 2017-10-10
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Publication No.: US10826182B2Publication Date: 2020-11-03
- Inventor: Kimmo Antero Kyllonen
- Applicant: Carrier Corporation
- Applicant Address: US FL Palm Beach Gardens
- Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Palm Beach Gardens
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/055889 WO 20171010
- International Announcement: WO2018/071388 WO 20180419
- Main IPC: H01Q9/04
- IPC: H01Q9/04 ; H01Q5/371

Abstract:
A single piece of sheet metal antenna as well as a method and system for providing the antenna are provided. The single piece of sheet metal antenna includes a reflector/shield portion formed of a lower surface that extends in a horizontal direction and includes a through-hole, an antenna portion formed of an upper surface that extends in the horizontal direction and a vertically extending side that is joined between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a feed point formed of a through-hole flap attached and extending from the upper surface down and through the through-hole of the lower surface.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190273323A1 THROUGH-HOLE INVERTED SHEET METAL ANTENNA Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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