ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,684, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).
"Reflect array and wireless communication apparatus" was invented by Akira Kumagai (Tokyo), Kotaro Enomoto (Tokyo), Osamu Kagaya (Tokyo) and Yutaka Ui (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflect array that sets a reflection angle of a radio wave to an angle that is different from an angle of specular reflection. The reflect array includes a plurality of cells arranged in an array. Each of the plurality of cells includes at least two main resonant elements and a parasitic resonant element coupled to the at least two main resonant elements. The parasitic resonant element is co...