ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,245, issued on June 24, was assigned to Alps Alpine Co. Ltd. (Japan).
"Microstrip antenna" was invented by Makoto Shigihara (Miyagi-ken, Japan) and Shinji Murata (Miyagi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microstrip antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a ground electrode provided on a first surface of the substrate, an antenna element including a plurality of radiating elements on a second surface of the substrate opposite the first surface so as to extend parallel to one another and a connecting element provided on the second surface to extend in a direction intersecting with the radiating elements and connect the radia...