ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,004, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH (Karlsbad-Ittersbach, Germany).

"Antenna system" was invented by Dirk Fries (Straubenhardt, Germany) and Alexey Defer (Rheinstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an antenna system comprising: a transceiver & control unit configured to control the antenna system and to generate a RF transceiver signal; a compensator connected to the transceiver & control unit through a connecting line, the compensator being configured to compensate for signal losses occurring for the RF transceiver signal in the connecting line between the...