ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,948, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Antenna element and antenna device" was invented by Takuma Senoo (Tokyo) and Hiroshi Toyao (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna element is provided with an upper conductor, lower conductors, leg portions and feeding portions. The upper conductor is formed with aperture portions. The upper conductor has a middle portion, a ring portion and coupling portions. The ring portion is located apart from the middle portion and continuously surrounds the middle portion. The aperture portions are located between the middle portion and the ring...