ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,947, issued on July 1, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Antenna element" was invented by Hirotaka Fujii (Kyoto, Japan), Koji Kamada (Kyoto, Japan) and Daisuke Doi (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna element includes a body including laminated insulator layers, a first ground conductor, and a radiation conductor overlapping the first ground conductor along a first direction from the first ground conductor. Guard ground conductors are provided in the body along the first direction to surround the radiation conductor. The guard ground conductors include second ground conductors elect...