ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,836, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).

"Wireless communication apparatus and control method" was invented by Kazumitsu Sakamoto (Musashino, Japan), Yosuke Fujino (Musashino, Japan), Daisuke Goto (Musashino, Japan), Yasuyoshi Kojima (Musashino, Japan) and Kiyohiko Itokawa (Musashino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication device includes an antenna, a support portion, an actuator, a floating body, a sensor, and a control device. The antenna has a rod-shaped element. The instruction unit supports the antenna rotatably about a rotation axis orthogonal to an extending direction of the element. The actuato...