ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,117, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Antenna unit, antenna module and base station having the same" was invented by Junming Li (Beijing), Jin Pu (Beijing), Xueyuan Zhang (Beijing) and Tao Huang (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna unit for a base station is disclosed, comprising: a non-metal structural base; a metal pattern formed on a first side of the base and comprising a feeding network and radiator elements; and a metal layer formed on a second side opposite to the first side of the base and serving as a reflector. The metal layer is configured as an EMC cover...