ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,797, issued on July 29, was assigned to Trimble Inc. (Westminster, Colo.).
"Patch antenna with ground well" was invented by John Atkinson (Christchurch, New Zealand), Shawn Weisenburger (Westminster, Colo.) and Gregory Wallace (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) patch antenna can include a middle laminate, a top laminate, a bottom laminate, and a ground well. The middle laminate can include a first side and a second side. The top laminate can be coupled to the middle laminate and can be positioned on the first side of the middle laminate. The top laminate can include an electrical...