ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,156, issued on July 8, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Patch antenna and antenna device for vehicle" was invented by Takeshi Sampo (Tomioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch antenna includes: a radiating element having a flat-plate shape; and a parasitic element provided at a position spaced away from the radiating element in planar view in which the radiating element is seen from a direction perpendicular to a plate surface of the radiating element. A longitudinal direction of the parasitic element is oriented along a direction of a line segment connecting a center of the radiating element and a feeding point in...