ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,606, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to YOKOWO Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Patch antenna" was invented by Takashi Nozaki (Tomioka, Japan) and Hirotoshi Mizuno (Tomioka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A patch antenna includes: a dielectric member; a radiating element provided at the dielectric member; and at least one parasitic element provided in a surrounding region of the dielectric member and the radiating element, the at least one parasitic element being grounded. Further, the at least one parasitic element includes a plurality of parasitic elements, the plurality of parasitic elements are provided in the surrounding region of the r...