US 12,266,870 B2
Stacked patch antenna
Cheikh Thiam, Grand Blanc, MI (US); Ahmad M. Yacoub, Grand Blanc, MI (US); Mohamed O. H. Khalifa, Troy, MI (US); and Mohammad Alrefai, Grand Blanc, MI (US)
Assigned to Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/910,856
Filed by Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/IB2021/052019
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/181318, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 16, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/988,623, filed on Mar. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0097868 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 9/04 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 9/0414 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacked patch antenna, comprising:
a first patch with a first sheet and a first arm that is folded so as to overlap with the first sheet, the first patch having two feeds;
a second patch with a second sheet and a second arm that is folded so as to overlap with the second sheet, the second patch having two feeds;
a director plate positioned between the first patch and the second patch; and
a frame system that supports the first patch, the second patch and the director plate in the desired location.