US 11,949,147 B2
Integrated heatsink and antenna structure
Shaun Joseph Greaney, Freehold, NJ (US); Michael Liccone, Scotch Plains, NJ (US); Michael Mirabella, New York, NY (US); Theodore Lubbe, New York, NY (US); Dave Doyle, New York, NY (US); Bob Migliorino, Wayne, NJ (US); Perry Wintner, New York, NY (US); and Clint Smith, New York, NY (US)
Assigned to VEEA INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by VEEA Inc., New York, NY (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/086,069.
Application 18/086,069 is a continuation of application No. 17/110,744, filed on Dec. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,563,262.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/945,444, filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0126145 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/44 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/02 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/44 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An integrated heatsink and antenna structure, comprising:
a plurality of fin components that dissipate thermal energy integrated into a heatsink base;
a plurality of radio frequency antenna portions coupled to and surrounded by the fin components, wherein:
the plurality of radio frequency antenna portions form a monopole antenna;
the heatsink base operates as a ground reference for each of the plurality of the antenna portions;
the heatsink base operates to improve an omnidirectional pattern of each of the plurality of the antenna portions;
at least one of the plurality of fin components includes a tab that holds at least one of the plurality of radio frequency antenna portions in place; and
at least one of the plurality of fin components provides capacitive loading to an open end of a radiating element of at least one of the plurality of radio frequency antenna portions.