US 12,009,578 B2
Radio frequency emission guard for portable wireless electronic device
Erin Finegold, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Stingray Shields Corporation, , CA (US)
Filed by Erin Finegold, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/180,334.
Application 18/180,334 is a continuation of application No. 17/504,448, filed on Oct. 18, 2021, granted, now 11,605,880.
Application 17/504,448 is a continuation of application No. 15/701,370, filed on Sep. 11, 2017, granted, now 11,152,687, issued on Oct. 19, 2021.
Application 15/701,370 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/089,751, filed on Nov. 25, 2013, granted, now 9,761,930, issued on Sep. 12, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/729,589, filed on Nov. 24, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291093 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/52 (2006.01); H01Q 1/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 1/245 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/002 (2013.01); H01Q 1/40 (2013.01); H01Q 1/526 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless device accessory for a wireless device having an antenna transmitting wireless signals, comprising:
a protective case having a redirection panel, wherein the redirection panel comprises:
a signal capturing ring;
a dielectric insulation layer sized to correspond to said antenna of said wireless device;
a ground plane adjacent said signal capture ring;
a grounding tab extending from said ground plane and outside said signal capture ring to electrically couple to a chassis of a portable electronic device; and
a redirection antenna located inside, and coplanar with, said ring receiver and electromagnetically coupled to said ring receiver to retransmit said wireless transmissions.