US 12,107,319 B2
Non-invasive communication apparatus and method
Ali Sadri, San Diego, CA (US); Cheng-Yuan Chin, San Diego, CA (US); and Shenjie Miao, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Airgain, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by Airgain, Inc., San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,953.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/290,039, filed on Dec. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0187810 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC H01Q 1/1271 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/3275 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-invasive communication apparatus for a vehicle comprising glass, the apparatus comprising:
a power transfer coupler configured to wirelessly supply vehicle-generated power, via the glass, to an external antenna assembly mounted to the vehicle and comprising outside vehicle electronics, the power transfer coupler comprising:
a substantially transparent transmit coil disposed on an inside surface of the glass; and
a substantially transparent receive coil disposed on an outside surface of the glass adjacent the transmit coil; and
one or more information transfer couplers configured to wirelessly communicate information signals to and/or from the external antenna assembly via the glass, each of the information transfer couplers comprising:
a substantially transparent first coupler disposed on the inside surface of the glass; and
a substantially transparent second coupler disposed on the outside surface of the glass adjacent the first coupler;
one or more substantially transparent internal antenna units disposed on the inside surface of the glass and coupled to inside vehicle electronics; and
a switch arrangement configured to couple and decouple selected antenna units of the external antenna assembly to/from one or both of the inside vehicle electronics and the outside vehicle electronics.