US Patent Issued to AutoNetworks Technologies, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Sumitomo Electric Industries on Aug. 25 for "Antenna module and vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,180, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Antenna module and vehicle" was invented by Yutaro Miki (Osaka, Japan), Suguru Yamagishi (Osaka, Japan) and Ichiro Kuwayama (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna module includes: an antenna mounted to a mount surface; and an artificial magnetic conductor having a plate shape and arranged so as to be adjacent to the antenna, the artificial magnetic conductor having a first surface on which a plurality of first unit cells are r...