ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,701, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Switching antenna for automotive UWB communication" was invented by Yoon Jin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Young Joong Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Gook Cha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a switching antenna for automotive Ultra-Wide-Band (UWB) communication. The switching antenna includes a substrate section, a radiating section having a plurality of radiators formed on the substrate section so as to be spaced ap...