ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,006, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MEKTEC Corp. (Minato-ku, Japan).
"Coupled waveguide and waveguide coupling method" was invented by Kenji Kumagai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a coupled waveguide that can be easily manufactured and avoid degradation of transmission characteristics. A coupled waveguide of an embodiment includes a waveguide configured to propagate electric waves and provided with a first opening window that radiates the electric waves to outside, a waveguide provided with a second opening window that absorbs electric waves from outside, configured to propagate the electric waves absorbed throu...