US Patent Issued to Shure Acquisition Holdings on Dec. 16 for "Quadrature antenna for portable wireless applications" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,342, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings Inc. (Niles, Ill.).

"Quadrature antenna for portable wireless applications" was invented by Mark Allen Kenkel (Schaumburg, Ill.) and Charles V. Wiseman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna assembly for a wireless apparatus (such as a wireless microphone apparatus) comprises two inverted-F antennas. The antenna assembly may be formed from a single stamped sheet metal piece to facilitate manufacturing, which may allow the relative orientation of the two antennas to be reliably maintained. Moreover, manufacturing of the wireless apparatus may be simplified ...