US Patent Issued to Shure Acquisition Holdings on Feb. 24 for "Band selectable geometry for printed circuit board antennas" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,478, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Shure Acquisition Holdings Inc. (Niles, Ill.).

"Band selectable geometry for printed circuit board antennas" was invented by Mark A. Kenkel (Schaumburg, Ill.) and Steven M. Grad (Northbrook, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board (PCB) assembly supports selecting alternate printed antenna geometries of an antenna by selectively placing common PCB components (for example, zero-ohm resistors) on the PCB. The desired zero-ohm resistors may be placed using automated part placement equipment commonly used to place surface mount components. The configurable antenna comprises at l...