ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,484, issued on May 26, was assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Omnidirectional antenna assemblies including broadband monopole antennas" was invented by Jay Franklin Gillette (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Youngha Choi (Derry, N.H.), Shawn Wayne Johnson (Allenstown, N.H.) and Adam Martin Alevy (Carlisle, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of omnidirectional antenna assemblies including broadband monopole antennas. In exemplary embodiments, the antenna assembly includes a broadband monopole antenna comprising stamped and folded elements. The antenna assembly is con...