IP Library Granted Patent US 9,093,749
Granted Patent B2
US 9,093,749 · App. 13/554,171 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Fluidic dipole antenna

Inventors: Wen-Kai Tsai (New Taipei, TW); Hsin-Kuo Dai (New Taipei, TW); Yu-Min Wang (New Taipei, TW)
Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
H01Q9/28H01Q1/245H01Q1/364
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Patent No.
US 9,093,749
App. No.
13/554,171
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An antenna comprises: a closed and insulating receiving housing; a radiating portion received in the receiving housing and including a liquid metal; a grounding portion received in the receiving housing and including a liquid metal; a pair of wires respectively connected to the radiating portion and the grounding portion and extending out of the receiving housing; and two air chambers respectively located on the ends of the radiating portion and the grounding portion.

Claims (37)

1. An antenna comprising:

a closed and insulating receiving housing;

a radiating portion received in the receiving housing and including a liquid metal;

a grounding portion received in the receiving housing and including a liquid metal;

a pair of wires respectively connected to the radiating portion and the grounding portion and extending out of the receiving housing; and

two air chambers respectively located on ends of the radiating portion and the grounding portion, wherein

the radiating portion further comprises a first piston located at one end of the liquid metal and a second piston located at the other end of the liquid metal.

2. The antenna as recited in claim 1 , wherein at least one of said two pistons of the radiating portion is made of metal material.

3. The antenna as recited in claim 2 , wherein the radiating portion further comprises an insulative portion enclosing the liquid metal, the first piston, and the second piston.

4. The antenna as recited in claim 2 , wherein a feeder point is formed at a connecting point between one of the first and second pistons and the wire.

5. The antenna as recited in claim 1 , wherein the grounding portion further comprises a first piston located at one end of the liquid metal and a second piston located at the other end of the liquid metal.

6. The antenna as recited in claim 5 , wherein the grounding portion further comprises an insulative portion enclosing the liquid metal, the first piston, and the second piston.

7. The antenna as recited in claim 5 , wherein at least one of said two pistons of the grounding portion is made of metal material, and a grounding point is formed at a connecting point between one of the two pistons and the wire.

8. The antenna as recited in claim 1 , wherein the two wires penetrate through the liquid metals respectively.

9. The antenna as recited in claim 1 , wherein the receiving housing extends with a bend.

10. An antenna comprising:

a closed and insulating receiving housing;

a pair of liquid metals received in the receiving housing;

three air chambers being full of air respectively, and being isolated by the two liquid metals;

a radiating portion including a wire connected to one of the liquid metals; and

a grounding portion including another wire connected to the other liquid metal; wherein

the two wires extend out of the receiving housing.

11. The antenna as recited in claim 10 , wherein each of the radiating portion and the grounding portion further comprises a first piston located at one end of the liquid metal and a second piston located at the other end of the liquid metal.

12. The antenna as recited in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first and second pistons is made of metal material, and a feeder point is formed at a connecting point between the at least one piston and one of said two wires.

13. The antenna as recited in claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first and second pistons is made of metal material, and a grounding point is formed at a connecting point between the at least one piston and one of said two wires.

14. A dipole antenna comprising:

a fluidic channel sealed at opposite grounding and radiating ends;

a radiating portion and a grounding portion received in and moveable along the fluidic channel with an air chamber therebetween to not only adjustably space said radiating portion and said grounding portion away from each other under different external pressures but also adjustably comply with common movement of said radiating portion and said grounding portion along and within the fluidic channel under said different external pressures wherein the radiating portion is closer to the radiating end than the grounding portion while the grounding portion is closer to the grounding end than the radiating portion;

the radiating portion including opposite first pistons commonly sandwiching a first metal liquid between said first pistons in a sealed manner;

the grounding portion including opposite second pistons commonly sandwiching a second metal liquid said second pistons in the sealed manner;

a radiating wire connected to the radiating portion and extending out of the fluidic channel around the radiating end; and

a grounding wire connected to the grounding portion and extending out of the fluidic channel around the grounding end.

15. The dipole antenna as claimed in claim 14 , wherein said different pressure result in temperature change.

16. The dipole antenna as claimed in claim 14 , wherein said pressure absorber is an air chamber filled with air.

17. The dipole antenna as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the fluidic channel is either curved or angled while being dimensioned to allow either the first piston or the second piston to pass.

18. The dipole antenna as claimed in claim 14 , further including two pressure absorbers located between the radiating portion and the radiating end, and between the grounding portion and the grounding end, respectively.

19. The dipole antenna as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the radiating wire and the grounding wire extend and move along the fluidic channel when the corresponding radiating portion and grounding portion moves along the fluidic channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2012
From: TSAI, WEN-KAI; DAI, HSIN-KUO; WANG, YU-MIN
To: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028598/0135 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100125564 A · Jul 20, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130021217A1 · Jan 24, 2013