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Granted Patent B2
US 12,620,713 · App. 18/689,503 · Granted May 5, 2026

Patch antenna and antenna device

Inventors: Yuki Takayama (Tomioka, JP); Bunpei Hara (Tomioka, JP)
Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
H01Q9/0414H01Q21/065
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Patent No.
US 12,620,713
App. No.
18/689,503
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A patch antenna includes: a first element; and a second element located so as to face the first element, wherein the first element includes a first main body portion facing the second element, and at least one first bent portion extending from the first main body portion toward the second element, and a wave source is generated between the second element and the first bent portion.

Claims (60)

1 . A patch antenna comprising:

a first element; and

a second element located so as to face the first element, wherein

the first element includes:

a first main body portion facing the second element, and

at least one first bent portion extending from the first main body portion toward the second element, and

a wave source is generated between the second element and the first bent portion,

wherein the second element includes:

a second main body portion facing the first main body portion of the first element, and

at least one second bent portion extending from the second main body portion and facing the at least one first bent portion.

2 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

the first element includes two first bent portions, and

the two first bent portions are located so as to face each other.

3 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

the second element includes two second bent portions, and

the two second bent portions are located so as to face each other.

4 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein an electrical length of the second element is a quarter or more and a half or less of a wavelength of a frequency supported by the patch antenna.

5 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

an electrical length of the first element is longer than an electrical length of the second element, and

a difference between the electrical length of the first element and the electrical length of the second element is one-sixteenth or more and a quarter or less of a wavelength of a frequency supported by the patch antenna.

6 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first element and the second element is a quarter or less of a wavelength of a frequency supported by the patch antenna.

7 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

at least one of the first element or the second element includes at least one slit.

8 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric between the first element and the second element.

9 . The patch antenna according to claim 1 , wherein

the first bent portion extends from the first main body portion toward the second element.

10 . An antenna device comprising:

the patch antenna according to claim 1 , and

a substrate located so as to sandwich the first main body portion of the first element between the substrate and the second element.

11 . The antenna device according to claim 10 , wherein

the substrate includes a mounting part to which a feeder is to be mounted,

the first element includes an outer conductor connection portion to which an outer conductor of the feeder is to be connected,

the second element includes an inner conductor connection portion that is formed so as to protrude toward the first element and is inserted into a through hole formed in the first element, and

an end part of the inner conductor connection portion is connected to an inner conductor of the feeder.

12 . A patch antenna comprising:

a first element; and

a second element located so as to face the first element, wherein

the first element includes:

a first main body portion facing the second element, and

at least one first bent portion extending from the first main body portion toward the second element, and

a wave source is generated between the second element and the first bent portion,

wherein each shape of the first element and the second element is a quadrangle in plan view, comprising a long side and a short side, and

wherein the length of the short side of the first element is equal to the length of the short side of the second element.

13 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , wherein

the first element includes two first bent portions, and

the two first bent portions are located so as to face each other.

14 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , wherein the second element includes:

a second main body portion facing the first main body portion of the first element, and

at least one second bent portion extending from the second main body portion and facing the at least one first bent portion.

15 . The patch antenna according to claim 14 , wherein

the second element includes two second bent portions, and

the two second bent portions are located so as to face each other.

16 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , wherein an electrical length of the second element is a quarter or more and a half or less of a wavelength of a frequency supported by the patch antenna.

17 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , wherein

an electrical length of the first element is longer than an electrical length of the second element, and

a difference between the electrical length of the first element and the electrical length of the second element is one-sixteenth or more and a quarter or less of a wavelength of a frequency supported by the patch antenna.

18 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , wherein a distance between the first element and the second element is a quarter or less of a wavelength of a frequency supported by the patch antenna.

19 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , wherein

at least one of the first element or the second element includes at least one slit.

20 . The patch antenna according to claim 12 , further comprising a dielectric between the first element and the second element.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2024
From: TAKAYAMA, YUKI; HARA, BUNPEI
To: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-153829 · Sep 22, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250141109A1 · May 1, 2025
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