US 12,719,574 B2Granted

Self-aligning window mounted communication apparatus

AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.

InventorsLong Ching Macor Ho, Chad Au

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Abstract

A self-aligning window mounted communication apparatus is discussed herein. In some examples, a wireless gateway may comprise a first unit to be mounted outside a window and a second unit to be mounted inside the window. A first unit and a second unit may each include an optical unit, a coupling unit, and a housing unit. A first optical unit may include a magnetic array with polarities of the magnetic elements configured to orient with a second optical unit in a single orientation. The optical unit(s) may be movably coupled with the respective coupling unit(s) so that the optical unit may move with various degrees of freedom and thus, when the first and second units are mounted on a window, the optical units can self-align based on the respective magnetic arrays and the degrees of freedom afforded by the movable coupling with the coupling unit.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A wireless access point for wireless communications, the wireless access point comprising:

a first optical unit configured to couple to a first side of a transparent material, the first optical unit comprising:
a first optical sensor configured to communicate optically with a second optical sensor positioned on a second side of the transparent material;
and
a first magnetic array to magnetically couple with a second magnetic array positioned on the second side of the transparent material, wherein the first magnetic array and the second magnetic array are configured to couple together in a first single orientation;
a first coupling unit configured to couple the first optical unit to a first housing unit, the first coupling unit comprising a third magnetic array to magnetically couple with a fourth magnetic array positioned on the second side of the transparent material, wherein the third magnetic array and the fourth magnetic array are configured to couple together in a second single orientation;
and
a second optical unit configured to couple to the second side of the transparent material, the second unit comprising:
the second optical sensor;
and
the second magnetic array.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/417,214Filed 19 Jan 2024
Published: US 2025/0240095 A124 Jul 2025
Granted: 25 Aug 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H04B 10/114
Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum: indoor or close-range type systems
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Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing…
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Transmission