# US 2021/0242597 A1 · Communications device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0242597 A1 - Document ID: US20210242597A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/150,358 - Filed: 2021-01-15 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-31 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: NAOKI SOTOMA; HIROKI KASHIWAGI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210242597A1 ## CPC - H01Q 1/24: with receiving set - H01Q 9/0478: {with means for suppressing spurious modes, e.g. cross polarisation} - H01Q 1/425: {comprising a metallic grid} - H01Q 1/52: Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure (absorbing means H01Q17/00) - H01Q 9/0414: {in a stacked or folded configuration} - H01Q 15/0013: {said selective devices working as frequency-selective reflecting surfaces, e.g. FSS, dichroic plates, surfaces being partly transmissive and reflective} - H01Q 15/24: Polarising devices; Polarisation filters (H01Q15/12, H01Q15/22 take precedence) - H01Q 15/242: {Polarisation converters} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract A communications device includes: an antenna radiating a first radio wave having a first polarization direction and a second radio wave having a second polarization direction, the first and second polarization directions being different; a casing provided with an opening through which the first radio wave and the second radio wave pass; and a cover provided to the opening and including a plurality of bars made of metal. The antenna is disposed so that neither the first polarization direction of the first radio wave nor the second polarization direction of the second wave orthogonally intersects with an extending direction of the bars. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communications device, comprising: an antenna configured to radiate a first radio wave having a first polarization direction and a second radio wave having a second polarization direction, the first and second polarization directions being different; a casing provided with an opening through which the first radio wave and the second radio wave pass; and a cover provided to the opening and including a plurality of bars made of metal, the antenna being disposed so that neither the first polarization direction of the first radio wave nor the second polarization direction of the second wave orthogonally intersects with an extending direction of the bars. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communications device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna is disposed so that neither the first polarization direction nor the second polarization direction runs in parallel with the extending direction of the bars. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The communications device according to claim 1, wherein the antenna is disposed so that angles formed between the extending direction of the bars and each of the first polarization direction and the second polarization direction are both 45°. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The communications device according to claim 1, wherein the cover includes a pair of connections provided to opposing ends of the bars to connect the bars together. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The communications device according to claim 4, wherein in the cover, a clearance between the connections is wider than or equal to half a wavelength of the first radio wave and the second radio wave to be radiated from the antenna. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The communications device according to claim 4, wherein the antenna includes a radiating element shaped into a square in planar view, the first polarization direction intersects with a pair of facing sides of the radiating element, and the second polarization direction intersects with an other pair of facing sides of the radiating element, and the cover includes a reinforcement formed in an extension of a diagonal of the radiating element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The communications device according to claim 6, wherein the diagonal of the radiating element includes a first diagonal running in the extending direction of the bars, and the reinforcement includes a pair of first reinforcements in an extension of the first diagonal of the radiating element, each of the first reinforcements extending from a corresponding one of the connections so that first reinforcements face each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The communications device according to claim 6, wherein the reinforcement includes a pair of second reinforcements in an extension of a second diagonal included in the diagonal of the radiating element, the second reinforcements being laid across the bars. ### Claim 9 A communications device, comprising: an antenna configured to radiate a first radio wave having a first polarization direction and a second radio wave having a second polarization direction, the first and second polarization directions being different; a casing provided with an opening through which the first radio wave and the second radio wave pass; and a cover provided to the opening and including a space shaped into an X-shape, the space being formed in a region corresponding to (i) the radiating element, and (ii) each of: a region extending, in the first polarization direction, forward and backward from the radiating element over a predetermined range; and a region extending, in the second polarization direction, forward and backward from the radiating element over a predetermined range.