Patent ID: 9478863
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06K,H01Q,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An antenna, comprising: a conductor operable to generate a magnetic field when coupled to a source of electric current, wherein said conductor is formed in a rectangular configuration comprising a plurality of nested rectangles with multiple parallel portions of said conductor on each side of said rectangular configuration; and a housing having positioned thereon first, second and third portions of said rectangular configuration, the first and second portions encompassing respective entire opposing sides of the rectangular configuration, with the first portion encompassing more of said rectangular configuration of conductors than said second portion, the first portion being positioned in a first plane of the housing and the second portion being positioned in a second plane that is spaced from and substantially parallel to the first plane, the third portion of said multiple parallel portions encompassing different opposing sides of the rectangular configuration than said first and second portions, the third portion being further positioned in a third plane that is substantially perpendicular to said first plane and said second plane, the first portion, second portion and said third portion constituting an entirety of said rectangular configuration and said rectangular configuration generating said magnetic field in at least two perpendicular directions.