Vehicle Part Of Active Antenna Or Vice Versa Patents (Class 343/712)
  • Patent number: 11318819
    Abstract: A vehicle window unit that includes side curved regions that are arranged, in the installed state, near a, in particular standing, pillar of the vehicle body, wherein the curved regions are at least partially coloured in a transmittance reducing manner. The degree of colouration correlates with the degree of curvature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Martin Arndt, Heinrich Kronhardt
  • Patent number: 11295616
    Abstract: A design is disclosed for a stop signal light emitter and receiver which together enable simple automatic stopping control within designated spaces for moving entities like vehicles, robots or drones, while the transmitted signal remains clearly visible to animals or people. The motivation is to provide a minimum design and standardized spatial signal for safe operation of vehicles and machines and movement of animals and people where a stop signal is linked to a local spatial area. The local spatial area of the signal emitter is linked via transmission from an emitter which is part of a signaling device (where the signaling device is a traffic light or brake light for example), to a receiver where there signal is detected by optical and or photoelectric circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Jesse Forrest Fabian
  • Patent number: 11201392
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus has a sleeve antenna. The sleeve antenna has an internal conductive member, an external conductive member, an insulating member, and a mountain-shaped conductive member that is electrically connected to the external conductive member. The mountain-shaped conductive member expands radially from an upper edge towards a lower edge. The internal conductive member protrudes higher than the external conductive member above the upper edge of the mountain-shaped conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Yamase, Satoshi Iwasaki, Kazuya Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10621802
    Abstract: A boarding door control system controls opening and closing of a boarding door of a vehicle. The boarding door control system includes an odor detector and an electronic control unit. The odor detector is configured to detect an odor of a user outside the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to, when the odor of the user outside the vehicle, detected by the odor detector, is stronger than or equal to a predetermined threshold, prohibit opening of the boarding door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsugu Makita, Daigo Fujii, Naoki Yamamuro
  • Patent number: 10461403
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first conductive plate in a board shape, a second conductive plate in a board shape, a short-circuiting section, and a connecting section. The second conductive plate is disposed to face the first conductive plate with a space therebetween. The short-circuiting section is disposed between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate, has a housing space housing an electronic component, and is connected to both the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Ikeda, Hiroaki Kuraoka
  • Patent number: 10333207
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle including: an antenna configured to receive at least two external signals from an external device and to output an integrated signal by integrating the at least two external signals; a single feeder cable electrically connected to the antenna and configured to transfer the integrated signal; and a controller electrically connected to the single feeder cable, and separating the integrated signal into at least two signals, and transferring the at least two signals to each module corresponding to each of the at least two signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Byoung Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10270178
    Abstract: A motor vehicle includes an outer plate, formed from an electrically conductive material, which delimits an interior of the motor vehicle from an environment, and an antenna arrangement for exchanging electromagnetic radio waves with at least one object in the environment. The antenna arrangement has a predetermined directional characteristic and a control circuit operates the antenna arrangement at a predetermined operating frequency interval. The antenna arrangement includes at least one slot antenna provided in the outer plate as a respective slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Lars Reichardt
  • Patent number: 10249942
    Abstract: A two-wheeled motor vehicle having a main frame on which a metal structure is mounted, and first and second antennas, disposed outside the main frame in a vehicle width direction, for road-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-vehicle communications. The first and second antennas are opposite to each other and are separated by the metal structure of the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Moromoto
  • Patent number: 10122075
    Abstract: An antenna system for motor vehicles includes a surface that comprises an electrically conductive medium. A recess is located inside the electrically conductive surface, with the electrically conductive surface being a periphery of the recess. At least one electrically conductive crosspiece is electrically conductively connected to the periphery and protrudes into the recess and extends in the direction of a second side, facing the first side, of the periphery and there ends, forming a gap with the periphery. This crosspiece divides the recess into first and second parts with a gap connecting the two parts. At least one electrical line in a part of the recess originates at a feed point, located on the crosspiece but is electrically separate from it. The electrical line extends in the part of the recess in the direction of the periphery and is capacitively coupled to the periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Kathrein-Werke KG
    Inventors: Thomas Lankes, Frank Mierke, Adrian Sigg
  • Patent number: 10074890
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a communication device that includes an antenna array integrated with a light assembly having at least one light that illuminates an area about a light pole. The antenna array includes a plurality of dielectric antennas that are configured to transmit outbound wireless signals and receive inbound wireless signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
    Inventors: Donald J Barnickel, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Paul Shala Henry, Henry Kafka, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 10074895
    Abstract: A collective antenna device includes: a case having a gradually rising part in which spatial height increases continuously toward a rear part; a ground plate that is accommodated at a bottom part of the case; a first antenna element that is accommodated in the case and configured for a first frequency; and a second antenna element that is accommodated in the case and configured for a second frequency higher than the first frequency. The second element is accommodated in the case such that the second antenna element is located below or behind the gradually rising part and also located behind the first antenna element. A feed point of the second antenna element is located above the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Yuji Sugimoto, Tadao Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10027024
    Abstract: An antenna for vehicle platooning. The antenna includes a housing, a light emitting element within the housing, and a conductor configured to at least one of transmit and receive radiofrequency signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventor: Patrick Powell
  • Patent number: 9991590
    Abstract: Antenna apparatus and methods of use and tuning. In one exemplary embodiment, the solution of the present disclosure is particularly adapted for small form-factor, metal-encased applications such as smartphones or tablets (and “phablets”) utilizing near field communication (NFC) interfaces. The solution increases the effective size of the antenna without requiring any significant additional space or other structural modifications to the host device (such as changes to the device's metal case or size), while still maintaining a high degree of electrical performance (including a high Q factor).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: PULSE FINLAND OY
    Inventors: Heikki Korva, Tuomas Jaasko
  • Patent number: 9905914
    Abstract: Slot antennas built into metallic body panels utilize the vehicle body itself as an antenna radiator. Building the slot antennas directly into the metallic body panels converts the vehicle body from functioning as an RF shield into an RF antenna, which significantly improves mobile communication reception for a wide range of RF communication devices. Different types of slot antennas may be included for different communication channels utilized by different types of devices. Multi-band slot antennas are configured to receive multiple bands within a larger frequency channel. Dual-polarity antennas are configured to receive signals propagating in a dual-polarity mode. Multiple slot components may be configured as multi-band, dual-polarity antennas. Each slot antenna may be passive (without an RF pickup) or active with an RF pickup and coaxial cable connecting the antenna to an electronic device, such as receiver or amplifier located inside or otherwise interconnected with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Kobi Jacob Scheim, Mark Andrew Steffka, Moshe Laifenfeld, Scott W. Piper
  • Patent number: 9837699
    Abstract: A window antenna wherein a pair of embedded wires are laminated inside a glazing and a connector is attached to the joined end of the wires and to a signal input. A first segment of the embedded antenna wire is oriented parallel to the window frame to form a coupled transmission line divider. The power divider with coupled transmission lines affords adding more than one wire to the window antenna for wideband and multiband application while also providing a feed to the antenna to form a diversity antenna system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
    Inventor: David Dai
  • Patent number: 9755300
    Abstract: A windshield includes a glass plate; a dielectric; an electrothermal layer that is disposed between the glass plate and the dielectric, and includes a conductive layer and strip electrodes having a resistance lower than a resistance of the conductive layer; and an antenna including a pair of electrodes disposed to face the electrothermal layer across the dielectric, and a slot at least a part of which is formed in one of the strip electrodes such that the slot is disposed between the pair of electrodes in plan view. The strip electrodes are disposed along at least two opposing outer edges of the conductive layer and are DC-coupled to the conductive layer such that the conductive layer is energized via the strip electrodes. One end of the slot is an open end that is open at an outer edge of the electrothermal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Osamu Kagaya, Koji Ikawa
  • Patent number: 9688202
    Abstract: A radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled mirror includes a mirror comprising a reflective layer. The reflective layer comprises at least one layer of a metallic material. At least one portion of the reflective layer is removed to form a booster antenna from a remaining portion of the reflective layer. A dielectric coating is applied to the mirror where the reflective layer was removed. The RFID-enabled mirror further includes an RFID chip coupled to the booster antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: NEOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Sheshi Nyalamadugu, Joe Mullis
  • Patent number: 9678540
    Abstract: A ceramic material having an electronic component embedded therein, and more particularly to a sapphire surface having an electrically energized component embedded within. In some embodiments, the sapphire surface may take the form of a portion of a housing for an electronic device. Since sapphire may be substantially transparent, it may form a cover glass for a display within or forming part of the electronic device, as one example. The cover glass may be bonded, affixed, or otherwise attached to a remainder of the housing, thereby forming an enclosure for the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dale N. Memering, Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Samuel Bruce Weiss
  • Patent number: 9632537
    Abstract: A ceramic material having an electronic component embedded therein, and more particularly to a sapphire surface having an electrically energized component embedded within. In some embodiments, the sapphire surface may take the form of a portion of a housing for an electronic device. Since sapphire may be substantially transparent, it may form a cover glass for a display within or forming part of the electronic device, as one example. The cover glass may be bonded, affixed, or otherwise attached to a remainder of the housing, thereby forming an enclosure for the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Dale N. Memering, Erik G. de Jong, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Samuel Weiss
  • Patent number: 9484626
    Abstract: A door handle assembly for a door of a vehicle, with the door handle assembly configured to mount at a handle region of a vehicle door, includes an antenna circuit for an antenna of a passive entry system of the vehicle. The antenna circuit includes at least an inductor in series electrical connection with a capacitor. The antenna circuit includes a resistor in electrical connection with the inductor and the capacitor. The resistor is selected to provide a selected reduction of a quality factor or Q factor of the antenna circuit to a reduced level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Robert J. Dykhouse
  • Patent number: 9323639
    Abstract: A method, system, and article are provided for managing performance of a computer system. Both implicit and explicit recommendations for processing of tasks are provided. System performance is tracked and evaluated based upon the actions associated with the task. Future recommendations of the same or other tasks are provided based upon implicit feedback pertaining to system performance, and explicit feedback solicited from a system administrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eben M. Haber, Tara L. Matthews, Chung-Hao Tan, Sandeep M. Uttamchandani
  • Patent number: 9242671
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a method of controlling steering of a vehicle. The method includes identifying a reduced-order vehicle model, the reduced-order vehicle model representing a vehicle transfer function in which a least one high-frequency pole is removed. The method further includes generating target closed loop pole locations based on at least one user preference parameter. The method further includes determining calibration parameters that place closed loop poles of a composite system at the target closed loop poles. The composite system in this context includes the reduced-order vehicle model and a steering control system. Finally, the method includes controlling the steering using the steering control system configured using the calibration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Matthew D. Potter, Tyler D. Schleicher, Nanjun Liu, Andrew G. Alleyne
  • Patent number: 9187820
    Abstract: There is provided a radio wave transmitting decorative member which has radio wave transmitting properties as well as mirror-surface like metallic luster, the radio wave transmitting decorative member which hardly loses its metallic luster and which can be produced at a low cost. More specifically, disclosed is a radio wave transmitting decorative member including a substrate, and a light reflecting layer provided on top of the substrate and formed of an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium and a metal, wherein the light reflecting layer is preferably a deposition film formed by a physical vapor deposition of an alloy composed of either silicon or germanium and a metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SHIN-ETSU POLYMER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Kawaguchi, Kazutoki Tahara, Tsutomu Saga
  • Patent number: 9178599
    Abstract: A diversity receiving device includes receiving circuits, a diversity combining unit, and an oscillation controller. The receiving circuit performs frequency conversion of an analog received signal obtained at a first receiving system, by using a plurality of lower-side oscillation-frequency signals supplied from a first local oscillator, to generate a plurality of lower-side low-frequency signals, adds up the plurality of lower-side low-frequency signals to generate a first addition signal. The receiving circuit performs frequency conversion of an analog received signal obtained at a second receiving system, by using a plurality of higher-side oscillation-frequency signals supplied from a second local oscillator, to generate a plurality of higher-side low-frequency signals, and adds up the plurality of higher-side low-frequency signals to generate a second addition signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masataka Imao
  • Patent number: 9139222
    Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a method of controlling steering of a vehicle. The method includes identifying a reduced-order vehicle model, the reduced-order vehicle model representing a vehicle transfer function in which a least one high-frequency pole is removed. The method further includes generating target closed loop pole locations based on at least one user preference parameter. The method further includes determining calibration parameters that place closed loop poles of a composite system at the target closed loop poles. The composite system in this context includes the reduced-order vehicle model and a steering control system. Finally, the method includes controlling the steering using the steering control system configured using the calibration parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Matthew D. Potter, Tyler D. Schleicher, Nanjun Liu, Andrew G. Alleyne
  • Patent number: 9123995
    Abstract: An aesthetic dielectric antenna (e.g., a dielectric resonator antenna) includes an aesthetically shaped decoration having at least one shaped dielectric (swan, apple or building shape) with a dielectric constant of more than one. A waveguide, feedline, probe or other means of excitation is electronically coupled to the dielectric to emit a radiation pattern for carrying analog or digital information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
    Inventors: Kwok Wa Leung, Xiaosheng Fang, Eng Hock Lim
  • Patent number: 9072771
    Abstract: An antenna array is provided having multiple antenna elements mountable to the roof of a locomotive. Each of the antenna elements has a separate signal path of one or more conductive elements in a housing and shares a common hole or opening to outside the housing through which the signal path of each antenna element is extendable. The signal path of each antenna element then extends via a common access hole in the roof of the locomotive for enabling one or more of passage of signals to or from the antenna element. The access hole is below the array when the common hole is along the bottom of the housing, and elsewhere along the roof when the common hole is along a side of the housing. Two of the antenna arrays may be mounted in a parallel relationship spaced from each other along the locomotive roof and share the same or a different access hole in such roof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2015
    Assignee: STI-CO INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Christopher John Goetz
  • Patent number: 9070985
    Abstract: A mobile device includes a metal body element, a feeding element, and a second antenna. The metal body element is substantially a planar structure and has a slot, wherein a first antenna is formed by the slot of the metal body element. The feeding element extends across the slot of the metal body element, and is coupled to a first signal source. The second antenna is substantially located inside the slot of the metal body element, and is coupled to a second signal source. The slot is used as a portion of a resonant structure of the second antenna in order to reduce a total size of the first antenna and the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: ACER INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Chuan-Chun Wang
  • Patent number: 8912964
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to achieving a favorable grounding state in a vehicle-mounted antenna. One end of a bent antenna element 22 is connected to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable 14 via a wiring conductor pattern of a substrate 12. An outer conductor of the coaxial cable 14 is connected to a front grounding conductor pattern of the substrate 12. In the substrate 12, a plate capacitor is formed by the front grounding conductor pattern, a rear grounding conductor pattern, and a dielectric plate sandwiched between these grounding conductor patterns. The outer conductor 52 of the coaxial cable 14 is electrically connected to one end of a grounding bracket 20 via the plate capacitor. A tip portion 24 of the grounding bracket 20 is secured to a vehicle body by means of a bolt 26 and is electrically connected to the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei Hijirikawa
  • Publication number: 20140354493
    Abstract: An antenna assembly is disclosed in which at least part of the antenna assembly is formed as an integral part of an external plastic roof panel of a motor vehicle. In one embodiment a base member is formed as an integral part of the plastic panel, the base member being used to connect a flexible antenna to a circuit of the motor vehicle by means of an electrical connector. In a second embodiment the antenna is formed as an integral part of a base member. In both cases no aperture is required in the respective plastic panel and so no potential water leak paths are produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Ian SALSBURY
  • Patent number: 8842052
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that can suppress sensitivity degradation as much as possible to receive AM broadcasts and FM broadcasts even if an antenna height is decreased to 70 mm or less. An antenna board is vertically mounted on a planar antenna base, and a top portion is disposed to stride over the antenna board. An antenna element includes the top portion and an antenna pattern formed on the antenna board. A distance between the antenna base and a lower edge of the top portion is not less than 10 mm, and the lower edge of the top portion is bent downward. The top portion is configured such that an antenna capacitance of the antenna element becomes about 3 pF or more. A received signal from the antenna element is guided to an amplifier board through a connecting wire and amplified. An antenna case is fitted in the antenna base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Harada Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Wakui, Akio Kamiya, Nobuo Arayama
  • Publication number: 20140266932
    Abstract: An air-to-ground network communication device may include a conductive groundplane and an antenna element. The conductive groundplane may be disposed to be substantially parallel to a surface of the earth. The antenna element may extend substantially perpendicularly away from the groundplane and may have an effective length between about 1? to about 1.5?. The antenna element may be disposed at a distance of about 0.5? to about 1? from the groundplane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Smartsky Networks LLC
    Inventors: Stefan Schmidt, Gerard James Hayes
  • Publication number: 20140266931
    Abstract: A window assembly for a vehicle includes a substrate that is substantially transparent and has a surface. A transparent layer is disposed on the surface and comprises a metal compound such that the transparent layer is electrically conductive. The transparent layer defines a first region and a second region that are spaced from one another by a section cut that is devoid of the transparent layer. The first and second regions are non-congruent to one another. A feeding arrangement is coupled to the first and second regions to energize the first and second regions such that the first and second regions operate as antenna elements. The first and second regions each define at least one performance enhancing slit that is devoid of the transparent layer. The slits are configured to operate as at least one of an impedance matching element and a radiation pattern altering element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: Ledion Shkembi
  • Publication number: 20140191911
    Abstract: A vehicle component having a housing made of non-metallic material and having at least one surface made of metallic material is provided, and an antenna assembly is disposed in the vehicle component. The antenna assembly includes a high-gain film-type antenna element having an input for receiving a wireless signal, an output, and a ground portion is disposed on said non-metallic portion of the housing of said vehicle component. The antenna assembly also includes a low noise amplifier (LNA) and a feeding structure including a coaxial cable and a ground wire. The coaxial cable establishes electrical communication between the antenna element and the LNA, and the ground wire establishes an electrical connection between the ground portion of the antenna element and the metallic surface of the vehicle component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Merrick, Qian Li, Takehito Onuki, Sowjanya Kolli, Adham Izi
  • Publication number: 20140132464
    Abstract: A glass antenna provided on vehicle side glass has a power feeding portion disposed at side portion of the side glass, a main element connected to the power feeding portion and a square bracket-shaped element whose one end is connected to some midpoint of the main element. When frequency band of FM broadcast wave received by the antenna is divided into two frequency bands with respect to its center frequency, wavelength of center frequency of frequency band of low frequency is ?, and wavelength of center frequency of frequency band of high frequency. Also wavelength shortening coefficient of the side glass is ?. In this condition, either one of length of the main element or length from the power feeding portion up to an opening end of the square bracket-shaped element is set to ?•?•3/4, and the other is set to ?•??•3/4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: Central Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Shingo Tadokoro, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8692726
    Abstract: To provide a sensitive antenna with simple pattern, there is provided an antenna comprising: a core-side element connected to a core-side feed point; and a ground-side element connected to a ground-side feed point, wherein: the core-side element extends from the core-side feed point in a predetermined direction; the ground-side element includes: a first element which is connected to the ground-side feed point and extends in parallel to the core-side element; and a second element which is connected to the ground-side feed point and extends in parallel to the first element; and the first element is located close to a body flange to capacitively couple with the body flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Central Glass Company Limited.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mukai, Masanori Kaihatsu
  • Publication number: 20140071002
    Abstract: A glass antenna provided on or in window glass of a vehicle, includes: an antenna conductor including: a first antenna element which is connected to a feed portion and formed into a loop-like shape extending in a first direction; a second antenna element which is formed into an L-like shape by a first partial element which is connected to the first antenna element and extends in the first direction and a second partial element which is connected to the first partial element and extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction at right angles; a third antenna element which is connected to the first antenna element and extends in the second direction on a side where the second partial element extends with respect to the first partial element; and a fourth antenna element which divides the loop of the first antenna element into two loops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takuji HAYASHI, Satoshi TOKUNAGA
  • Patent number: 8644790
    Abstract: Antenna amplifiers and automobile top antenna devices are provided. The antenna amplifier includes an AM frequency selection circuit, an AM signal amplification circuit, an FM frequency selection circuit, an FM signal amplification circuit, and a power circuit. The antenna amplifier is further provided with a trap circuit that has an end connected to the ground terminal of the antenna amplifier, and another end connected to a metal mounting base for an antenna on the automobile top. The antenna device includes a shark-fin antenna case, a metal mounting base, an antenna support and a radio receiving antenna. The antenna case is mounted on the metal mounting base to form an internal accommodation space in which the antenna support, the radio receiving antenna and a circuit board with an antenna amplifier are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Taizhou Suzhong Antenna Group Co.
    Inventor: Xiaoping Jiang
  • Patent number: 8614645
    Abstract: An antenna module for a motor vehicle has a first antenna device having at least one antenna 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 for the exterior of the motor vehicle, which antenna is arranged in the external area of the motor vehicle, and a second antenna device having at least one antenna 25, 27, 29, 31 for the interior of the motor vehicle, which antenna is arranged in the interior of the motor vehicle, the first antenna device and second antenna device being electrically coupled to each other for the purpose of supplying electricity to the antenna devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Guy-Aymar Chakam, Christian Schneider
  • Patent number: 8593356
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a trunk. The vehicle body has a deck lid covering the trunk. A satellite antenna is mounted within the trunk and is coupled to the deck lid. The deck lid includes a panel for transmitting a satellite signal therethrough and forms an entire exterior surface of the deck lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: The DIRECTV Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin G. Mierzwa, Scott D. Casavant
  • Patent number: 8587487
    Abstract: In an antenna arrangement, particularly for a motor vehicle window pane antenna, a first conductor structure is provided, which is formed by the heating field of a window pane and a second conductor structure, which is configured as an antenna conductor structure and which is situated galvanically separated from the heating field. At least one conductor of the heating field runs in the form of loops between the actual heating field and an outer edge of the pane 2. The second conductor structure extends comb-like into the loops of this at least one conductor of the heating field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Blaupunkt Antenna Systems GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Rainer Kuehne, Michael Thole, Urs Natzschka
  • Patent number: 8576130
    Abstract: A vehicle window assembly. The window assembly includes a frame having an inner metal edge and a window pane fixed to the frame. The window pane includes an inner glass ply, an outer glass ply, an interlayer between the inner glass ply and the outer glass ply, and an electro-conductive coating located on a surface of the outer glass ply, wherein the electro-conductive coating has an outer peripheral edge spaced from the inner metal edge of the frame to define an antenna slot. The window assembly also includes an antenna feed structure electrically connected to the outer peripheral edge of the electro-conductive coating and a capacitive coupling strip located on the inner glass ply and overlapping the outer peripheral edge of the electro-conductive coating proximate the antenna feed structure, wherein the coupling strip couples a wide bandwidth radio frequency signal into and out of the antenna slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
    Inventor: David Dai
  • Publication number: 20130285861
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a glass plate that is fixed to a flange of a vehicle body at a window opening portion of the vehicle body; a dielectric material; a conductive film provided between the glass plate and the dielectric material; and a monopolar feeding portion provided on the dielectric material at a surface opposite to a glass plate side and at a position capable of being capacitively coupled to the conductive film, the antenna apparatus being configured such that a clearance between an end portion of the flange of the vehicle body and an outer edge of the conductive film functions as a slot antenna, the conductive film being provided with a notch having one end as an open end at the outer edge of the conductive film in the vicinity of the feeding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventor: Osamu KAGAYA
  • Publication number: 20130257663
    Abstract: A glass antenna includes a shared antenna conductor which meets a first frequency band and a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band and a feeding part connected to the shared antenna conductor. The shared antenna conductor includes a first element extended from the feeding part as a starting point and a second element extended from the first element as a starting point. At least a part of the first element and the second element configure a semi-loop form. When a wavelength in air in a central frequency of the second frequency band is ?02, a glass shortening coefficient of wavelength is k2 and ?g2=?02·k2, a conductor length of the first element is 0.65 ?g2 or higher and 1.0 ?g2 or lower, and the shortest distance between a defogger provided in window glass and the shared antenna conductor is 15 mm or longer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, Limited
    Inventors: Koichi SAITO, Koji TABATA
  • Patent number: 8546729
    Abstract: A laminated glazing (e.g. a vehicle windscreen) comprising two panes of glazing material (e.g. glass) having a ply of laminating interlayer extending between them, and one or more wires between the panes of glazing material, each having a conductive central core and an outer dark-colored (e.g. black) sheath, which is substantially resistant to color- and substance-degradation by ultraviolet light. The wires may be in the form of a capacitive sensing plate, an inductive coupling loop, a heating element, an antenna and/or an RFID tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Pilkington Automotive Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Martin Derda
  • Publication number: 20130249747
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to achieving a favorable grounding state in a vehicle-mounted antenna. One end of a bent antenna element 22 is connected to an inner conductor of a coaxial cable 14 via a wiring conductor pattern of a substrate 12. An outer conductor of the coaxial cable 14 is connected to a front grounding conductor pattern of the substrate 12. In the substrate 12, a plate capacitor is formed by the front grounding conductor pattern, a rear grounding conductor pattern, and a dielectric plate sandwiched between these grounding conductor patterns. The outer conductor 52 of the coaxial cable 14 is electrically connected to one end of a grounding bracket 20 via the plate capacitor. A tip portion 24 of the grounding bracket 20 is secured to a vehicle body by means of a bolt 26 and is electrically connected to the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Kojima Press Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kei HIJIRIKAWA
  • Patent number: 8537060
    Abstract: A glass antenna of a vehicle is provided, in which the pattern of the antenna is positioned at the sealant provided between a window glass and the vehicle body for indirect grounding. With this, the impedance characteristic and reception level of the antenna can be increased in a cost-effective way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Tae Inn Chung
  • Patent number: 8502742
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that can suppress sensitivity degradation as much as possible to receive AM broadcasts and FM broadcasts even if an antenna height is decreased to 70 mm or less. An antenna board is vertically mounted on a planar antenna base, and a top portion is disposed to stride over the antenna board. An antenna element includes the top portion and an antenna pattern formed on the antenna board. A distance between the antenna base and a lower edge of the top portion is not less than 10 mm, and the lower edge of the top portion is bent downward. The top portion is configured such that an antenna capacitance of the antenna element becomes about 3 pF or more. A received signal from the antenna element is guided to an amplifier board through a connecting wire and amplified. An antenna case is fitted in the antenna base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Harada Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Wakui, Akio Kamiya, Nobuo Arayama
  • Patent number: 8497807
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus that can suppress sensitivity degradation as much as possible to receive AM broadcasts and FM broadcasts even if an antenna height is decreased to 70 mm or less. An antenna board is vertically mounted on a planar antenna base, and a top portion is disposed to stride over the antenna board. An antenna element includes the top portion and an antenna pattern formed on the antenna board. A distance between the antenna base and a lower edge of the top portion is not less than 10 mm, and the lower edge of the top portion is bent downward. The top portion is configured such that an antenna capacitance of the antenna element becomes about 3 pF or more. A received signal from the antenna element is guided to an amplifier board through a connecting wire and amplified. An antenna case is fitted in the antenna base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Harada Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masashi Wakui, Akio Kamiya, Nobuo Arayama
  • Patent number: 8466842
    Abstract: A vehicle window assembly. The window assembly includes a glass ply and an electro-conductive coating located on a surface of the glass ply. The electro-conductive coating has an outer peripheral edge that is adapted to be spaced from an inner metal edge of a vehicle frame so as to define an antenna slot. The electro-conductive coating includes at least one deleted portion adjacent the outer peripheral edge, wherein the deleted portion is sized to tune the antenna slot to a desired resonant frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC
    Inventor: David Dai