Supported By Vehicle Body Patents (Class 343/713)
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Publication number: 20100277379Abstract: An antenna assembly for installation to a mobile platform generally includes a base portion and an antenna module removably coupled to the base portion. The base portion generally includes a longitudinal axis and defines a channel extending generally along at least part of the longitudinal axis. The antenna module generally includes a mount and an antenna element coupled to the mount. The mount and antenna element can be removably received, for example, slid, into the channel of the base portion, in electrical contact therewith. The antenna module may also include a cover providing the antenna assembly with a generally fin-shaped structure. And, any one of multiple different antenna modules each having, for example, different antenna elements therein may be releasably coupled to the mount as desired.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2008Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: Laird Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ralf Lindackers, Ayman Duzdar, Joseph M. Combi, Huzefa A. Bharmal
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Publication number: 20100277381Abstract: In the method for operating a plurality antenna having near-field (NF) zone mounted on a vehicle, wherein the improvement comprises the step of cloaking in the near-field (NF) zone of each of said plurality of antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.Inventors: Igor I. Smolyaninov, Nikolay K. Yushin, Louise C. Sengupta
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Patent number: 7825865Abstract: A defogger is disposed in or on a rear window glass sheet. The rear window glass sheet has an H-oriented antenna conductor for frequency band H higher than frequency band L, an L-oriented antenna conductor for frequency band L, and a feeding point disposed in a blank space thereof above the defogger therein or thereon, the feeding point being connected to the H-oriented antenna conductor and the L-oriented antenna conductor, the H-oriented antenna conductor comprising H-oriented antenna elements, the L-oriented antenna conductor comprising L-oriented antenna elements and a directivity-adjusting antenna element, the directivity-adjusting antenna element being connected to the L-oriented antenna elements, a first H-oriented antenna element and a first L-oriented antenna element being capacitively coupled, and a second H-oriented antenna element and a second L-oriented antenna element being capacitively coupled.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: November 2, 2010Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Masaki Ibe, Kenichiro Shimo
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Patent number: 7821465Abstract: This invention relates generally to a multiservice antenna system assembly. The multiservice antenna system assembly may include one antenna that is fastened by means of a support, or at least two antennas that are grouped together by means of a support. The support may, for example, be a plastic packing. This invention is particularly useful when the antenna assembly is located in automobile rear-view mirrors and more particularly in exterior rear-view mirrors.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: A3-Advanced Automotive AntennasInventor: Edouard Jean Louis Rozan
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Publication number: 20100265145Abstract: An integrated antenna system for a car and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The system includes: a base in which a first antenna and an antenna reception circuit installed; and a support which is installed in an upper portion of the base and implemented in a form of cylinder or polygonal barrel in such a manner that the antenna reception circuit and the first antenna are located in the inside thereof, wherein a second antenna is wound up in a spiral form on an inner and/or outer circumference of the support. The system provides a greater degree of freedom of design without reducing performance of the antenna system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Tae Inn Chung
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Publication number: 20100265144Abstract: An antenna array for a motor vehicle includes at least one AM antenna for receiving long wave, medium wave and/or short wave signals as well as at least one additional electrically conductive structural part that is arranged so as to be adjacent to the AM antenna. The additional structural part is connected to a ground potential and/or supply potential of the motor vehicle by at least one filter element, by which the signal frequencies in at least one frequency range that is to be received by the AM antenna are suppressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2010Publication date: October 21, 2010Applicant: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Johannes HOEDL, Wilhelm Probst
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Publication number: 20100245189Abstract: A vehicle-mounted antenna device is one in which rain water etc. do not accumulate around an antenna mast base structure and allowing a reduction of the antenna height. The vehicle-mounted antenna device having an antenna mast is constructed mainly from a base plate (10) on which a circuit board (11) is placed, a housing (20), and the antenna mast base structure (30) having a foldable structure. The housing (20) has a water discharge flow path (40) formed in a linear shape as viewed as viewed from the upper portion of the vehicle-mounted antenna device. The water discharge flow path (40) extends continuously underneath the antenna mast base structure while being inclined relative to the base plate. The water discharge flow path is constituted by, for example, the water discharge groove (41), which is formed at the bottom portion of the antenna mast receiving groove (22), and the water discharge flow path-cum-antenna mast receiving groove (42).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2008Publication date: September 30, 2010Inventor: Jinsong Wang
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Publication number: 20100243632Abstract: A vehicle window panel includes a panel body having a plate shape and made of a resin material. The panel body integrally includes a window portion permitting light to pass therethrough. A conductive layer strip is formed on an interior surface of the window portion by applying a paste containing silver powder, as a main component, and thermosetting resin, as a binder, onto the interior surface. The layer strip has a width ranging from 0.05 mm to 0.1 mm, both inclusive.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: DAIKYONISHIKAWA CORPORATIONInventor: Tsuyoshi IGURA
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Publication number: 20100245188Abstract: In an antenna unit including a dome-shaped top cover, an antenna module disposed in the top cover and adapted to receive radio waves, a bracket covering an under surface of the top cover, and a gasket disposed between the top cover and the bracket to thereby ensure hermeticity in the top cover, the bracket includes a bottom portion pressure welding the gasket between the bottom portion and the top cover to make inside of the top cover an enclosed space, and a mounting portion integrated to the bottom portion to enable the antenna unit to mount in a narrow-mounting-space cabinet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2010Publication date: September 30, 2010Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.Inventors: Hiroshi Suzuki, Tsutomu Ito, Akira Yoneya
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Publication number: 20100237635Abstract: A door handle apparatus for a vehicle includes a door handle arranged at an outer surface of an outer panel and releasing a latch mechanism when the door handle is manually operated, and a detection unit arranged within the outer panel so as to face the door handle, the detection unit including an electrode mechanism, whose electrostatic capacitance changes when a portion of a body of a user is inserted between the door handle and the outer panel, so that an unlocking operation or a locking operation is executed by means of a lock mechanism on the basis of the change of the electrostatic capacitance, and including an antenna sending a request signal for identifying a portable device, to the portable device, carried by the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2010Publication date: September 23, 2010Applicant: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kiyokazu IEDA, Eiji Mushiake
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Patent number: 7800548Abstract: An industrial truck with at least one antenna for sending and receiving data from and/or to an RFID transponder, characterized in that the antenna has a network of wires, which are embedded in a flexible material.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Jungheinrich AktiengesellschaftInventors: Ralf Baginski, Martin von Werder
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Publication number: 20100231468Abstract: A GPS loop antenna attached to the front windshield of a vehicle to receive a circularly polarized wave which is improved in reception performance, that is, a loop antenna comprised of a loop-shaped antenna conductor receiving a circularly polarized wave, feed terminals connected to the two ends of the antenna conductor, and a parasitic element positioned near the antenna conductor and made of a conductor independent of the antenna conductor, all arranged on a sheet-like transparent film, wherein a looping line conductor is arranged around the loop antenna on the film. It is sufficient if the total length of the line conductor is about three times the antenna conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2008Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Kazushige Ogino, Yoshio Umezawa
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Publication number: 20100231467Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle antenna with a bottom part, comprising a metallic base area, a top latched with the bottom part, and a printed circuit board held between the bottom part and the top and carrying at least one transmission or receiver element, wherein the top has at least one latching hook for latching into a mounting opening of a body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Marco SCHNUERER
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Publication number: 20100231466Abstract: The present invention provides an antenna-embedded laminated glass including glass sheets affixed together through an intermediate film to embed an antenna element between the glass sheets, the intermediate film containing a resin; and the antenna element being configured to have such a shape as to have an intersection where a plurality of antenna-forming strips intersect, and the antenna element comprising a conductor strip stamped in such a shape from a sheet-like conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2009Publication date: September 16, 2010Applicant: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventor: Katsumi Hisaeda
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Publication number: 20100231360Abstract: A wireless communication device coupled to a wave antenna that provides greater increased durability and impedance matching. The wave antenna is a conductor that is bent in alternating sections to form peaks and valleys. The wireless communication device is coupled to the wave antenna to provide wireless communication with other communication devices, such as an interrogation reader. The wireless communication device and wave antenna may be placed on objects, goods, or other articles of manufacture that are subject to forces such that the wave antenna may be stretched or compressed during the manufacture and/or use of such object, good or article of manufacture. The wave antenna, because of its bent structure, is capable of stretching and compressing more easily than other structures, reducing the wireless communication device's susceptibility to damage or breaks that might render the wireless communication device coupled to the wave antenna unable to properly communicate information wirelessly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Ian James Forster, Peter Robert George Horrell, Patrick F. King
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Publication number: 20100225548Abstract: An antenna has a flat support and two separate and flat emitter sections for transmitting or receiving high-frequency signals flatly fixed to the support. One of the emitter sections is flat and areal and the other of the emitter sections is a meander. A coil is fixed flatly on the support and connected to both of the emitter sections, and a ground terminal is also fixed flatly on the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Markus PFLETSCHINGER, Bernd SCHWARZ
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Publication number: 20100225547Abstract: An antenna assembly for use in a vehicle is provided, whereby the assembly is preferably concealed within a vehicle bumper or non-conductive fender. The assembly includes a flexible antenna radiator directly connected with an output of a tunable matching circuit contained within a housing, whereby the housing further provides a connection means between the input of the matching circuit and a radio system in the vehicle. The matching circuit is tunable by control means provided externally on the housing, enabling the antenna assembly to be easily tuned prior to or during installation. The inventive antenna assembly advantageously provides a low cost antenna with ease of installation, small size, and direct integration with a tunable matching circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2009Publication date: September 9, 2010Inventors: Kang Lan, Harry Guo, Jan Koivunen, Rudolf F. Riemann
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Patent number: 7791548Abstract: An on-board antenna device comprises: a radiation element (302) formed on an inner-surface of a widow glass (51) for a vehicle (50); a base plate (305) fixed on the inner-surface of the widow glass (51) so as to surround the radiation element (302); a circuit board (308) having a conductive layer in a surface (308a) thereof, which is opposed to the radiation element (302), and a component mounting surface electrically connected to the radiation element (302) in the other surface (308b) thereof; and a housing (312) assembled onto the base plate (305), and the circuit board (308) being contained therein; wherein the circuit board (308) has a cutout portion (308f) to incorporate a connector (324) for a transmission line connection.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hideaki Oshima, Hiroshi Iijima, Satoru Komatsu, Hiroshi Kuribayashi, Masashi Nakagawa, Norio Tanaka
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Patent number: 7791550Abstract: An on-vehicle film antenna is constructed with a loop antenna and a monopole antenna and attached to a vehicle windshield. The loop antenna has a first element set in length to correspond to a first radio wave of a first frequency band. One end of the first element is connected to a power supply near a border section between a vehicle chassis and the vehicle windshield, and the other end of the first element is connected to the vehicle chassis. The monopole antenna has a second element set in length to correspond to a second radio wave of a second frequency band. One end of the second element is connected to the power supply near the border section in common with the one end of the first element, and the other end of the second element is disconnected from the vehicle chassis.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignees: Denso Corporation, Nippon Soken, Inc.Inventors: Syuichi Kono, Yuji Sugimoto, Toshihiro Hattori, Toru Yamazaki, Koji Numata, Masaaki Hisada
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Patent number: 7791549Abstract: A communication system including an antenna array with feed network coupled to communication electronics. In one example, a communication subsystem comprises a plurality of antennas each adapted to receive an information signal and a plurality of orthomode transducers coupled to corresponding ones of the plurality of antennas, each OMT is adapted to provide at a first component signal having a first polarization and a second component signal having a second polarization. The communication subsystem also comprises a feed network that receives the first component signal and the second component signal from each orthomode transducer and provides a first summed component signal at a first feed port and a second summed component signal at a second feed port, and a phase correction device coupled to the first and second feed ports and adapted to phase match the first summed component signal with the second summed component signal.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: AeroSat CorporationInventors: Richard Clymer, Michael Barrett, Frank Blanda, Robert Krivicich, Richard B. Anderson, Matthew Flannery
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Patent number: 7791553Abstract: An elevation mechanism for a satellite antenna system. The elevation mechanism includes tilt links or arms, lift links, and a linear actuator with an adjustable length leg arrangement. Each tilt arm is pivotally mounted at its inner and outer end portions to the base or azimuth plate of the system and to the back of the dish of the system. Similarly, each lift link is pivotally mounted at its inner and outer end portions to the base and to the back of the dish. The linear actuator in turn is pivotally mounted at its inner end portion to the base and at its outer end portion to the lift links. In operation, the linear actuator can be moved between extended and retracted positions to cause the dish to move between its stowed position facing downwardly and a deployed position facing upwardly of the horizon at a targeted satellite.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2008Date of Patent: September 7, 2010Assignee: Winegard CompanyInventor: Timothy J. Conrad
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Publication number: 20100220019Abstract: A glazing comprising a pane of glazing material, and a substantially continuous area of transparent, electrically conductive material printed using an electrically conductive ink onto a surface of the pane, wherein the ink is of a composition comprising a fluid vehicle (e.g. a solvent) and two different metal species (e.g. tin and indium), said fluid vehicle being driven off in a high-temperature post-printing step, and the conductive material is capable of functioning as one or more of the following: (a) a heating element for heating an area of the glazing; (b) an alarm sensor for detecting when the structural integrity of the glazing has been compromised; (c) a capacitive proximity sensor for detecting an approach to, or contact with, a surface of the glazing; (d) an electrical connection to an electrical device associated with the glazing; (e) an antenna for receiving and/or transmitting electromagnetic radiation. The glazing may also be a laminate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITEDInventor: Joseph Jeremy Boote
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Publication number: 20100220020Abstract: An automotive glass antenna which is an FM radio broadcast wave receiving antenna provided in blank spaces below or lateral sides of a defogger of a window glass provided in a rear door of a hatchback type of an automobile, the automotive glass antenna including: a first auxiliary element including at least a first auxiliary horizontal strip which branches from a lower end of a bus bar of the defogger, or from a lowermost horizontal heater strip, and which extends along the lowermost heater strip; a second auxiliary element including at least a second auxiliary vertical strip which extends from an upper end of each bus bar through an extension line, and which is apart from the bus bar in an outward direction; a horizontal element which extends in a substantially horizontal direction from a feed point provided near a lower portion of the bus bar of the defogger, and which is adjacent to the first auxiliary horizontal strip to achieve a capacitive coupling; and a vertical element which extends from the feed poiType: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2008Publication date: September 2, 2010Applicant: Central Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Shingo Tadokoro, Masanori Kaihatsu, Masaki Ando
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Publication number: 20100201584Abstract: An antenna for a vehicle where the antenna is positioned close to an edge of a roof-top of the vehicle. A frequency selective surface is provided on a glass of the vehicle, generally the vehicle windshield, to extend the antenna ground plane beyond the roof-top to maintain a maximum antenna pattern directivity parallel to the ground. The frequency selective surface may be formed on a substrate that is adhered to the vehicle glass and includes a pattern of conductive portions and dielectric portions that provide proper current generation for the particular antenna frequency band of interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventors: James H. Schaffner, Clair Rayanne Seager, Hui-Pin Hsu, Timothy J. Talty
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Patent number: 7773039Abstract: A high frequency wave antenna for an automobile is provided, which improves antenna gain of an antenna conductor provided in a spoiler. A defogger is provided on a rear window glass plate 14, a part of a plurality of heater wires extend in a horizontal direction, a spoiler including an antenna conductor 6 embedded therein is provided above the rear window glass plate 14, at least one of a plurality of bus bars has a bus bar horizontal portion 1H extending in a horizontal direction, the bus bar horizontal portion 1H is provided in an upper region of the rear window glass plate 14, and a plurality of vertical heater wires 2 extending in a vertical direction from the bus bar horizontal portion 1H, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2008Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, LimitedInventors: Kenichiro Shimo, Kazuyoshi Noda, Takuji Hayashi
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Publication number: 20100193494Abstract: A conductive composition having a conductive component, a glass frit component, an organic medium, a boride component and a platinum group metal component, is provided. Embodiments of the conductive composition incorporate a palladium component and boride component selected from ZrB2, TiB2 and LaB6 and combinations thereof and having a Mohs hardness of about 7 or greater. Embodiments of articles with a conductive composition disposed thereon and methods of preparing such articles are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2009Publication date: August 5, 2010Applicant: BASF Catalysts LLCInventors: Robert Prunchak, Francisco Vieira, Xuerong Gao, Virginia Garcia
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Patent number: 7768465Abstract: According to various aspects, exemplary embodiments are provided of antenna assemblies. In one exemplary embodiment, an antenna assembly suitable for installation to a vehicle body wall generally comprises a chassis, a radome, and a shield disposed generally between the chassis and radome. Two or more resiliently compressible bumpers are spaced apart and compressively sandwiched generally between the radome and the shield. Compression of the bumpers generates a compressive force urging the shield generally towards the chassis that aids in electrically grounding of the shield with the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2007Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher J. Jared, Philip J. Kekel
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Patent number: 7764239Abstract: An antenna pane for use, for example, as a vehicle window, comprises a glass pane (1) carrying an electrically conductive coating (3). The coating (3) includes a strip-like portion (5) divided into electrically isolated segments by barrier lines (4) spaced so the coating transmits HF radiation in a specified frequency range and constructed, by contacting in contact areas (7) at its two longitudinal sides (6) and by its outer dimensions, as a slot antenna for frequencies in said range.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Pilkington Automotive Deutschland GmbHInventor: Detlef Baranski
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Patent number: 7755551Abstract: The specification discloses various embodiments of modular antenna assemblies for automotive vehicles. In one exemplary embodiment, an antenna generally includes a base assembly that may be used on a variety of vehicle platforms. The antenna may also include a radome assembly that is specific to a particular vehicle platform. The radome assembly may snap-fit onto the base assembly, and be installed during or after vehicle assembly. A wide variety of radome assemblies of different shapes, styles, and colors may be used in conjunction with a single base assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 13, 2010Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ralf Lindackers, Hasan Yasin, Andreas D. Fuchs, Ayman Duzdar
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Publication number: 20100171670Abstract: The invention involves a radio frequency (RF) antenna, having both reduced size and optimized impedance matching to free space over a range of wavelengths. The invention also involves methods for hiding an antenna by reducing its size and concealing it behind or within an object that is transparent to electromagnetic waves over a range of wavelengths being transmitted or received by the antenna.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: July 8, 2010Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Joseph Jesson, Thomas B. Breen, Patricia D. Mackenzie, Charles B. Theurer, William Pinto
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Publication number: 20100164816Abstract: An antenna structure of a rectangular loop antenna that is provided on a window glass of a vehicle, includes: another loop portion that is provided inside a rectangular loop portion of the rectangular loop antenna and has a path partially shared with the rectangular loop portion; and a bypass unit that connects the path of the another loop portion and the path of the rectangular loop portion which is not shared with the path of the another loop portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicants: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Hiroshi Kuribayashi, Satoru Komatsu, Hideaki Oshima, Hiroshi Iijima
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Publication number: 20100164817Abstract: Antenna assemblies and associated satellite tracking systems that may include a low profile two-way antenna arrangement, tracking systems, and applications thereof. Applications for the system include military, civilian, and domestic emergency response applications. The antenna arrangements may be configured to form a spatial element array able to track a satellite in an elevation plane by electronically dynamically targeting the antenna arrangement and/or mechanically dynamically rotating the antenna arrangements about transverse axes giving rise to generation of respective elevation angles and dynamically changing the respective distances between the axes whilst maintaining a predefined relationship between said distances and the respective elevation angles. The system provides dynamic tracking of satellite signals and can be used for satellite communications on moving vehicles in military and civilian applications.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: RAYSAT ANTENNA SYSTEMS, L.L.C.Inventors: Ilan Kaplan, Mario Ganchev Gachev, Moshe Bercovich, Danny Spirtus, Daniel Francis DiFonzo, Kevin Arthur Bruestle, Robert Yip, Victor Boyanov, Yoel Gat
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Patent number: 7746281Abstract: An antenna mounting assembly includes a stopper, a side wall, a retainer, and a fall-prevention latch on an instrument panel side of the assembly as an integral part of the panel. The fall-prevention latch and a folded part are engaged with each other for holding an antenna body. On the other hand, the antenna body is released from the instrument panel by disengaging the fall-prevention latch from the folded part.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2007Date of Patent: June 29, 2010Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Takeshi Yamada
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Publication number: 20100156730Abstract: An automobile glass antenna which improves the antenna gain, is provided. The automobile glass antenna has an H-band antenna conductor 3 connected with an H-band feeding portion 12 and extending in the transverse direction to receive high frequency band; an independent conductor that is separated from the H-band antenna conductor 3 and not connected with the H-band feeding portion 12 in terms of direct current, is provided in or on a side window glass sheet 20; the independent conductor has a first antenna element 1 extending in a vertical direction and second antenna elements 2 extending in a transverse direction; the first antenna element 1 and the second antenna elements 2 constitute a cross-shaped antenna element; and the H-band antenna conductor 3 and the independent conductor are capacitively coupled.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Masaki Ito, Akio Nagata, Mitsurou Watanabe
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Patent number: 7742005Abstract: A multi-band antenna includes a non-conductive pane, a ground plane disposed on the non-conductive pane, and a radiating strip for operating in a plurality of frequency bands. The radiating strip includes an elongated portion and a meander line portion extending away from an end of the elongated portion. The radiating strip also includes a pair of tuning stubs extending from the elongated portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas R&D, Inc.Inventors: Wladimiro Villarroel, Nuttawit Surittikul, Qian Li, Kwan-ho Lee
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Patent number: 7742004Abstract: An on-vehicle antenna system which offers a superior receiving performance, by suppressing reception of reflected/scattered waves coming from inside of the vehicle's cabin; these reflected/scattered waves being an adverse factor which deteriorates signal receiving performance of an antenna. The antenna system is installed at glass pane portion of a vehicle with direction (12) of the greatest radiation pattern (11) directed towards ahead (14) of the vehicle from boundary plane (10) containing power supply portion (9), while direction (13) of the smallest radiation pattern (11) towards behind (15) of the vehicle. The above-configured antenna system can suppress those waves reflected/scattered in the vehicle cabin from being received; as the result, it demonstrates improved characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: Panasonic CorporationInventors: Susumu Fukushima, Akihiro Hoshiai
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Patent number: 7742006Abstract: An antenna includes a non-conductive pane, a ground plane disposed on the non-conductive pane, and a radiating strip disposed on the non-conductive pane for operating in a plurality of frequency bands. The radiating strip defines a plurality of loops. A portion of a periphery of one of the loops coincides with at least a portion of a periphery of another of the loops. The radiating strip also includes at least one branch extending away from the periphery of one of the loops to allow tuning and shifting of the resonant frequencies of the antenna.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2007Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: AGC Automotive Americas R&D, Inc.Inventors: Wladimiro Villarroel, Nuttawit Surittikul, Qian Li, Kwan-ho Lee
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Publication number: 20100149055Abstract: In an automobile rear windowpane antenna apparatus including a defogger disposed on a rear windowpane plate at a lower portion thereof an antenna pattern is disposed above the defogger on the rear windowpane plate at an upper portion thereof and is disposed so as to extend between near a right end edge of a window frame and near a left end edge thereof. A feeding point is disposed inside the antenna pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2008Publication date: June 17, 2010Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.Inventors: Tomohiro SHINKAWA, Takao Kato, Nobuo Tamura, Wassom Pierre
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Publication number: 20100141540Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a vehicle antenna device (1) and to a vehicle antenna device (1) which is produced using this method and has a carrier film (2) which is composed of an electrically non-conductive material, wherein antenna structures (3) which are composed of an electrically conductive material are applied to the carrier film (2), wherein provision is made, according to the invention, for a plug connector (4) or an electronic device (6) to be fixed and electrically contact-connected directly to the carrier film (2) at a base point of the antenna structure (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Uwe Daum, Uwe Kreissig, Markus Pfletschinger, Bernd Schwarz
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Publication number: 20100141539Abstract: In an antenna array, in particular for diversity operation, a cohesive radiofrequency-conductive area (1) is provided, to which switchable impedances (7) are coupled in highly resistive fashion. In order to output the antenna signals, at least one tap point (6b) is provided in particular at a highly resistive point at the outer edge of the conductive area (1).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2006Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Michael Thole, Bert Jannsen, Thomas Malzahn
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Patent number: 7733283Abstract: An antenna device includes: a winding component having an approximately cylindrical shaped winding shaft portion and a flange portion disposed to project outside the winding shaft portion in at least one end portion of both end portions in an axial direction of the winding shaft portion; a pair of binding terminals disposed to project outside the flange portion in at least one of the flange portions; and a winding both ends of which are bound to the pair of binding terminals. The flange portion on which the binding terminals are disposed has an approximate disk shape. At least one binding terminal is disposed to be oriented along a direction approximately perpendicular to an outer periphery of the flange portion on which the binding terminal is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2007Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Sumida CorporationInventors: Tsuyoshi Sato, Yasunori Morimoto
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Patent number: 7720434Abstract: A system for amplifying GPS and satellite digital radio signals is provided. The system includes a GPS antenna configured to receive signals transmitted by a GPS satellite, and a satellite digital radio antenna configured to receive satellite digital radio signals. The system also includes an amplifier that is electrically coupled to the GPS antenna and satellite antenna. The amplifier is configured to amplify GPS and satellite digital radio signals received by the satellite digital radio antenna and GPS antenna. A method for amplifying GPS and satellite digital radio signals is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2006Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Korkut Yegin, Nazar F. Bally
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Patent number: 7719475Abstract: In a window-integrated antenna in vehicles, the heating conductor field (3,4) is used for FM reception as well as for LMS reception. At least one decoupling element (6) is provided for LMS reception which has a high-frequency, but non-galvanic connection to the heating conductor field (3,4). The decoupling element (6) is situated in the heating conductor field, in particular between two adjacent heating conductors (3).Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Rainer Kuehne
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Publication number: 20100117912Abstract: An antenna includes an antenna element, a circuit board, and a planer metallic holder disposed between the antenna element and the circuit board. The metallic holder supports the antenna element on a base.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: Mitsumi Electric Co. Ltd.Inventors: Junichi Noro, Kyuichi Sato, Hisashi Takisawa, Toshiaki Aizawa
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Publication number: 20100117911Abstract: An aftermarket UHF parasitic antenna kit and method for a mobile television antenna includes: a base having an engagement surface and an extending boom; rivet holes in the engagement surface that correspond in size and location to a corresponding number of holes in the bottom of the mobile television antenna; push rivets that engage the rivet and bottom holes to hold the base to the bottom of the mobile television antenna; base foot holes in the engagement surface and boom; resilient base feet that engage the base foot holes; and at least one parasitic antenna element connected to the boom.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2009Publication date: May 13, 2010Applicant: WINEGARD COMPANYInventors: Timothy John Conrad, Gail Edwin McCollum
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Patent number: 7710333Abstract: A panel-mounted vehicle antenna module includes exterior and interior components that are joined in a single operation to simultaneously achieve both mechanical fastening of the module and through-the-panel electrical connections of the antenna. The exterior and interior components are equipped with electrical connector terminals that are coupled when the exterior and interior components are joined, and alignment features that ensure accurate alignment of the connector terminals. The exterior component is temporarily retained against the panel, the interior component is temporarily attached to the exterior component, and a bolt is driven from the interior component into the exterior component to complete the mechanical attachment and electrical connections. Electrical cables hard-wired to the interior component are connected to the vehicle wiring harness to complete the installation.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Steven V. Byrne, Loren M. Thompson
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Patent number: 7710335Abstract: An antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes a dual band vertical loop wire antenna extending from a printed circuit board positioned over a ground plane, wherein the wire antenna includes: at least one coiled section, at least one straight wire section, and at least one feeding post section.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Korkut Yegin, Daniel G. Morris, Elias H. Ghafari, Randall J. Snoeyink, William R. Livengood
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Patent number: 7705793Abstract: Antenna assemblies and associated satellite tracking systems that may include a low profile two-way antenna arrangement, tracking systems, and applications thereof. Applications for the system include military, civilian, and domestic emergency response applications. The antenna arrangements may be configured to form a spatial element array able to track a satellite in an elevation plane by electronically dynamically targeting the antenna arrangement and/or mechanically dynamically rotating the antenna arrangements about transverse axes giving rise to generation of respective elevation angles and dynamically changing the respective distances between the axes whilst maintaining a predefined relationship between said distances and the respective elevation angles. The system provides dynamic tracking of satellite signals and can be used for satellite communications on moving vehicles in military and civilian applications.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: RaySat Antenna SystemsInventors: Ilan Kaplan, Mario Ganchev Gachev, Bercovich Moshe, Danny Spirtus, Daniel Francis DiFonzo, Kevin Arthur Bruestle, Robert Yip, Victor Boyanov, Yoel Gat
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Patent number: 7705794Abstract: A vehicle-mounted communication antenna to be mounted on a vehicle for performing communication by an electromagnetic wave, includes an antenna body having an antenna case and an antenna element contained in the antenna case, and an antenna cover for protecting the antenna body that can transmit the electromagnetic wave.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kazuhiro Shimura
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Publication number: 20100097278Abstract: There is provided a high frequency glass antenna for automobiles which is capable of having an improved antenna gain without changing the shape of a defogger. A defogger, an antenna conductor, a feeding portion for the antenna conductor, a grounding conductor, and a grounding-side feeding portion for the grounding conductor are disposed in or on a rear window glass sheet for automobiles, the defogger forms at least one portion of the grounding conductor; and the grounding-side feeding portion is electrically connected to the defogger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2009Publication date: April 22, 2010Inventors: Masato Kubota, Kenichi Ishii, Yasuhito Horie, Kenichiro Shimo, Mitsuro Watanabe, Kazuyoshi Noda