| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 343712000 | Vehicle part of active antenna or vice versa | 19 |
| 20100045547 | On-vehicle film antenna - 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. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100321258 | ANTENNA PANEL FOR A MOTOR-VEHICLE WINDOW - An improved antenna field has at least one capacitance switched between one of the two bus bars. At least one center section of the heating wire is formed between 20% and 80% of the total length of the heating wire, and/or at least one capacitance is switched between at least two center sections of the heating wires formed between 20% and 80% of the total length of two heating wires. The at least one capacitance is greater than 50 pF. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100328170 | ANTENNA ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - 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 | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110037668 | GLASS ANTENNA FOR VEHICLE - 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. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110043419 | Glass Antenna for Vehicle - There is provided an antenna for a vehicle which is formed on a space above defogging heater strips of a rear window glass of the vehicle. The antenna includes an AM broadcast wave receiving antenna including a plurality of horizontal strips provided at intervals, at least two vertical strips which are orthogonal to the horizontal strips, and which are apart from each other, and a first feed point provided between the two vertical strips, on uppermost one of the horizontal strips or through an extension line extending from a portion of the uppermost one of the horizontal strips; and an FM broadcast wave receiving antenna which extends in a clockwise direction or in a counterclockwise direction from a second feed point provided above the uppermost one of the horizontal strips of the AM broadcast wave receiving antenna, along a part of an outermost portion of the AM broadcast wave receiving antenna to surround the AM broadcast wave receiving antenna, and which is adjacent to at least a part of the horizontal strips of the AM broadcast wave receiving antenna to achieve a capacitive coupling. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20110074643 | RETAINING SOCKET FOR VEHICLE GLAZING - A retaining socket for mounting a vehicle glazing accessory is disclosed. The retaining socket comprises a base portion for mounting on the surface of a glazing; a retaining portion for retaining a vehicle glazing accessory; and a retaining portion for retaining a communication device. The base portion comprises an electrically conductive coupling portion, connected to the communication device. A glazing having such a socket mounted thereon is also disclosed. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110210895 | MOTOR VEHICLE ANTENNA SYSTEM - A covert antenna or radio frequency probe assembly for a motor vehicle includes a substantially planar antenna or probe element including a sheet of electrically conductive material, a first dielectric substrate, and a second dielectric substrate. A connector is coupled to the antenna element and is adapted to supply electrical energy to the antenna or probe element from an electrical power source. The antenna or probe element is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and the first substrate is bonded to the second substrate to form a substantially planar antenna or probe assembly. The antenna or probe assembly has the form of a motor vehicle mud guard or another substantially planar motor vehicle component. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20120098715 | WIDEBAND ANTENNA - 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. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120139801 | INTEGRATED ANTENNA - An integrated antenna ( | 06-07-2012 |
| 20130249747 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED ANTENNA SUBSTRATE UNIT - The present invention is directed to achieving a favorable grounding state in a vehicle-mounted antenna. One end of a bent antenna element | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130257663 | GLASS ANTENNA FOR VEHICLE AND WINDOW GLASS FOR VEHICLE - 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 λ | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130285861 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - 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. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140071002 | GLASS ANTENNA AND WINDOW GLASS - 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. | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140132464 | Glass Antenna for Vehicle - 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 λ, and wavelength of center frequency of frequency band of high frequency. Also wavelength shortening coefficient of the side glass is α. 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 α•λ•3/4, and the other is set to α•λ′•3/4. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140191911 | Antenna Assembly - 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. | 07-10-2014 |
| 20140266931 | WINDOW ASSEMBLY WITH TRANSPARENT REGIONS HAVING A PERFORMANCE ENHANCING SLIT FORMED THEREIN - 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. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140266932 | ANTENNA ELEMENT WITH HIGH GAIN TOWARD THE HORIZON - 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 1λ to about 1.5λ. The antenna element may be disposed at a distance of about 0.5λ to about 1λ from the groundplane. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140354493 | MOTOR VEHICLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - 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. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20160006112 | WINDSHIELD AND ANTENNA - 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. | 01-07-2016 |
