| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 343715000 | Rod type | 17 |
| 20080198077 | MOBILE WIDEBAND ANTENNAS - In various exemplary embodiments, a wideband antenna assembly includes a stamped monopole antenna mast having two or more conductors combined to a single feed. The conductors are combined at a predetermined height above the point of connection with the single feed. The conductors further have a predetermined spacing between the conductors. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080272969 | ANTENNA DEVICE HAVING A NON-ELECTRICAL ENGAGEMENT DURING PRE-LOCK - An antenna device has an antenna main body, a fixing member and a bolt. The antenna main body comprises an antenna element, female connectors provided at a first connector, a female screw section, and an engagement claw inserted into an antenna mount hole to make engagement with a lower side face of a roof panel. A fixing member comprises cables, male connectors provided at a second connector, the male connectors being provided to make mechanical engagement with female connectors without an electrical connection, and being connected to the cable, and a male screw section helically fitted to a female screw section, thereby tightening the female connectors, the male connectors, and a roof panel with one another. A bolt may be mounted between the male and female connectors to allow electrical connection therebetween. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20090140940 | Vehicle antenna - A vehicle antenna comprises a mast having proximal and distal portions, the proximal portion attached to the vehicle. A terminating member is provided at the distal portion of the mast and a first connector is affixed thereto. The first connector has a body formed to encompass the terminating member and an adjacent section of the mast and includes an eyelet projecting therefrom. Additionally, a decorative antenna kit comprises a first connector for encompassing a terminating member of an antenna mast and includes an eyelet projecting therefrom. Means are supplied for fixing the first connector to the mast. A second connector projects through the eyelet; the second connector having a first end and a second end, the first end being affixed to the first connector and the second end terminating in means for attaching an indicia device. A plurality of secondary eyelets and means for attaching the secondary eyelets to the mast is also provided. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20100033388 | Antenna guard | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100039336 | WIND NOISE REDUCING MOUNTING BASES FOR ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES - An antenna assembly is provided that includes an antenna element depending from an antenna mounting base. The mounting base includes a shaft portion that uniformly tapers from a mounting end portion to a projecting end portion. The shaft portion includes grooves, or flutes, that each extends from the mounting end portion toward the projecting end portion, and that each has a curvature about an axis of the shaft portion. The grooves provide the shaft portion with an asymmetrical cross-sectional area that causes airflow impinging on the shaft portion to generate turbulence and scatter low air pressure regions that tend to form locally around the shaft portion. As a result, small vibrations generated by the low pressure regions are suppressed, and whistling sounds, noises, etc. associated with the vibrations may be reduced. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100220021 | VEHICLE ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - A vehicle antenna assembly is provided with an antenna and a mounting bracket. The antenna includes an elongated mast section and a base section. The mounting bracket includes a first end with an antenna attachment section fixed to the base section of the antenna, a middle section extending downwardly from the antenna attachment section, and a second end with a vehicle attachment section extending from the middle section in a radial direction with respect to a center longitudinal axis of the elongated mast section as viewed along the center longitudinal axis of the elongated mast section. The middle section includes a fulcrum point arranged to engage a portion of the vehicle for pivoting the mounting bracket about the fulcrum point to move the vehicle facing support surface towards the vehicle. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20110006958 | System And Method For Reducing The Sway Of A Vehicle Antenna - A system is provided for reducing the sway of a vertically-oriented antenna of a vehicle. The system includes a one-piece mount secured to a fixed location on an exterior surface of the vehicle. The fixed location is selected such that upon securing the one-piece mount to the fixed location, a top end of the vertically-oriented antenna passes through an opening in the one-piece mount, and the top end of the vertically-oriented antenna is positioned adjacent to the opening. Additionally, a method is provided for reducing the sway of an antenna of a vehicle. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110193755 | ANTENNA ROD FOR A ROD ANTENNA FOR MULTIPLE RADIO SERVICES - An antenna rod for a rod antenna arrangement on a vehicle body, which serves as the ground of the rod antenna arrangement, for electromechanical connection with the electromechanical base connector of a low plastic base part. This base connector is affixed to the vehicle body which part contains the further antenna circuit that is connected to the electromechanical base connector. The antenna rod contains a plastic rod to which an antenna coil is applied. At the lower end of the plastic rod and parallel to its rod axis, an extended electrically conductive element is guided as a coupling conductor, for electromagnetic coupling to the antenna coil, with an overlap of multiple but at least two windings of the antenna coil. The coupling conductor is galvanically separated from the antenna coil by means of a low-loss insulator, to create capacitive coupling to the antenna coil. The coupling conductor, the low-loss insulator, and the antenna rod are connected with one another in mechanically firm manner. The coupling conductor is equipped, at its lower end, with an electromechanical connecting element, for connecting to the electromechanical base connector. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20130069835 | MULTIBAND ANTENNA ASSEMBLIES WITH MATCHING NETWORKS - An exemplary embodiment of a base assembly includes a printed circuit board and a balun coupled to the printed circuit. The printed circuit board and balun are configured to be operable for providing impedance matching via a matching network that includes a first inductor, a second inductor, and a concentric capacitance. The base assembly is operable for providing a multiband antenna assembly with impedance matching simultaneously with more than one frequency band. | 03-21-2013 |
| 20130076578 | ANTENNA FOR VEHICLES - Disclosed is a type of antenna for vehicles that is protected by having a cap fitted-onto an antenna cover that covers an antenna element thereof, wherein coming-off of the cap is prevented from happening. The antenna for vehicles, which is comprised by having an antenna rod mounted onto an antenna base, is provided with: a conductive rod element that is formed within the antenna rod, and connected to the antenna base; a joint section that covers at least the side face of the rod element in the axis direction thereof, and that comprises an inner-side cylinder that is formed in the vicinity of an end section at the opposite side of the antenna base and further comprises a joint engaging section, and an outer-side cylinder that is formed at the outer side of the inner-side cylinder; and a rod cap that comprises a cop engaging section for engaging with the joint engaging section. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130127676 | TRI-BAND ANTENNA - A tri-band antenna is provided having a pair of antenna elements, in which the first antenna element operates in a UHF band, and the second antenna element operates in VHF and cellular bands. The antenna elements are fixed into a first member from which the antenna elements extend parallel and spaced apart from each other to their different respective heights. A second member couples the antenna elements to each other at a distance from the first member to adjust at least the UHF band. A base member is provided for mounting the tri-band antenna on a vehicle. A signal feed member extends through the base member and has one end attached to the first member and another end providing a RF connector. The signal feed member provides the antennal elements, via the first member, with a common signal path for transmission and reception of RF signals in all three bands. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130342406 | HF ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - Antenna assembly for providing HF radio communication in two different operating modes. The antenna assembly includes a whip antenna and at least two antenna wire segments. The whip antenna establishes short range HF radio communication with a communication target, via ground wave or low-efficiency skywave propagation, allowing communication when the antenna assembly is in motion. The antenna wire segments are deployable to form an inverted-V antenna using the whip antenna as a center mast. The inverted-V antenna establishes short or medium range HF radio communication with a communication target, via NVIS or directional skywave propagation, allowing rapid deployment of the antenna wire segments when the antenna assembly is stationary. The antenna assembly may be mounted aboard a mobile platform, such as a vehicle. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140015717 | Antenna Mast Assemblies - Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of antenna mast assemblies, which may be configured for multiband operation for automobiles or other vehicular applications. In an exemplary embodiment, an antenna mast assembly generally includes a coil radiator including a first coil portion and a second coil portion. The antenna mast assembly also includes a support having a first end portion, a second end portion, a first protruding portion, and a second protruding portion. The coil radiator is disposed about at least a portion of the support such that the first coil portion is between the first protruding portion and the first end portion of the support, and such that the second coil portion is between the second protruding portion and the second end portion of the support. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20150015444 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED REPLACEMENT ANTENNA - A vehicle-mounted replacement antenna includes an antenna holder, an antenna element, a connecting shaft and a concealed screw. The concealed screw is embedded into a concealed screw hole of a cylindrical portion of the antenna holder, and a distal end of the concealed screw is pressed against a bottom surface of a ring groove of a hook shaft portion, so that the antenna holder is mounted on the connecting shaft so as to be prevented from rotation. Or the concealed screw is screwed into the concealed screw hole, and the distal end of the concealed screw is spaced from a bottom surface of the ring groove and hooked on a side surface of the ring groove, so that the antenna holder is mounted on the connecting shaft so as to be rotatable and unremovable. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150130674 | Antenna Assembly for a Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Having an Antenna Assembly - An antenna assembly for a motor vehicle particularly has an antenna rod and an antenna base module. The antenna base module is arranged between an outer panel component of the vehicle body and a vehicle body shell component. Furthermore, the antenna rod is arranged on an exterior side of the outer panel component of the vehicle body. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150318605 | CO-LINEAR AM/FM AND DSRC ANTENNA - An antenna assembly for a vehicle that includes an AM/FM mast antenna element for AM/FM signals and a WiFi or DSRC antenna element positioned at a tip of the mast, where the antenna assembly is mounted to a vehicle roof and where the WiFi or DSRC antenna element extends above a roof line of the vehicle. | 11-05-2015 |
| 20170237167 | Composite Antenna and Method of Producing the Same | 08-17-2017 |
