Antenna housing, a combined antenna and indicator module and a vehicle

US11283163B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Motherson Innovations Company Limited · GB

Inventors

• Sam Thoday · McLaren Vale, AU
• Shane Randell Koehne · McLaren Vale, AU
• Gary Dekievit · Clarendon, AU
• James Nicholson · Adelaide, AU
• Scott Edwards · Clarendon, AU
• Simon Belcher · Clarendon, AU
• Jacob Heath Messenger · Stuttgart, DE
• Simon David Field · Loxton, AU
• Dean Caruso
• Bill Frank · Clarendon, AU
• Mathew Chapman-Winter · McLaren Vale, AU
• Raimund Negel · Unterensingen, DE
• Arne Schmierer · Stuttgart, DE
• Daniel Fritz · Stuttgart, DE
• Andreas Herrmann · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 19, 2020
• Grant date: Mar 22, 2022
• Expiry date: Mar 19, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01Q1/06
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An antenna housing for mounting on a vehicle or on a vehicle roof surface includes an electrical circuit including at least one source element for emitting luminescent radiation, the at least one source element being located internally within the housing so as not to be visible externally, an indicating element for releasing luminescent radiation received from the at least one source element for viewing externally, and an optical conduit for providing an optical couple between the at least one source element and the indicating element. A combined antenna and indicator module for mounting on a vehicle includes the antenna housing, and a vehicle includes the combined antenna and indicator module.