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Automobile antenna

US4794397A · kind A · utility

131Cited by
38References
3Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 1985
Grant dateDec 27, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q7/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An automobile antenna system for receiving various broadcast and communication waves without pole antennas projected from an automobile body. The system comprises a high-frequency pickup arranged along the length of a trunk hinge on the vehicle body to detect high-frequency surface currents which are induced on the vehicle body by broadcast waves and which are concentrated onto the trunk hinge.

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