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Automobile antenna system

US4804966A · kind A · utility

2Cited by
37References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 28, 1985
Grant dateFeb 14, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 28, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/3275
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an automobile antenna system capable of receiving radio waves without need of an externally projecting part such as a pole type antenna externally exposed from the vehicle body, the automobile antenna system including a high-frequency pick-up disposed on the marginal portion of an engine hood or trunk lid on the vehicle body such that the length of the pick-up is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the engine marginal edge of the engine hood or trunk lid, whereby surface high-frequency currents induced on the vehicle body by radio waves and concentrically flowing on the marginal portion of the engine hood or trunk lid can be detected by the pick-up.

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