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Automobile antenna

US4811024A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
29References
4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 16, 1985
Grant dateMar 7, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 16, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/3283
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides an automobile antenna system for detecting high-frequency surface currents induced on the vehicle body by external broadcast waves and supplying the detected signals to various built-in receivers. The automobile antenna system includes a high-frequency pick-up device positioned on the vehicle body at a pillar along the length thereof at which there is less noise and the density of the broadcast waves is increased.

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