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Automotive window glass antenna

US5334989A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 8, 1993
Grant dateAug 2, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 8, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/1271
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A known first antenna is arranged in a space of a rear window glass above a defogging heater element and constituted by horizontal and vertical conductive strips. In accordance with the present invention, a second antenna is provided which consists of a feed point and a pair of first and second elements connected to the feed point and arranged in a space of the window glass around the heater element. The first element has a vertical conductive strip arranged in an area of the space between the heater element and a lateral edge of the window glass. The first element further has in an area of the space above the first antenna or in a space defined between the upper and lower ends of the first antenna, at least one horizontal conductive strip or a T-shaped or inverted T-shaped conductive strip assembly having a longer horizontal strip portion and a shorter vertical strip portion, or at least two horizontal conductive strips connected at opposite ends by vertical conductive strips to constitute a rectangular loop, or at least two horizontal conductive strips connected at one ends by a vertical conductive strip to constitute a -shape. The second element is arranged in an area of the spa…

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