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Antenna device in car radar system

US5963174A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 5, 1998
Grant dateOct 5, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 5, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q3/20
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna device used in a car radar system for emitting and/or receiving electromagnetic radiation, comprises a rotatable reflector; a feeder fixed relative to the antenna device and interacting with the reflector; a motor for driving the reflector; and a tachometer for monitoring the rotation of the reflector and for controlling the drive motor. The drive motor and the tachometer are constituted by flag motors, each having a rotor with flat coils and a stator including permanent magnets, the rotor being rotatable in a magnetic field created by permanent magnets and having the coil ends directed towards the permanent magnets, the rotors of the flag motors being rigidly, mechanically connected to each other.

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