Patent · US Expired

Rear window glass antenna for automobiles

US6008766A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 1996
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q1/1278
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A rear window glass antenna on a rear window glass panel of an automobile includes a plurality of heating electric wires disposed horizontally on the rear window glass panel, a feeder terminal disposed on the rear window glass panel near an edge thereof, and a plurality of antenna wires disposed on the rear window glass panel. The antenna include a first section extending from the feeder terminal along an edge of the rear window glass panel, a second section folded from an end of the first section toward a vertical central line of the rear window glass panel, and a third section extending as a main antenna section from an end of the second section. The second section includes a horizontally folded portion which comprises a plurality of thin wires lying parallel to each other.

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