Patent · US Expired

Transmitting and/or receiving unit for incorporation into an elastic structure

US6836253B2 · kind B2 · utility

14Cited by

6References

22Claims

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Assignee

Continental AG · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Strache · Hemmingen, DE
Holger Behrends · Hannover, DE
Thomas Becherer · Burgwedel, DE
Jörg Lehmann · Basel, CH
George J. Rutter · Matthews, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2002
Grant date	Dec 28, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 19, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60C23/0493
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to a transmitting and/or receiving unit for building into an elastic structure. The transmitting and receiving unit includes one or more electronic circuits or circuit elements and, if needed, sensors and/or signal elements assigned thereto. The transmitting and/or receiving unit has one or several antennas connected to the electronic circuit. The antenna includes one or several filaments which are so arranged in the surface or in space that the main directions of the stresses and forces, which occur within the surrounding elastic structure/matrix, essentially intersect or cross the filament axes.

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