Patent · US Expired

Outside structure conformal antenna in a supporting structure of a vehicle

US7253777B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6References

29Claims

0Family size

Assignee

EADS Deutschland GmbH · DE

Inventors

Detlev Blaschke · Unterhaching, DE
Clemens Brand · Schweinhub, DE
Kay Dittrich · Ingolstadt, DE
Oliver Nagy · Wien, AT
Jan Ritter · Riede, DE
Robert Sekora · Greensburg, US
Herbert Zippold · Bruckmühl, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 2004
Grant date	Aug 7, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 13, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01Q1/32
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An antenna mounted on a supporting system primary structure of a vehicle, in which the supporting system primary structure has an indentation. The antenna includes an EM functional core incorporated into the indentation of the supporting system primary structure, and a cover plate forming one of an upper and outer cover of the EM functional core that is structured and arranged as a conformal outside. Furthermore, boundary areas of the cover plate are connected with the supporting system primary structure. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

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