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Vehicle antenna apparatus with a horizontal main beam direction

US9123993B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15Claims

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Assignee

Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

Sighard Schräbler · Frankfurt, DE
Sebastian Strunck · Niedernhausen, DE
Andreas Schirling · Darmstadt, DE
Michael Stämmler · Bensheim, DE
Marc Menzel · Weimar, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 20, 2012
Grant date	Sep 1, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B1/38
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to one exemplary embodiment of the invention, a vehicle antenna apparatus is provided on a vehicle in such a way that this results in the antenna having a horizontal main beam direction. A first reflection apparatus above the conductive roof of the vehicle, with an exciter between these two elements, causes the reflections to be doubled, thus causing the main beam direction to be lowered from a vertical to a horizontal direction.

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