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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106840 | Window glass for vehicle A window glass of a vehicle having a roof antenna mounted on an upper rear portion of a roof of the vehicle, has a defogger formed, on the rear window glass, by a plurality of horizontal heating lines which are connected with each other at the respective both ends b... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8085207 | Antenna guard A guard (120) for an antenna (602) includes a base (206) defined between a front edge (209), a rear edge (211), and two lateral edges (213, 215). A front generally triangular surface (208) extends from the front edge ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8072385 | Circuit substrate supporting structure and antenna apparatus Disclosed is a circuit substrate supporting structure including: a base; a cover to cover over the base; a circuit substrate accommodated in the cover in a state standing on the base; a projecting section provided on the circuit substrate in a state projecting from ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7903038 | Mobile radar array A mobile radar array system comprising a towable platform having a pair of wheels operably coupled thereto, the wheels adapted for rolling along a road surface; and an antenna array mounted on a side of at least one of the wheels, the antenna array, when energized, ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7852273 | Display device A plurality of antennas are arranged on the fringe of a monitor supported by a device body such that the antennas are located in a floating manner from a display surface and the central axis of these directional patterns is disposed in a vertical direction to the di... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7782263 | Antenna structure for TPMS transmitter An antenna structure for a TPMS (Tire pressure Monitoring System) transmitter is disclosed herein. A TPMS transmitter couples with a valve so that a spiral coil within the TPMS transmitter can be electrically connected to a conduct body of the valve to get a specifi... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7696939 | Roof antenna array for phase diversity system A diversity antenna system may receive transmitted signals. The diversity antenna system includes multiple phase diversity antenna elements. One or more of the phase diversity antenna elements are positioned substantially parallel to an external surface of a vehicle... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7696938 | Antenna system, particularly for radar applications in motor vehicles In an antenna system, an antenna feeding substrate is connected by its conductor structures via field coupling to planar antenna radiating elements. A mounting part, able to be fixed in position against the antenna feeding substrate, is provided for the antenna radi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7675471 | Vehicular glass-mount antenna and system An antenna system for a vehicle including a front windshield glass and a rear windshield is disclosed. The antenna system comprises an antenna unit including a radiating element electromagnetically coupled to an excitation element. The radiating element is coupled t... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7623079 | Vehicle antenna, monitor display device having vehicle antenna, an method of forming vehicle antenna The vehicle antenna includes a frame made of conductive material and surrounding sides of a display section of a monitor display device mounted on a vehicle, and a radiation element attached to the frame. The frame serves as a ground plane of the vehicle antenna. Th... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7609215 | Vehicular multiband antenna A coaxial antenna is implemented that combines a VHF and UHF antenna on a common radiating element. The antenna may further include a satellite antenna that, together with the VHF/UHF antenna fits into a whip antenna footprint. The antenna incorporates chokes that m... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7573428 | Mirror device with antenna In a mirror device with an antenna of the present invention the antenna is placed in a mirror housing where a mirror configured to reflect a rear of a vehicle is attached, a grounding portion at least part of which is composed of a conductive material is provided in... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564414 | Passive device for increasing the transmission efficiency of radio-frequency systems Radio-frequency transmission device comprising a transmission antenna (2) and a receiving antenna (4), characterized by comprising one or more passive resonant circuits (5) positioned between the transmission and receiving antennas (2, 4)... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7535426 | Integrated antenna in display or lightbox An automobile head unit display system including an antenna, a lightbox assembly and a circuit board is described therein. The antenna is attached to the lightbox system, while the lightbox assembly is attached to the circuit board. The antenna and the lightbox asse... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7492318 | Mobile wideband antennas In various exemplary embodiments, a wideband antenna assembly includes a stamped monopole antenna mast having two or more conductors combined to a single feed. The conductors are combined at a predetermined height above the point of connection with the single feed. ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7453407 | Antenna constructions for electronic devices and methods for manufacturing such antenna constructions Antenna constructions for electronic devices and methods of manufacturing such antenna constructions. The electronic device comprises a transponder and an antenna electrically coupled with the transponder. The antenna has a core of a first material and a coating of ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7446718 | System for wireless data communication between a vehicle and its tire A system for wireless data communication between a vehicle and at least one of its tires (10), the system comprising a fixed antenna mounted on the vehicle and an antenna integral with the tire (10), the latter antenna being located in proximity with t... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7436366 | Antenna device A hinge portion is formed on the base portion. An antenna portion is attached to the hinge portion so as to be pivotable thereabout. The hinge portion includes a hinge base having a first shaft formed on one end thereof, a second shaft formed on the other end thereo... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436367 | Bayonet-mount motor-vehicle antenna An antenna for mounting on a motor-vehicle part formed with a throughgoing hole of nonround shape has a base plate engageable with the part over the hole and carrying antenna components and a stem projecting through the hole. A bayonet plate has an outer edge of non... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7427961 | Method for improving the efficiency of transparent thin film antennas and antennas made by such method A method for improving the efficiency of antennas having transparent thin-film conductive surfaces, and antennas improved by the method are disclosed. For a selected frequency of antenna operation, values for surface current density in areas distributed over the sur... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425925 | Vehicle security system A vehicle security system includes a bumper assembly, an antenna and a controller. The bumper assembly includes an energy absorbing portion and a cover portion overlying the energy absorbing portion. The antenna is supported by the energy absorbing portion and cover... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422189 | Device for fixing a vehicle antenna A device for securing a vehicle antenna to a vehicle body is described, to prevent the vehicle antenna from tilting out of the vehicle body in the mounting operation. The device includes projections which engage behind an orifice in the vehicle body for introducing ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420517 | High frequency wave glass antenna for an automobile and rear window glass sheet for an automobile A plurality of heating wires 2 have a plurality of detours 1 formed therein, the heating wires 2 have inlets 10 formed therein for connection with the detours 1, and both ends of each of the inlets 10 and both ends of each o... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7403167 | Antenna configuration for radio reception in motor vehicles An antenna configuration is provided for radio reception in motor vehicles, the roof region of which is made predominantly of dielectric materials, and for motor vehicles having roof structures that can be collapsed for open driving operation. The antenna configurat... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7397436 | Protector-equipped antenna unit with drain structure A protector-equipped antenna unit has an antenna body including an antenna case, a cable derived from the antenna case to the outside, and a protector for protecting the antenna body and the cable. The protector has drain holes. The protector has a cable protecting ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391374 | Monopole antenna A monopole antenna is formed of a ground plane, a flat conductor faced to the ground plane and separated from it by a clearance “H”, and a linear conductor that is connected to the flat conductor, extended on the ground plane side in an insulated state from the ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388548 | Window aerial for motor vehicles An antenna glazing for automobiles, including an electrically conducting cladding extending surface-wise over the surface of the glazing up to a zone of the free edge of the cladding, serving as an antenna element, and a coupling electrode furnished with external co... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7388549 | Multi-band antenna The present invention discloses a method of forming a multi-band antenna, especially the fractal antenna which allows a convenient reception of single for communication. The multi-band behavior is obtained by a set of geometry patterns of the same basic elements. Th... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7382239 | System and method for improving received signal strength for an in-vehicle wireless communication system An onboard wireless communication system for a vehicle, such as a tire pressure monitoring system (“TPMS”) is disclosed. The TPMS includes wheel-mounted radio frequency (“RF”) sensor/transmitters that transmit RF signals conveying tire pressure information, ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7375692 | Serigraphed antenna for a motor vehicle The antenna FM2 comprises a serigraphed aerial on the rear opening window (2) of a station wagon and consists of a defrosting network (4) with two superposed symmetrical vertical lines (5). A thick ground line (8) is serigraphed on... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7372421 | Antenna device and communication system using it An antenna device has a core made of a magnetic material, a coil formed by winding a conducting wire on a predetermined range including the core and the outer region of the core, and a sub-core that adjusts the resonance frequency by moving in the inner peripheral r... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372416 | Antenna flag system A slidable assembly has a cylindrical section with an upper passageway and an axial slit. The slidable assembly also has a support section with an upper strip extending from the upper end of the cylindrical section and a lower strip extending from the lower end of t... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7365693 | Antenna device, electronic apparatus and vehicle using the same antenna device An antenna device includes a grounding subject, a feeder insulated from the grounding subject, a first conductor shaping like substantially a looped triangle and coupled to the feeder at a first feeder top, and a second conductor symmetric to the first conductor wit... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365694 | Antenna unit which can be designed to be small in size In an antenna unit including an antenna and a bottom plate, a unit fixing member is disposed between the antenna and the bottom plate. The unit fixing member is adapted to provisionally fix the antenna unit onto a mobile object and to fix the antenna onto the bottom... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362259 | Radar antenna array For suppressing secondary lobes in pulsed radar systems, the antenna characteristics of the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna are designed so that the dominant secondary lobes appear mutually offset and their maximums and minimums are mutually suppresse... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7362278 | GPS-equipped meter A versatile GPS-equipped meter includes a GPS antenna and a GPS processing circuit in an existing meter unit. Posture adjusting members are provided that have different shapes according to an attachment angle θ of a GPS-equipped meter to a vehicle body frame are ap... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358904 | Remote-control device, particularly remote-control central lock for motor vehicles A remote-control device, particularly a remote-control central lock for motor vehicles, comprising an electrical device which is preferably mounted in a housing and an antenna. The inventive remote-control device is further characterized by the following: the antenn... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7358910 | Vehicle roof antenna with a mounting part for an antenna rod with simultaneous securing of a cover hood An antenna for mounting on a vehicle roof has a base plate adapted to sit on the roof and a threaded fastener separate from the base plate, extending through the base plate and anchored underneath the base plate in the roof. A cover fitted over the base plate is for... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352277 | Antenna for tire pressure information sending apparatus and tire pressure information sending apparatus using the same An antenna 1 for a tire pressure information sending apparatus is constituted by a circuit board provided with feeding electrodes and a radiation electrode 8 having a loop surface substantially perpendicular to the principal surface, the radiation elec... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345640 | Invisible antenna An invisible antenna with excellent antenna characteristics that cannot be visually recognized by naked eyes. A pair of linear conductors 11 are connected to a feeding line 12, and a plurality of the linear conductors 11 are disposed on and/or w... | 03/18/2008 |
