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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8031125 | Antenna and splitter for receiving radio and remote keyless entry signals An antenna system may include a first antenna having a helical shaped portion, and configured to receive signals over a first frequency range. A second antenna may be positioned in proximate distance from the first antenna, and be configured to receive signals over ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7421321 | System for obtaining vehicular information System for obtaining information about a vehicle or a component therein includes sensors arranged to generate and transmit a signal upon receipt and detection of a radio frequency (RF) signal and a multi-element, switchable directional antenna array. Each antenna el... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7409235 | Vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system communicating with a user portable communication device housed in a shielding environment A vehicle equipped with an on-vehicle telecommunication system having an electromagnetic field shielding case installed in the vehicle and for housing a user portable communication device, which has a first communication module permitting, via a first antenna, short... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7339541 | Wideband cavity-backed antenna An antenna system is disclosed that includes a mast, waveguides positioned about the mast, and a feed system positioned external to the mast and between adjacent waveguides, such the feed system can be easily serviced. The waveguides include radiator elements that a... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7334735 | Card for interaction with a computer A smart card comprising: a memory for storing information; at least one transmitting or receiving antenna; and a low frequency circuit, for handling information associated with said antenna and said memory, which information is modulated at a modulation frequency of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7327321 | Electromagnetic radiation assembly An electromagnetic radiation assembly is described and which includes a reflector having discrete first and second surfaces; a first electromagnetic radiation emitter positioned adjacent to the first surface; and a second electromagnetic radiation emitter positioned... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323088 | Glazing panels A method of manufacturing a glazing panel comprises the steps of: a) taking a glazing panel having on one of its surfaces (i) a substantially transparent coating layer having a transformable portion, and (ii) an enamel material associated with the transformable port... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7311320 | One piece running board bracket A bracket assembly secures a running board to a rocker panel, which includes a pinch weld depending therefrom. The bracket assembly includes a receiving panel adapted to have the running board fixedly secured thereto. A rocker securing plate extends out from the rec... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7276990 | Single-pole multi-throw switch having low parasitic reactance, and an antenna incorporating the same A switch arrangement comprises a plurality of MEMS switches arranged on a substrate about, and close to, a central point, each MEMS switch being disposed on a common imaginary circle centered on the central point. Additionally, and each MEMS switch is preferably spa... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7253699 | RF MEMS switch with integrated impedance matching structure An impedance matching structure for a RF MEMS switch having at least one closeable RF contact in an RF line, the impedance matching structure comprising a protuberance in the RF line immediately adjacent the RF contact that forms one element of a capacitor, the othe... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246832 | Vehicle grille guard assembly A grille guard assembly for a vehicle and method of making same includes a hydroformed tubular upper member and a hydroformed tubular lower member. The grille guard assembly also includes at least one inner member interconnecting the upper member and the lower membe... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245269 | Adaptive beam forming antenna system using a tunable impedance surface A method of and apparatus for beam steering. A feed horn is arranged so that the feed horn illuminates a tunable impedance surface comprising a plurality of individually tunable resonator cells, each resonator element having a reactance tunable by a tuning element a... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7239281 | Fin-shaped antenna apparatus for vehicle radio application A fin-shaped antenna apparatus for vehicle ratio application is electrically connected to a wireless receiver circuit and receives a radio signal. The fin-shaped antenna apparatus includes a fin-shaped cover, an AM antenna, a signal amplifier circuit board, an FM re... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236135 | Reinforcement piece for a motor vehicle, and the use of such a piece as an antenna The invention relates to a reinforcement piece (6) for reinforcing a piece of motor vehicle bodywork, the reinforcement piece comprising at least one strip (8, 12) of thermoplastic material defining at least one opening (10) in the piece (6 | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233298 | High performance antenna An antenna including a planar conductor, in which the planar conductor is self-supporting and the radiating pattern of the antenna is substantially isotropic. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7227500 | Planar antenna and method for designing the same A coplanar type circularly polarize wave planar antenna is provided, which can be formed on one side of a dielectric substrate. The planar antenna comprises a dielectric substrate; an almost square radiating element formed on one main surface of the dielectric subst... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224318 | Antenna apparatus and method for mounting antenna A planar antenna has a radiating element and a ground plate. A body of a vehicle has an internal edge that is formed by making a hole in the body. The planar antenna is located in the hole so that an imaginary plane of the internal edge is located between the radiat... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220032 | Vehicle spoiler with stop lamp A vehicle spoiler is provided that has a stop lamp removably disposed in the lamp receiving aperture of the vehicle spoiler. The vehicle spoiler is coupled to a vehicle body panel (e.g., the trunk) such that the stop lamp can be easily removed without detaching the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7205946 | Antenna elements incorporated into the exterior structure of vehicle bodies An antenna is formed from one of the structural components of a vehicle with which the antenna is used. A preferred antenna is formed as a portion of a roof side rail of a vehicle. ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7197800 | Method of making a high impedance surface A high impedance surface and a method of making same. The surface includes a molded structure having a repeating pattern of holes therein and a repeating pattern of sidewall surfaces, the holes penetrating the structure between first and second major surfaces thereo... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7193582 | Digital receiving antenna device for a digital television A digital receiving antenna device is connected to a digital television through a coaxial cable and has a casing, a flat antenna, a coaxial cable connector and a coaxial transmission line. The flat antenna is mounted in the casing and connected electronically to the... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7176842 | Dual band slot antenna A slot antenna having one or more electronic components attached across a slot of the antenna to provide either an RF open or an RF short based on the bias supplied to a control terminal of the electronic component. The antenna is tunable via the RF open or short ac... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7164387 | Compact tunable antenna The present disclosure relates to a method and an antenna for transmitting/receiving a RF signal at a plurality of different frequencies. Transmitting/receiving a RF signal at a plurality of different frequencies is achieved by providing a F antenna comprising a plu... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7154451 | Large aperture rectenna based on planar lens structures A rectenna structure comprising a flexible, dielectric sheet of material; a plurality of metallic lenslets disposed on the sheet of material; and a plurality of diodes disposed on the sheet of material, each diode in said plurality of diodes being arranged at a focu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7123202 | Antenna window with high-frequency component An antenna window with a high-frequency electric component placed fixedly on one of its surfaces, which is electrically connected to a conductor structure provided on the same surface of the window. The high-frequency component has at least one flat coupling electro... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7119751 | Dual-layer planar antenna An antenna for receiving an RF signal from a satellite is preferably integrated with a window of a vehicle. The window preferably includes a first nonconductive pane and a second nonconductive pane laminated together with a PVB adhesive layer. A first conductive lay... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113136 | Integrated dual function circuitry and antenna system A trim panel for a vehicle containing a vehicular antenna system comprising a substrate, an outer skin and a foam disposed between the substrate and the outer skin. An antenna/circuitry system (2) is located on the upper surface of the substrate (1) an... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106201 | Communication devices, remote intelligent communication devices, electronic communication devices, methods of forming remote intelligent communication devices and methods of forming a radio frequency identification device The present invention provides electronic communication devices, methods of forming electrical communication devices, and communications methods. An electronic communication device adapted to receive electronic signals includes: a housing comprising a substrate and ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7081810 | Roof article transporter assembly A roof rack assembly for transporting articles along a roof of a motor vehicle includes a frame member extending along the roof. The roof rack assembly also includes an electronic component for receiving and transmitting signals to an interior portion of the motor v... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7071885 | Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus includes an antenna element having directivity in a vertex direction, an antenna case containing the antenna element, an antenna base coupled to the antenna case, and attached onto an installation face, and an angle regulator adjusting a relativ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7071888 | Steerable leaky wave antenna capable of both forward and backward radiation Leaky wave antenna beam steering that is capable of steering in a backward direction, as well as further down toward the horizon in the forward direction than was previously possible, and also directly toward zenith. The disclosed antenna and method involve applying... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7068234 | Meta-element antenna and array An antenna having at least one main element and a plurality of parasitic elements. At least some of the elements have coupling elements or devices associated with them, the coupling elements or devices being tunable to thereby control the degree of coupling between ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7020147 | Network traffic director system having modules that implement merit or penalty functions involving stochastic changes in network topology A spontaneous data communication network includes antenna/transceiver sets located in mobile (e.g., vehicles such as cars, buses, trucks, ferries, etc.) or stationary units (e.g., computers, manufacturing equipment, office furniture, office equipment, road signs, ov... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019711 | Coupled transponder and antenna system and method An annular antenna loop is electrically coupled to a transponder. The antenna and the transponder are at least partially embedded into a non-conductive carrier strip to form a ring assembly to render the antenna and transponder package unitarily transportable. The a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7019699 | On-board antenna An on-board antenna including a radiation element provided on a dielectric substrate, and a grounding conductor surrounding a periphery of an outer edge portion of the radiation element at a position spaced away outwardly from the outer edge portion, wherein the rad... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6999032 | Antenna system employing floating ground plane An antenna system is assembled to a dielectric medium on a vehicle and is spaced from an electrically conductive member so as to allow for enhanced antenna performance. The dielectric medium has first and second surfaces and a dielectric thickness between the first ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6973304 | Multimode service radio communication method and apparatus A multimode service radio communication apparatus, that provides a hand-held or vehicle-mounted terminal with radio communication and radio broadcasting information of a radio information and communication providing system including mobile communication systems and ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6956533 | Antenna having a monopole design, for use in several wireless communication services A monopole antenna for use with at least two wireless communication services, having a monopole element (10) disposed along a straight line (11) and connected with a roof capacitor (1) that is designed as a flat area, the area normal line (12... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6956534 | Method and apparatus for improving antenna efficiency A method and apparatus for improving antenna efficiency. A non-grounded conductive object is placed near an antenna. An insulative layer lies between the object and the antenna. The antenna used is preferably a multiband antenna, such as a discone type antenna. ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6937198 | Glass antenna system for vehicles A glass antenna system for vehicles to receive AM and FM bands is provided. An electrically conductive transparent film is formed on a side glass. A silver printed line have a wide width is formed around the electrically conductive transparent film. A loop-shaped si... | 08/30/2005 |
