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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7898487 | Undercarriage fitted with a communication device between a wheel and the undercarriage The invention relates to an aircraft undercarriage including at least one axle having at least one wheel mounted to rotate thereon, the undercarriage including a communication device for connecting a sensor mounted on a rim of the wheel to stationary processor means... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7250914 | Composite antenna for a tire A composite antenna and method for tire monitoring systems is configured as a core composed of polymeric material and a conductive metallic layer in intimate surrounding contact with the core. The polymeric material provides elasticity to the core to enable the core... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7091913 | Antenna contact assembly for a motor vehicle An antenna assembly for a motor vehicle has a housing mounted on the vehicle body and overhanging a portion of a window provided with an antenna connector structure. A carrier removably mounted on that housing has one or more contact elements which bear directly aga... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6919856 | Ferrite antenna The invention relates to a ferrite antenna, comprising at least one winding (4), which is arranged around a core (2) consisting of ferrite material. A second core (3), consisting of ferrite material and running coaxially to the first core (2 | 07/19/2005 |
| 6191752 | HF antennas for wideband signals High frequency (HF) antennas for wideband signals are used in the tracking of railcars. These are rugged antennas especially adapted to the hostile environment of a railcar. One antenna is in the form of a magnetic loop. Another generates an electric fiel... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6016129 | Antenna system, in particular an antenna system for traffic communicating systems Antenna system including a first antenna which is connected to a first transmit and/or receive unit and which has a natural frequency of at least approximately the value fm. The system also includes a second antenna which is linked both inductively and me... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5959584 | Vehicle communications system A vehicle having a plurality of antennas each in association with a communications transmitter device disposed within the vehicle to thereby provide multiple signal transmission sites. At least one antenna is disposed substantially at a top site of the ve... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5918183 | Concealed mobile communications system A mobile communications system for transmitting or receiving a broadcast signal and designed for mounting on in a vehicle has a transmitter or receiver and one or more antennas electrically connected to the transmitter/receiver. The system is mounted on o... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5005021 | Antenna unit for vehicle An antenna unit for an automotive vehicle is provided. This antenna unit is adapted to be located in a non-visible position on a vehicle and includes an grounding plate, a radiating conductive plate, and a loop antenna element which is interposed between ... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4968984 | Antenna unit for a vehicle A bar-type antenna unit is installed at a normally non-visible point on the lower side of a vehicle body. The unit includes an antenna element, a metal plate, and noise shielding means. The metal plate functions to adjust the reactance of the antenna to o... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4893129 | Planar array antenna In a planar array antenna in which radio frequency power fed by a feeder line is radiated from a plurality of radiation elements disposed in a planar state on one surface of a dielectric substrate on the other surface of which the feeder line is disposed,... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4866453 | Vehicle slot antenna with parasitic slot A slot antenna is disclosed for a horizontal dielectric vehicle door in which the ground plane of the antenna sheet does not connect with or overlap the surrounding electrically conducting vehicle body panels but which nevertheless maintains significant R... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4845506 | Antenna system A side-looking array antenna system is disclosed in which the inclination angle of the antenna main beam is determined depending on the intervals of a plurality of antenna elements forming an array. A switch is provided to selectively connect one of the p... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4806943 | Set of transmit/receive antennas situated at a fixed station for a two-way radio link with a vehicle In a fixed station for a two-way radio link with a vehicle (5) which has a self-contained transmit/receive device (6) including a transmit antenna (8) in the form of a vertical axis coil so as to generate a vertical electromagnetic field and a receive ant... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4751514 | Multi-frequency vehicular antenna system An antenna system which operates over a wide spectrum of radio frequencies by utilizing a body of a vehicle as an antenna. The antenna system comprises a tuned impedance-matching coupler and a uniquely-configured floating, low-capacitance coaxial transmis... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4746082 | Aircraft and a system including aircraft borne apparatus A fixed wing aircraft comprises two major components, namely an airframe and a payload carrier which are articulated. The airframe is equipped with all the essentials for independent flight. The attitude of the payload carrier can be controlled independen... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4373161 | Doppler radar mounting structure for motor vehicles A mounting structure of a Doppler radar vehicle speed sensor for an automobile, especially adapted for damage-free mounting of the radar to a bottom of the automobile which may detrimentally hit on the road surface while the automobile is in motion. In or... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4300116 | Safety method and apparatus for sensing the presence of individuals adjacent a vehicle An improved safety method and apparatus for sensing individuals adjacent a vehicle utilizes a balanced bridge circuit. The method and apparatus provides for rebalancing the bridge circuit at a first rate during vehicle motion to compensate for topography ... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4107680 | Digitally processed radar speed sensor A Doppler speed sensor for a ground vehicle wherein errors due to vehicle tilt relative to the ground surface and initial mounting angle error are substantially eliminated by using a first antenna with its radiation pattern directed down and forward and a... | 08/15/1978 |
