Global Patent Index - EP 2458672 B1

EP 2458672 B1 20160810 - Vehicular antenna apparatus and window glass

Title (en)

Vehicular antenna apparatus and window glass

Title (de)

Fahrzeugantennenvorrichtung und Fensterglas

Title (fr)

Appareil d'antenne et vitrage pour véhicule

Publication

EP 2458672 B1 20160810 (EN)

Application

EP 11009323 A 20111124

Priority

JP 2010261799 A 20101124

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP2458672A1] A vehicular antenna apparatus includes a window glass (23) attached to a vehicle, a glass antenna (100) including a first antenna conductor, and a first feeding section (16) and a second feeding section (17) serving as a pair of feeding points of the first antenna conductor, a coaxial cable (70) including an inner conductor (71) connected to the first feeding section (16) and an outer conductor (72) is connected to the second feeding section (17), and a grounding member (73,75) configured to ground to a vehicle body a middle part (74) of the outer conductor (72) of the coaxial cable (70) extending from the pair of feeding points (16,17) to a signal processing unit (80) installed on the vehicle body. The first antenna conductor includes a first element (1A) connected to the first feeding section (16) and extending in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction. An inclination angle of the window glass (23) relative to a horizontal plane at a position of the pair of feeding points is greater than or equal to 10° and smaller than or equal to 30°. Even for such low inclination angles the vehicular antenna apparatus provides an antenna gain sufficient for receiving vertically polarized radio waves.

IPC 8 full level

H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/32 (2006.01); H01Q 5/10 (2015.01); H01Q 5/20 (2015.01); H01Q 5/378 (2015.01); H01Q 7/00 (2006.01); H01Q 9/16 (2006.01); H01Q 9/46 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H01Q 1/1278 (2013.01); H01Q 5/20 (2015.01); H01Q 9/46 (2013.01)

Citation (examination)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 2458672 A1 20120530; EP 2458672 B1 20160810; AU 2011253663 A1 20120607; JP 2012114669 A 20120614; JP 5655522 B2 20150121

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 11009323 A 20111124; AU 2011253663 A 20111124; JP 2010261799 A 20101124