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(11) EP 0 380 231 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.03.1991 Bulletin 1991/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
01.08.1990 Bulletin 1990/31

(21) Application number: 90300465.3

(22) Date of filing: 17.01.1990
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01Q 1/12
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT SE

(30) Priority: 23.01.1989 JP 6213/89

(71) Applicant: HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Shinagawa-ku Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Harada, Jiro, c/o Harada Industry Co., Ltd.
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Shinkawa, Masaki
    Yamato-shi, Kanagawa-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Crawford, Andrew Birkby et al
A.A. THORNTON & CO. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London WC1V 7LE
London WC1V 7LE (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) A whip antenna for use in vehicles


    (57) A whip antenna for vehicles including an antenna element (11) with a skirt-form coupling member (12, 22, 32) provided on the antenna element. The coupling member is, at a predetermined point on the antenna, prevented from moving toward the lower end of the antenna and has a screw thread (13, 23, 33) on its inner surface. The lower end of the antenna is inserted into an antenna attachment base (15) installed in a vehicle body, and the coupling member is screwed to this antenna attachment base.







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