Antenna for motor vehicles and assembling method
AssigneeAdvanced Automotive Antennas, S.L.U.
InventorsPere Mogas Fabre, Enrique Martínez Ortigosa, Laura Tantiñá Cuni, Ramiro Quintero Illera, Carlos López Rodríguez, Lucía Garrido González
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Abstract
An antenna for motor vehicles is provided having a base member, an antenna device, a radome, and a device for attaching the base member to a vehicle roof inside surface with the antenna device projecting outwards of the vehicle from within through an opening formed in the vehicle. The radome cooperates with the attaching device and the surroundings of the vehicle opening so as to enclose the antenna device in an assembled condition.
Claims10
An antenna adapted to be installed in a vehicle, the antenna comprising:
- a base member;
- an antenna device preassembled and connected to the base member;
- an attaching device including a plurality of resiliently flexible tabs adapted for attaching the antenna device and the base member to the vehicle with the base member being opposed to an inside surface of the vehicle with the antenna device projecting outwards and through an opening formed in the vehicle when in an assembled condition;
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- a radome arranged over the antenna device, the radome configured to cooperate with the attaching device and adapted to cooperate with an outside surface of a roof of the vehicle so as to enclose the antenna device in the assembled condition.
An antenna adapted to be installed in a vehicle, the antenna comprising:
- a base member;
- an antenna device connected to the base member when in a preassembled condition and as one unitary part;
- an attaching device including a plurality of elastic clips engaged to the one unitary part and adapted to resiliently flex as the antenna device is inserted through an opening formed in the vehicle, the base member being opposed to an inside surface of the vehicle when in an assembled condition;
- a radome arranged over the antenna device and configured to cooperate with the attaching device and surroundings of the vehicle opening so as to enclose the antenna device when in an assembled condition;
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- an internal cover arranged over the antenna device within the radome and engaged to the base member.
An antenna adapted to be installed in a vehicle, the antenna comprising:
- a base member;
- an antenna device connected to the base member;
- an attaching device engaged to the base member and adapted to attach to an inside surface of the vehicle with the antenna device projecting outwards and through an opening formed in the vehicle when in an assembled condition;
- an electrical contact means for electrical contact of the base member with the vehicle;
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- a plurality of electrical contact pins projecting outwards from the base member for electrical contact with the vehicle wherein the plurality of electrical contact pins are distributed around an outer perimeter of the internal cover, and the plurality of electrical contact pins are spaced apart from one-another by equal to or less than half a wavelength of a maximum operating frequency of the antenna.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.