Vehicular half loop antenna and vehicular antenna device
AssigneeHarada Industry of America, Inc.
InventorShawn Hill
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Abstract
A vehicular half loop antenna is provided that includes a ground section and a feed section. The ground section has a ground point that is configured to be electrically grounded. The feed section is configured to be electrically connected to the ground section. The feed section includes a first feed portion having a feed point that is configured to be electrically connected to an antenna feed, and a second feed portion connected to the first feed portion via a corner portion therebetween, with the corner portion being located farther from the ground point than the feed point and having a curved or tapered outer edge.
Claims20
A vehicular half loop antenna comprising:
- a ground section having a ground point that is configured to be electrically grounded;
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- a feed section configured to be electrically connected to the ground section, the feed section including
- a first feed portion having a feed point that is configured to be electrically connected to an antenna feed, and
- a second feed portion connected to the first feed portion via a corner portion therebetween, with the corner portion being located farther from the ground point than the feed point and having a curved or tapered outer edge.
A vehicular antenna device comprising:
- an antenna base configured to be attached to a vehicle body of a vehicle;
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- a pair of half loop antennas disposed on the antenna base at locations spaced apart from each other in a first direction of the antenna base, the half loop antennas each including
- a ground section having a ground point that is configured to be electrically grounded, and
- a feed section configured to be electrically connected to the ground section, the feed section including
- a first feed portion having a feed point that is configured to be electrically connected to an antenna feed, and
- a second feed portion connected to the first feed portion via a corner portion therebetween, with the corner portion being located farther from the ground point than the feed point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.