Antenna component
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorMinoru Sunahara
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Abstract
A body includes a support strut extending in a second direction. A first terminal includes a first fastening portion to exert a force on the support strut in a third direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the second direction, a second fastening portion to exert a force on the support strut in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction, a first coupling portion coupled to the first protrusion and the second protrusion, and a contact portion coupled to at least one of the first fastening portion, the second fastening portion, or the first coupling portion, the contact portion extending in a fifth direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the second direction.
Claims15
An antenna component, comprising:
- a body extending in a first direction;
- a coil antenna including a conducting wire wound around the body about an axis extending in the first direction and defining a center axis, the coil antenna including a first end portion and a second end portion;
- a first terminal supported by the body and electrically connected to the first end portion, the first terminal being a single metal member;
- and
- a second terminal supported by the body and electrically connected to the second end portion;
- wherein
- the body includes a support strut extending in a second direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first direction;
- and
- the first terminal includes:
- a first fastening portion to exert a force on the support strut in a third direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the second direction;
- a second fastening portion to exert a force on the support strut in a fourth direction opposite to the third direction;
- a first coupling portion coupled to the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion;
- and
- a contact portion coupled to at least one of the first fastening portion, the second fastening portion, or the first coupling portion, the contact portion extending in a fifth direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the second direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.