# US 12,110,095 B2 · Aerial device for a vehicle and vehicle with an aerial device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,110,095 B2 - Document ID: US12110095B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/706,994 - Filed: 2022-03-29 - Published: 2022-07-14 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-14 - Assignees: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH - Applicants: Airbus Defence and Space GmbH - Inventors: Volker Ziegler; Wolfgang Winkler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12110095B2 ## CPC - B64C 1/36: adapted to receive antennas or radomes - H01Q 1/282: {Modifying the aerodynamic properties of the vehicle, e.g. projecting type aerials} - H01Q 1/40: Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material - H01Q 15/08: formed of solid dielectric material - H01Q 19/06: using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens {(radome H01Q1/42)} - H01Q 1/38: formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support {(patch antennas H01Q9/0407; microstrip dipole antennas H01Q9/065; microstrip slot antennas H01Q13/106; transmission line microstrip antennas H01Q13/206; manufacturing reflecting surfaces using insulating material for supporting the reflecting surface H01Q15/142)} - H01Q 23/00: Antennas with active circuits or circuit elements integrated within them or attached to them - B64C: AEROPLANES; HELICOPTERS - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) ## Abstract An aerial device for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, includes an aerial arrangement and a lens, which includes a first lens area, made of a first material with a first dielectric constant, overlapping the aerial arrangement and a second lens area, made of a second material with a second dielectric constant, overlapping the first lens area, with the second dielectric constant being smaller than the first dielectric constant, and wherein the second lens area extends in a longitudinal direction and in a curve in respect of a vertical direction oriented transverse to the longitudinal direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An aerial device for a vehicle or an aircraft, the aerial device comprising: an aerial arrangement; and a lens which comprises: a first lens region that covers the aerial arrangement and comprises a first material, the first material having a first dielectric constant; and a second lens region that covers the first lens region and comprises a second material, the second material having a second dielectric constant; wherein the second dielectric constant is lower than the first dielectric constant; wherein the second lens region extends in a shape of an arc in a longitudinal direction and in relation to a height direction directed transversely with respect to the longitudinal direction; wherein the first lens region is configured to focus electromagnetic radiation emitted from the aerial arrangement; wherein the first dielectric constant is in a range of between 9 and 12; and wherein the second dielectric constant is in a range of between 2.1 and 3. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, wherein the second material is a plastic material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, wherein the first lens region and the second lens region are formed as one piece. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, wherein the first lens region is adhesively bonded to the second lens region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, wherein the aerial arrangement is integrated on a semiconductor device, which is fastened on a carrier plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The aerial device of claim 5, wherein a radar transceiver circuit is integrated onto the semiconductor device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, comprising an electrical connection interface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, wherein the aerial arrangement is configured for operation at frequencies in a range of between 60 GHz and 300 GHz. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A vehicle comprising: an outer skin with an outer face which forms a flow surface; and the aerial device of claim 1, which is connected to the outer skin, wherein the second lens region of the lens protrudes beyond the outer skin. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the aerial device is on the outer face. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The vehicle of claim 9, wherein: the outer skin comprises a reception recess which extends between the outer face and an opposite inner face; and the second lens region of the lens is in the reception recess of the outer skin. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The vehicle of claim 9, wherein the vehicle is an aircraft. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The aerial device of claim 1, wherein the first material is a plastic material, silicon, or aluminum nitride. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The aerial device of claim 13, wherein the second material is a plastic material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 5) The aerial device of claim 5, wherein the carrier plate is a circuit board. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The aerial device of claim 15, wherein the carrier plate is formed from an electrically insulating plastic material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The aerial device of claim 16, wherein the first material is a plastic material, silicon, or aluminum nitride. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The aerial device of claim 17, wherein the second material is a plastic material. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The aerial device of claim 18, wherein a radar transceiver circuit is integrated onto the semiconductor device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The aerial device of claim 18, wherein: the aerial arrangement is provided directly on the circuit board and is electrically connected to a semiconductor chip of the semiconductor device; and wherein the semiconductor chip contains one or more radar transceiver circuits.