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US 2004/0169607 A1Published application
Antenna for an automobile
OwnerTim Wanginventor
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Abstract
An antenna formed of a mounting base, an antenna terminal and a transmission box is described for use in an automobile. The antenna terminal is pivotally attached to the mounting base by a ball and socket joint. The mounting base has a bearing plate supported on a spring member and forced by the spring member to adjustably positively hold down the antenna terminal in position.
Claims10
An antenna for an automobile comprising:
- an antenna terminal, said antenna terminal comprising a spherical coupling portion at one end thereof;
- a mounting base, said mounting base comprising a holder shell, the holder shell receiving the spherical coupling portion of said antenna terminal, an opening through which said antenna terminal extends out of said mounting base, a metal block fixedly fastened to a bottom side of said holder shell for adhesion to an outer surface of a windshield of an automobile, and a metal spring means supported on said metal block and stopped against said spherical coupling portion of said antenna terminal to hold said spherical coupling portion of said antenna terminal in position;
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- a transmission box, said transmission box comprising a metal plate adhered to an inner surface of the windshield of the automobile, said mounting base being installed and disposed inside the automobile opposite said mounting base, and a transmission line electrically extending from said metal plate for connection to a wireless communication system inside the automobile.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.