Antenna device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsMASAHIRO OHARA, TORU ARAKAWA, HIROTAKA ISHIHARA, KENJI NAKASONO
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Abstract
An antenna device includes an antenna, a case accommodating the antenna therein, a sealing cap partially inserted into the case, and a connection terminal extending from the antenna in a predetermined direction. The sealing cap includes an insert portion inserted into the case, and a connector portion exposed from the case. The minimum width of the case in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction is smaller than the minimum width of the connector portion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction. This antenna device is flexibly adaptable to a change of a vehicle connector which is inserted into the device, while maintaining a compact size.
Claims8
An antenna device comprising:
- an antenna;
- a case having an opening and a cavity communicating with the opening, the cavity accommodating the antenna therein;
- a sealing cap partially inserted into the case through the opening of the case;
- and
- a connection terminal electrically connected to the antenna and extending from the antenna in a predetermined direction, wherein
- the sealing cap includes:
- an insert portion inserted into the case, the insert portion having a first surface facing the cavity;
- and
- a connector portion exposed from the case, the connector portion having a second surface opposite to the first surface,
- the connection terminal penetrates from the first surface of the insert portion through the second surface of the connector portion and extending from the second surface in the predetermined direction,
- a minimum width of the case in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction is smaller than a minimum width of the connector portion in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.