Rearview mirror assembly with antenna
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsAndreas Kraus, Christopher J. Koleszar, Sebastien C. Jaeger
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Abstract
A rearview mirror assembly includes a main housing defining an exterior surface, an interior, and an open side, the exterior surface having a recess therein. The assembly also includes a control module coupled within the interior of the housing, a mirror coupled over the open end of the housing, and a communication module. The communication module includes an antenna electrically coupled with the control module and an antenna housing at least partially enclosing the antenna and coupled within the recess of the exterior surface of the main housing.
Claims20
A near-field communication module for coupling with a body, comprising:
- an antenna unit including a substrate defining a perimeter sidewall extending between a first face and a second face, the substrate further defining a plurality of apertures extending between the first face and the second face;
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- a housing comprising an elastically-deformable material and including:
- a body defining an interior cavity, the substrate of the antenna unit being received within the cavity with the body extending over the first face, the perimeter sidewall, and an edge defined between the perimeter sidewall and the second face;
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- a plurality of retaining features extending from the cavity of the body and further through respective ones of the plurality of apertures.
A vehicle rearview assembly, comprising:
- a housing defining an exterior surface, an interior, and an open side, the exterior surface having a mounting area thereon with a plurality of retention apertures within the mounting area extending from the exterior surface to the interior;
- a control module coupled within the interior of the housing;
- a mirror coupled over the open side of the housing;
- a communication module including:
- an antenna unit including a substrate defining a plurality of apertures extending therethrough between the first face and the second face;
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- an antenna housing including a body defining an interior cavity, the substrate of the antenna unit being received within the cavity, and a plurality of retaining features extending from the cavity of the body, through respective ones of the plurality of apertures, and engaged with respective ones of the apertures.
A communication device assembly, comprising:
- a housing defining an exterior surface, an interior, and an open side, the exterior surface having a mounting area thereon with a plurality of retention apertures within the mounting area extending from the exterior surface to the interior;
- a control module coupled within the interior of the housing;
- a communication module including:
- an antenna unit including a substrate defining a plurality of apertures extending therethrough between the first face and the second face;
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- an antenna housing including a body defining an interior cavity, the substrate of the antenna unit being received within the cavity, and a plurality of retaining features extending from the cavity of the body, through respective ones of the plurality of apertures, and engaged with respective ones of the apertures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.