US 5,177,494 AGranted

Vehicular slot antenna system

AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH

InventorsHorst Dorrie, Uwe Militz

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Abstract

To provide for ominidirectional reception/transmission of slot antennas installed on a vehicle, a plurality of slot antenna units (12, 13, 13a, 14) are installed on the vehicle, facing, for example, forwardly, rearwardly and laterally of the vehicle. Each of the slot antenna units is connected to a common feed point (28) which is coupled to a radio equipment, which may be a transmitter or receiver, by a connecting cable which has a length of n..lambda./2, wherein n is a whole integer and .lambda. is the average operating wave length for which the antenna is designed. For about 500 MHz, an antenna length of about 55 cm with a slot length of 35 cm and a width of about 7 mm is suitable. The antenna can be formed in U shape and function as a license plate holder for, for example, a license plate made of insulating material. The antenna units are insulated from the body of the vehicle.

Claims15

Dependent claims

In combination with an automotive vehicle (10) having a vehicle body (11),

a vehicular antenna system comprising a central feed point (28) for radiating or receiving signals,
said antenna system further comprising
three slot antenna units (12, 13, 13a, 14), one (13, 13a) being located at a forward portion of the vehicle, a second one (14) at a rearward portion of the vehicle, and the third one (12) at an intermediate portion of the vehicle;
antenna connection cable means (25, 26, 26a, 27) coupling the respective slot antenna units to the central feed point (28) for together connecting said signals radiated or received from the at least two slot antenna units to said feed point;
and
wherein each of said antenna connection cable means has a length of
n.multidot..lambda./2,
wherein .lambda. is the wave length of the center frequency of the radiation band coupled by the antenna system, and
n is a whole integer;
and wherein each one of said slot antenna units comprises an essentially planar conductive portion (15, 21) of essentially rectangular shape, with a non-conductive slot extending longitudinally of said conductive portion and symmetrically therein, and wherein said planar conductive portions of the first and second antenna units are positioned essentially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the third antenna unit is located essentially parallel to said longitudinal axis.

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In combination with an automotive vehicle (10) having a vehicle body (11),

a vehicular antenna system comprising a central feed point (28) for radiating or receiving signals,
said antenna system further comprising
two slot antenna units (12, 13, 13a, 14) located on said body, and insulated from said body, each of said antenna units radiating or receiving said signals;
and
antenna connection cable means (25, 26, 26a, 27) coupling the respective slot antenna units to the central feed point (28) for together connecting said signals radiated or received from the two slot antenna units to said feed point;
and
wherein each of said antenna connection cable means has a length of
n.multidot..lambda./2,
wherein .lambda. is the wave length of the center frequency of the radiation band coupled by the antenna system, and
n is a whole integer;
wherein a first one of the antenna units is located at an extreme portion of the vehicle and a second one of the antenna units is located at an intermediate portion of the vehicle;
said slot antenna units comprise a conductive portion (21) of essentially rectangular shape, with a non-conductive slot extending longitudinally of said conductive portion and symmetrically therein, and
wherein the conductive portion of the first one of the slot antenna units is positioned essentially transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the conductive portion of the second antenna unit is located essentially parallel to said longitudinal axis.

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In combination with an automotive vehicle (10) having a vehicle body (11),

a vehicular antenna system comprising a central feed point (28) for radiating or receiving signals,
said antenna system further comprising
at least two slot antenna units (12, 13, 13a, 14) located on said body, and insulated from said body, each of said antenna units radiating or receiving said signals;
wherein one of said at least two slot antenna units is located at an angle with respect to, and spaced apart from, another one of the slot antenna units;
and
antenna connection cable means (25, 26, 26a, 27) are provided, coupling the respective slot antenna units to the central feed point (28) for together connecting said signals radiated or received from the at least two slot antenna units to said feed point;
and
wherein each of said antenna connection cable means has a length of
n.multidot..lambda./2,
wherein .lambda. is the wave length of the center frequency of the radiation band coupled by the antenna system, and
n is a whole integer;
wherein three slot antenna units are provided, one being located at a forward portion of the vehicle, a second one at a rearward portion of the vehicle, and a third one at an intermediate portion of the vehicle;
and wherein each one of said slot antenna units comprises an essentially planar conductive portion (15, 21) of essentially rectangular shape, with a non-conductive slot extending longitudinally of said conductive portion and symmetrically therein, and wherein said planar conductive portions of the first and second antenna units are positioned essentially transversely to a longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the third antenna unit is located essentially parallel to said longitudinal axis;
and wherein at least one of said antenna units comprises a sheet metal element (20) formed in U or channel shape, and having a base portion (21), said base portion being formed with an elongated slot (22) therein.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 07/687,071Filed 17 Apr 1991 · continuation
Priority: DE 390467616 Feb 1989
Granted: 5 Jan 1993
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

H01Q 1/3283
Characterised by the location of the antenna on the vehicle: side-mounted antennas, e.g. bumper-mounted, door-mounted
H01Q 1/3291
Characterised by the location of the antenna on the vehicle: mounted in or on other locations inside the vehicle or vehicle body
H01Q 13/10
Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a…:…
H01Q
Antennas, i.e. radio aerials