RF receiver range extender
AssigneeDelco Electronics Corporation
InventorsDavid Arlan Copp, Quentin Earl Langton Gurney
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Abstract
In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus for extending the receiving range of an RF receiver mounted in a non-metallic housing, including: at least one metallic strip attached to an element of the non-metallic housing; and the metallic strip being disposed so as to receive an RF signal transmitted to the RF receiver and air couple the RF signal into the RF receiver.
Claims7
Apparatus for extending the receiving range of an RF receiver mounted in a non-metallic housing, comprising:
- two orthogonally disposed metallic strips attached to an element of said non-metallic housing disposed so as to receive an RF signal transmitted to said RF receiver and air couple said RF signal into said RF receiver, said two metallic strips having overlapping proximal ends in proximity to said RF receiver.
Apparatus for extending the receiving range of an RF receiver mounted in a non-metallic housing, comprising:
- two metallic strips attached to an element of said non-metallic housing disposed so as to receive an RF signal transmitted to said RF receiver and air couple said RF signal into said RF receiver, said two metallic strips having spaced apart proximal ends in proximity to said RF receiver.
Vehicle mounted apparatus for receiving a transmitted RF signal, comprising:
- a non-metallic housing mounted within a vehicle;
- an RF receiver adapted to receive said transmitted RF signal, and being mounted on an inner surface of said non-metallic housing;
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- a metallic strip attached to said inner surface of said non-metallic housing so as to receive said transmitted RF signal and air couple said transmitted RF signal into said RF receiver.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.