US4200874A
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Car antenna mounting means
Assignee: Harada Industry Co Ltd
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Filing: 1978-06-01
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Granted: 1980-04-29
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Expires: 1998-06-01
Abstract
Abstract Disclosed is a car antenna system which comprises a substantially cylindrical mounting base having a conductor fitted therein and penetrating a car body wall, a mounting member shifted along the mounting base and fixed, a fixing means formed of an insulating material shifted by the mounting member to fix the mounting base to the car body wall, a rod antenna element attached to the outside end of a conductive part of the mounting base, and a loading coil located inside the car body wall and connected between the conductive part and a cable led to a CB-wave transmitter-receiver whereby, the capacitance between the car body wall and the conductive part being lower as compared with a case in which the mounting member is not included.
Inventors
- 👤 Jiro Harada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 06:57
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/12; H01Q1/1207; H01Q1/1214
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
288 words
An antenna system for mounting to a car body wall with a low capacitance between a central conductor of the antenna and the car body wall, comprising: a mounting base having a cylindrical electrical insulator and a conductor fitted in said insulator, the cylindrical insulator extending from within a car body to outside the car body through an opening in a car body wall, the cylindrical insulator having a flange portion at the end portion thereof positioned within the car body and a threaded portion formed on the outer wall at the end portion thereof positioned outside the car body; a metallic fixing nut threadably engaged with the threaded portion of the cylindrical insulator, the cylindrical insulator electrically isolating the fixing nut from the conductor of the mounting base; an upper mounting element comprising an electrically insulating elastic material located outside the car body and disposed between the fixing nut and the car body wall and electrically isolating the fixing nut from the car body wall; a metallic lower mounting element located inside the car body and disposed between the flange portion of the cylindrical insulator and the car body wall for fixing the mounting base to the car body wall in accordance with driving force of the fixing nut; a rod antenna element mounted to that portion of the mounting base which is positioned outside the car body, the rod antenna element being electrically connected to the conductor of the mounting base; a connecting terminal for a CB transceiver electrically connected to the rod antenna element; and a loading coil for CB radio waves disposed within the car body wall and wall and connected between the conductor of the mounting base and the CB transceiver connecting terminal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
288 words
An antenna system for mounting to a car body wall with a low capacitance between a central conductor of the antenna and the car body wall, comprising: a mounting base having a cylindrical electrical insulator and a conductor fitted in said insulator, the cylindrical insulator extending from within a car body to outside the car body through an opening in a car body wall, the cylindrical insulator having a flange portion at the end portion thereof positioned within the car body and a threaded portion formed on the outer wall at the end portion thereof positioned outside the car body; a metallic fixing nut threadably engaged with the threaded portion of the cylindrical insulator, the cylindrical insulator electrically isolating the fixing nut from the conductor of the mounting base; an upper mounting element comprising an electrically insulating elastic material located outside the car body and disposed between the fixing nut and the car body wall and electrically isolating the fixing nut from the car body wall; a metallic lower mounting element located inside the car body and disposed between the flange portion of the cylindrical insulator and the car body wall for fixing the mounting base to the car body wall in accordance with driving force of the fixing nut; a rod antenna element mounted to that portion of the mounting base which is positioned outside the car body, the rod antenna element being electrically connected to the conductor of the mounting base; a connecting terminal for a CB transceiver electrically connected to the rod antenna element; and a loading coil for CB radio waves disposed within the car body wall and wall and connected between the conductor of the mounting base and the CB transceiver connecting terminal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
An antenna system according to claim 1 wherein said opening in the car body wall through which the cylindrical insulator extends is substantially larger than the cross-sectional area of the conductor of the mounting base.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
An antenna system according to claim 1 further comprising a capacitor connected in series with said loading coil and forming with said loading coil a filter to allow the passage of CB waves only in cooperation with said loading coil.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
An antenna system according to claim 3 further comprising an electrically conducting shielding case enclosing said loading coil and filter.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
An antenna system according to claim 4 further comprising a capacitor for impedance matching for CB radio waves connected in said shielding case between the CB set side terminal of said filter and ground.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
70 words
A car antenna system according to either of claims 3 or 5 further comprising a further filter formed of a parallel circuit of a further coil and a further capacitor and having one end connected with the conductor of the mounting base and the other end connected with an AM/FM set, the filter permitting AM and FM radio waves to pass therethrough and prohibiting CB radio waves from passing therethrough.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
47 words
An antenna system according to claim 1 wherein said opening in the car body wall through which the cylindrical insulator extends is substantially larger than the diameter of the cylindrical insulator so that a substantial clearance is provided between the cylindrical insulator and the car body wall.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1983-04-29 | 1983-10-29 | 1984-04-29 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1987-04-29 | 1987-10-29 | 1988-04-29 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1991-04-29 | 1991-10-29 | 1992-04-29 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |