US4602260A
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Windshield antenna
Assignee: Fuba Automotive GmbH and Co KG
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Filing: 1984-04-26
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Granted: 1986-07-22
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Expires: 2004-04-26
Abstract
Abstract An active windshield antenna has a first conductor extending parallel to a metal frame to the vertical line of symmetry of the latter, a second conductor extending in a bending point from said first conductor along the symmetry line, an amplifier has separate transmission paths for a low frequent low medium short wave region and ultra short wave region, the transmission path of the long medium short wave region at an inlet of the low medium short wave amplifier has a high input impedance, and the input impedance of the total amplifier in the low medium short frequency region is high.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz Lindenmeier
- 👤 Gerhard Flachenecker
- 👤 Jochen Hopf
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 09:58
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01Q; H01Q1/00; H01Q1/12; H01Q1/1271; H01Q23/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
221 words
An active windshield antenna for a power vehicle for ultra short wave and long medium short wave radio reception, comprising a metallic frame associated with the windshield pane of a power vehicle and having a substantially vertical line of symmetry and dividing the windshield into two similar sections; an antenna wire having two ends, said antenna wire being confined to one only of said similar sections; and an antenna amplifier having two input terminals being arranged adjacent to said metallic frame, said input terminals including a first input terminal connected with one of said ends of said antenna wire and a second input terminal connected with said metallic frame and an outlet conduit leading from said amplifier to a receiver, said antenna wire including a first conductor which extends parallel to said frame up to said substantially vertical line of symmetry and a second conductor extending from said first conductor in a bending point and along said line of symmetry, said amplifier being formed so that for the low frequency low medium short wave region and the ultra short wave region separate transmission paths are obtained, whereas the transmission path of the low medium short wave region at its input has a high input impedance and the input impedance of said amplifier in the low medium short frequency region is high-impedance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
221 words
An active windshield antenna for a power vehicle for ultra short wave and long medium short wave radio reception, comprising a metallic frame associated with the windshield pane of a power vehicle and having a substantially vertical line of symmetry and dividing the windshield into two similar sections; an antenna wire having two ends, said antenna wire being confined to one only of said similar sections; and an antenna amplifier having two input terminals being arranged adjacent to said metallic frame, said input terminals including a first input terminal connected with one of said ends of said antenna wire and a second input terminal connected with said metallic frame and an outlet conduit leading from said amplifier to a receiver, said antenna wire including a first conductor which extends parallel to said frame up to said substantially vertical line of symmetry and a second conductor extending from said first conductor in a bending point and along said line of symmetry, said amplifier being formed so that for the low frequency low medium short wave region and the ultra short wave region separate transmission paths are obtained, whereas the transmission path of the low medium short wave region at its input has a high input impedance and the input impedance of said amplifier in the low medium short frequency region is high-impedance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
88 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said frame has at least one horizontal frame part opposite to said first conductor, said second conductor of said antenna wire having an end facing away from said first conductor and spaced from said horizontal frame part by such a distance that with respect to the signal power available at a connecting end of said first conductor in the ultra short region both for horizontal as well as for vertical and circular polarized waves a maximum is adjusted.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
55 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said frame has a horizontal frame part opposite to said first conductor, said second conductor extending along said line of symmetry from said bending point approximately up to said horizontal frame part and ends at a distance of at least 2 mm from the latter.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said first conductor of said antenna wire is spaced from said frame at a distance of between 1 cm and 7 cm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
39 words
An active windshield pane antenna as defined in claim 4, wherein said first conductor of said antenna wire is spaced from said frame at a minimum distance, but sufficient for not considerably worsening the long medium short wave reception.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
76 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said wire is connected with said antenna amplifier at a connecting location, said first conductor of said antenna wire being spaced from said frame at a distance of between 1 cm and 7 cm and selected so that in the ultra short wave region at said connecting location between said wire and said antenna amplifier an available signal power in the ultra short region is maximal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
101 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said antenna wire is connected with said amplifier in a connecting location, said metal frame having a right lower corner and an upper horizontal part, said amplifier and said connecting location being arranged in said right lower corner of said metal frame, said bending point between said first conductor and said second conductor of said antenna wire being located in the vicinity of said upper horizontal part of said metal frame, and said first conductor extending parallel to the right vertical and to said horizontal upper part of said metal frame.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
99 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said antenna wire is connected with said amplifier in a connecting location, said metal frame having a right upper corner and an upper horizontal part, said amplifier and said connecting location being located in the vicinity of said right upper corner of said metal frame, said bending point between said first conductor and said second conductor of said antenna wire being located in the vicinity of the upper horizontal part of said metal frame, and said first conductor extending parallel to said horizontal upper part of said metal frame.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
95 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said antenna wire is connected with said amplifier in a connecting location, said metal frame having a right lower corner and a lower horizontal part, said amplifier and said connecting location being located in the vicinity of said right lower corner of said metal frame, said bending point between said first conductor and said second conductor being located in the vicinity of said lower horizontal part of said metal frame, and said first conductor extending parallel to said horizontal lower part of said metal frame.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
71 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said transmission path for the ultra short wave region has at least one amplifying active three terminal device which with the aid of a loss free network being connected between said antenna wire and the front end of said active device is matched to the impedance of said antenna wire in said first conductor so that the signal-to-noise ratio is optimum.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said transmission path for the ultra short wave region consists a loss free matching network and a power match exists between the connecting end of said first conductor and said outlet conduit of said amplifier.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said antenna wire is arranged so that it is placed on the windshield.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said antenna wire is arranged so that it is placed inside the windshield.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1; and further comprising a connecting conduit which connects said first input terminal of said antenna amplifier with said end of said antenna wire over a maximum short path.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
An active windshield antenna as defined in claim 1, wherein said frame is formed so that it surrounds the windshield.
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