Kathrein-werke Kg

Continental Automotive Gmbh

Kathrein Se

Gerhard Vogt

Frank Mierke

Johann Frisch

Florian Butscher

Guy-Aymar Chakam

Gerald Schillmeier

Rudolf Hildebrand

Gerhard Stadler

Simon Stachler

The present disclosure relates to an antenna module for installing at an opening of a vehicle roof, wherein the antenna module can be arranged at the opening and can be latched there via at least one spring element, wherein the fastening of the antenna module can be secured to the vehicle roof via a locking element which, in its locking position, blocks a resilient backward movement of the spring element out of the latched position.

Antenna module

A one-piece antenna module, has at least one outside receiving and/or transmitting antenna element under an outer cover. The one-piece antenna module has an antenna box, which has no or few inside internal antennas and which surrounds the electronic circuits that interact with the antenna elements. The outer cover is detachably fastened to the antenna box and can be attached so as to protrude from an opening in the vehicle roof. The antenna box is closed on all sides and can be attached below the vehicle roof by a metal top side. The metal closed top side has feed-throughs for the outside antenna elements. The outside antenna elements in the outer cover are electrically coupled to the circuits inside the antenna box closed on all sides by the feed-throughs. Thus, a compact installation part is obtained, which provides complete shielding between an antenna part and a transceiver part.

Antenna module having a transmitting and receiving antenna element

An improved rooftop antenna is characterized, inter alia, by the following features: the base () has a protruding base foot part () on the base lower side () of said base; the base foot part () is formed integrally with the remaining part of the base () or connected thereto and is electrically conductive or coated, together with the base (), with an electrically conductive layer; the base foot part () has a channel (), which passes through the foot part () transversely and preferably perpendicular to the base () in a plug-in and joining direction (Z) for accommodating the at least one coaxial line (); and the coaxial line () is inserted into the at least one channel () of the base foot part () in such a way that at least one section of the outer circumference of the outer conductor () of the coaxial line () is pressed mechanically with the electrically conductive inner wall of the channel () of the base foot part () and DC contact is thereby made therewith.

Rooftop antenna, in particular motor vehicle rooftop antenna with associated plug-type connection device

An improved plug connection device has projections aligned parallel with the axial direction of the connectors, by means of which the connector unit is positioned or can be positioned perpendicularly to the plane of the printed circuit board. The connector unit has, on the side facing the printed circuit board, devices forming a support surface and/or boundary plane, on which the adjacent plane of the printed circuit board lies on the connector unit. The connector unit has on a side facing the printed circuit board, at least in sections, a free space (X), provided with at least one recess and/or recesses. The recesses lie at a distance to the adjacent plane of the printed circuit board, and/or the outer contacts of the connectors are arranged transversely offset to one another in such a way that a free space (X) is formed between the connectors. The free space (X) and/or the free space (X) serve as room for routing and/or populating the printed circuit board.

Coaxial RF connection device electrically connected to a printed circuit board as well as associated connector unit

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Rosenheim, Germany

Gerhard Vogt