Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Daiwa Kasei Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Kojima Industries Corporation

Yuki Tomida

Norihito Itou

Koumei Kobayashi

Kenji Ohashi

Yusuke Motomura

Attaching device for vehicle antenna

A roof antenna for a vehicle is provided having an antenna unit that receives radio waves, an antenna cover that covers the antenna unit, and an annular pad interposed between the antenna cover and the roof, wherein the pad includes a base that is retained at an inner side of a lower end of the antenna cover, an extension portion provided at a position opposing the lower end of the antenna cover, that extends from the base to an outer side of the lower end of the antenna cover, that can be tilted in a direction away from the lower end of the antenna cover, and that is formed from an elastic structure, and a lip formed at a tip of the extension portion and that is distanced from the outer side of the lower end of the antenna cover, and the extension portion is tilted to move away from the lower end of the antenna cover when a force in a direction away from the lower end of the antenna cover acts on the lip.

Roof antenna for vehicle

A roof antenna for a vehicle is provided having an antenna unit that receives radio waves, an antenna cover that covers the antenna unit, and an annular pad interposed between the antenna cover and the roof, wherein the pad has an antenna cover reception unit formed from an elastic structure formed at a portion, of the pad, opposing a lower end of the antenna cover, and that is pressed by the lower end of the antenna cover to elastically deform in a pressed direction, and a lip unit formed on an outer circumferential end of the antenna cover reception unit, that covers an outer circumference of the lower end of the antenna cover, and that is in contact with the roof.

Cable retaining device for vehicle antenna

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Toyokawa, Japan

Yuki Tomida